Showing posts with label Boho cafe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boho cafe. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 April 2012

Sunday Catch Up

Pigeons in Westgate Park, Canterbuy
This week I received a great email from an agent I've been chatting to detailing what sort of changes they would like to see happen with my manuscript. It's really interesting to see what a professional thinks works and doesn't work. They are a really lovely person, we talked on the phone too, and very no pressure about the whole thing too which is fantastic. So I've been reading that email and thinking about it all week. I think it's very important as a writer to be open to change. I've no issue with changing even large parts of my manuscript as long as the core is maintained and it will improve the overall novel. But I also know people who argue over every little thing and refuse to let go, like a dog with a bone. 
So...each to their own?

Canterbury West train station
We went to Canterbury on Friday! We haven't gone for well over a month I think? So that was cool. We didn't get much but had a nice breakfast at Boho Cafe, got some birthday cards from Paperchase, wandered about for a while, bought macaroons from Patisserie Valerie, went into Whatever Comics but they didn't have anything we wanted and then we walked around Westgate Gardens for a while before getting the train back home.

Westgate Park, Canterbury
Westgate Park, Canterbury

Saturday I mostly worked, read through another email from the agent I've been talking to. I'm going to do some rewrites for her to see if we're thinking along the same lines. So that's pretty cool. I'm starting the rewrites and editing today.

Westgate Park, Canterbury

I've also been arranging with my mum to go to Yorkshire at some point in June because my Grandpa is coming over from Canada. I've only met him twice before. Once was when I was a little baby so I don't actually remember that and the other time I was a teenager, still at secondary school I think, so I don't really remember that much either. I just remember that we had a meal and he had really white hair. Like amazingly white. So it'll be nice to see him again.

We also made some yummy food this week!


 We bought this thing for making poached eggs in the microwave because it was £1! There is one cooker in the house which is downstairs in my fiance's Gran's kitchen and she has a hole in the wall to pass things through so we don't like to disturb her too much, she sleeps in her front room. It made surprisingly good eggs! Although one did explode a little because I left it in too long. It was still edible though.

Quesadillas
 Quesadillas! We ended up with one burnt, one without enough cheese and one that was just right. The second attempt, last night, faired much better but we didn't get a photo.

Poached egg on potato waffle
Trying out the poacher again and it went even better this time because my fiancé did them and he actually reads instructions unlike me. I do love potato waffles. It's like I'm five years old.

I also did Bloggiesta this weekend for the first time ever! Hopefully the blog seems a bit neater now, what do you think? We also passed the 4,000 pageview mark this weekend!

Canterbury West train station
All photos were taken and edited by me!


Sunday, 8 January 2012

Sunday Catch Up


Boho Cafe, Canterbury
Well after Christmas my partner's brother came to stay with us for a few days which was nice, we took him to Canterbury for the day to introduce him to the awesomeness of the Whatever Comics shop and the Level Up Games shop, as well as the delicious food and tea at Boho Cafe. If you live in or around Canterbury (we are a 20 min train ride away) then I really suggest that you check these places out.

Boho Cafe, Canterbury
Whatever Comics, Canterbury
   
Level Up Games, Canterbury

Since my partner's brother left we have been tidying up mostly and getting back into our usual routines. The Christmas decorations came down yesterday so the front room looks much bigger and more tidy than it has the last few weeks. I adore Christmas and the decorations but I do like taking them down again, it makes you appreciate the room again.

Today I had to take one of our four gerbils to the vet because his teeth had grown obscenely long. They have tons of chews and things to keep them busy and their teeth worn down but this little one, Peeper, has slightly crooked teeth so they don't wear on each other like they should. Anyway, he has had then neatly clipped and he seems very happy again.

Other than that I have been working as usual, I was offered a slightly different writing job recently in addition to my usual work so that's nice. I've also spent a lot of time listening to music again. I always listen to music but it tends to be the same few bands over and over again. So instead I've recently been listening to: Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Voxtrot and Arcade Fire, for a change. Check them out if you want to listen to something different to your usual, or the same as your usual depending what you like. They're not very different to what I normally listen too, but I know what I like.

Today I plan to do a bit more editing and play Skyrim. I sure know how to live. I might even have a cup of tea.
 
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