by Clarissa | Oct 22, 2018 | writing |
My husband says the Dutch call the gap for a missing tooth a bicycle rack, but I must admit that I’ve never heard anyone refer to it as that. As you can see from the photo rocket boy has lost three teeth in the last few months, and the new ones are being slow to...
by Clarissa | Oct 15, 2018 | writing |
At the end of last week I reached the end of the novel I was writing. Well, the first draft of it anyway. It’s still rough and needs alot of editing, but I think that it is worth editing. Which is better than my previous one that I would need to completely...
by Clarissa | Oct 1, 2018 | writing |
I set up my mailing list a few months ago and it’s been inundated with spam sign-ups. Even with a double opt-in there are far far more sign-ups from email addresses that I think are spam. Reasons I think they’re spam: 1) Overly complicated email addresses...
by Clarissa | Sep 24, 2018 | personal, writing |
I am struggling at the moment – I know what I want to be (an author), but though I have a plan for how to get there I’m not there yet. I feel like I’m in an extended period of metamorphosis. It’s nearly five years since I last worked in an...
by Clarissa | Sep 18, 2018 | dutch life, family, personal |
I missed writing yesterday because I knew that today was the day the Dutch government announced their budget. Normally I don’t bother with blogging about this, but this is not an ordinary year. This time the implications for us were very high. Now, the Dutch...
by Clarissa | Sep 10, 2018 | family, personal, writing |
I find the beginning of the school year is always a good time to re-evaluate what I’m doing. To assess where I am in my plans and to realign them with where I am and where I want to go to. This year, as part of that I have been fleshing out my reasons for...
by Clarissa | Sep 3, 2018 | family, personal |
My daughter has a favourite dress. It’s purple and frilly and great for wearing to parties, weddings etc. But she wants to wear it all the time. She’ll go to the playarea in it, or poke around the garden, and of course wear it to school. In fact...
by Clarissa | Aug 27, 2018 | personal, writing |
I’m a private person: I don’t shout about things that happen to me and I don’t ask for help easily. Which makes it all the more difficult for me to promote myself. I prefer standing in the background, rather than being the centre of things. And yet I...
by Clarissa | Aug 20, 2018 | writing |
Over the last few weeks, as well as relaxing over the summer holiday, I have been thinking through how to use the different broadcast methods I have. My newsletter is growing (sign up if you haven’t already) and my Facebook author page is increasing in likes...
by Clarissa | Aug 16, 2018 | personal |
I remember towards the end of my time at Uni going through the milkround of interviews, trying to get a job for when I graduated. In one of them I was asked something along the lines of what I wanted to achieve in my life. I answered that I wanted to be happy, and he...
