Halloween is coming.

Hi all, I hope you are well.

Sadly I just wrote this and then something strange happened with my pc and it was gone.   Not to worry, let’s try it again.

There’s no news to report on the book front as yet, it is very much a waiting game.

I know It is early but I have already done some Christmas shopping, the hard part now is not giving the people I have brought for the things early.

I’m honestly not sure how a writer finds time to write with the necessary distraction of Facebook, Twitter and Blogging for all those wanting to build a following and if they are fortunate enough to have their work out there, there is promoting as well.  Once I have caught up with posts, tweets, retweets etc I find I am out of time.  That said I do only have a small window in the middle of the day while my little one is napping.  Maybe when I am more accustomed to social media it will become more streamlined.  I was amazed, today I actually passed 500 followers on Twitter!  So if any of you reading this follow me there too a big thank you!

I can’t believe where this month has gone.  It’ll be Halloween before we know it.  In fact my little one has a spider costume all ready and picked out, although he is a little too young for trick or treating just yet.  I have a few costumes to choose from, but I haven’t committed yet.  We may not live in America but myself and my husband do try to make Halloween special for all those little monsters that come calling for candy.  This year the decorations are going up on the 26th, just before my birthday.  It’s quite sad really as there are a lot of children in the area but we seem to be the only people in the street who seem to make a big deal out of it, we even give the candy out in little coffin shaped boxes too.

I have seen a lot of posts this week regarding the importance of reading to children, I honestly couldn’t agree more.  My little boy is 20 months old tomorrow and he has been read to since before he was born, even now he loves his books more than his toys.  On that note I thought I would share a picture of us reading his favourite book “Where’s Spot?”.

We keep all of his books in a big plastic box, we need a new one as it is overflowing, but given the choice between two books he will choose this one every time.

Last but not least, since we did some finger-painting this morning I am going to do what any proud Mummy does and share his wonderful artwork.

That’s it for me, when the Halloween decorations go up I will share some pictures.

Have a great week x