Hello sweet peoples! Thank you for my birthday wishes! I had a lovely laid-back day with my family, brunch and the beach. Aurora is ecstatic with all her cousins here. Some of them are nearly as tall as me now.

We're not near those devastating fires on the other side of the country, but the loss of life, homes and fauna is heartbreaking.

Family update: my sister is engaged again, six months after getting with her new bloke. He's all right, but we hope they won't rush into the wedding plans. I'm working in a lovely bookshop, though we have just moved premises which is a bit exhausting. My literary agent has left her agency so I need to hunt down a new one with a new manuscript. We had a good Christmas, and I hope you lot did too. Xxx

Just watched the new 'Tolkien' film trailer and I haven't been this keen to see a film in ages. I've missed the LOTR-inspired magic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Girzu81oS8Q

Took Rory to visit her cousins and go ice skating for the first time. At dinner, we were all talking about our family when the light in Ali-niece’s room began to flicker as if someone was playing with the switch. Off, on, off, on, off, on. ‘Electrical fault?’ I suggested.

‘No, it’s (our late) Dad saying hello!’ said my sister.

Sadie-niece filmed it with her phone. She was too freaked out to go near the light, so my sis turned it off. When she turned it back on ten minutes later it was fine.

Draw your own conclusions on that one!

Oooh, my first foreign sale with the book series! Turkey! *hugs everyone in Turkey*

My brother and his wife have had a third daughter, Aria Rose. It's all girls in the Peachy clan!

Book is getting some nice reviews. :)

Check out the cover reveal of my booky! Okay, back to editing book 2...

http://readitdaddy.blogspot.com.au/2017/02/get-ready-for-adventure-in-new.html

Well, that was a very trippy episode of Sherlock. I hardly knew what was real and what wasn’t.
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ION, I’ve seen the final version of my book cover and it’s utterly BEAUTIFUL. I am so happy with it! Hopefully soon I can go public with it.

Sherlock’s new episode, holy cow.

Burst out laughing a lot. And awfully intense. Oh, Sherlock is BACK.

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Duuude, the new Sherlock episode was pretty sterling. Solid is the word that comes to mind. Not totally surprised by events though…

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Merry Christmas, happy Hannukah, Festive Season! Am full of food and family fun. I hope yours is too, dear flist. Xxx