Too Darn Hot
Oof - I had forgotten what +50 degree temperatures feel like. We are having a heatwave (which is a wonderful excuse for Marilyn Monroe in today's video clip). I remember bombing around the lanes and beaches of Devon in my red Renault 5 singing along to a very wonky tape of Marilyn's songs in the summer of '89. English summers are a different creature from Middle Eastern summers. We've hit August temperatures in *May* ... How do you describe this heat? We've already switched off the hot water tank because the cold water runs hot. The moment you step foot outdoors, your sunglasses/watch/contact lenses heat up so much you can feel them burning. At night, when you sit on the balcony, the heat weighs, presses down on you ... It's an acquired taste, shall we say.
Housekeeping: bloggers will no doubt have noticed that Blogger disappeared. I am the Queen of Not Backing Up - yes, I know, spank me, I'm too busy etc etc. In fact, until Talli, Jenny and Leigh kindly told me you can do it simply by going to Settings: Download I didn't know you could. Thank you. Next stop dropbox.com. So, I've backed up, have you? As a cautionary tale, I once lost a whole novel thanks to a hard drive that crashed. I thought it was a powercut. The computer went ***zip*** It wasn't. This was, incidentally, the same computer tower that had been knocked over by a certain Hound running at full pelt, and roller skated into by a toddler. I should have known better. The disk is in storage waiting for data recovery. The novel I rewrote (probably in an improved form) from memory - what I lost was countless 'ideas' files, all our baby photos, emails ... Anyway, if you haven't backed up - do so. Trust me.
Meanwhile, on our blog tour we are off to Novelicious for a review of The Beauty Chorus. Hope those of you who have been kind enough to download or buy the novel are enjoying it, and do mail me with any feedback or questions - I'd love to hear from you. If you'd like a personalised bookplate drop me an email via the Profile page - have a great weekend. Next week we are off to ... Canada! x
Oof - I had forgotten what +50 degree temperatures feel like. We are having a heatwave (which is a wonderful excuse for Marilyn Monroe in today's video clip). I remember bombing around the lanes and beaches of Devon in my red Renault 5 singing along to a very wonky tape of Marilyn's songs in the summer of '89. English summers are a different creature from Middle Eastern summers. We've hit August temperatures in *May* ... How do you describe this heat? We've already switched off the hot water tank because the cold water runs hot. The moment you step foot outdoors, your sunglasses/watch/contact lenses heat up so much you can feel them burning. At night, when you sit on the balcony, the heat weighs, presses down on you ... It's an acquired taste, shall we say.
Housekeeping: bloggers will no doubt have noticed that Blogger disappeared. I am the Queen of Not Backing Up - yes, I know, spank me, I'm too busy etc etc. In fact, until Talli, Jenny and Leigh kindly told me you can do it simply by going to Settings: Download I didn't know you could. Thank you. Next stop dropbox.com. So, I've backed up, have you? As a cautionary tale, I once lost a whole novel thanks to a hard drive that crashed. I thought it was a powercut. The computer went ***zip*** It wasn't. This was, incidentally, the same computer tower that had been knocked over by a certain Hound running at full pelt, and roller skated into by a toddler. I should have known better. The disk is in storage waiting for data recovery. The novel I rewrote (probably in an improved form) from memory - what I lost was countless 'ideas' files, all our baby photos, emails ... Anyway, if you haven't backed up - do so. Trust me.
Meanwhile, on our blog tour we are off to Novelicious for a review of The Beauty Chorus. Hope those of you who have been kind enough to download or buy the novel are enjoying it, and do mail me with any feedback or questions - I'd love to hear from you. If you'd like a personalised bookplate drop me an email via the Profile page - have a great weekend. Next week we are off to ... Canada! x
