Circle of Hands Saturday, May 31st at 9pm (GMT) If you're uncertain how this relates to your own time zone simply Google an international clock Previous scheduled chats have attracted international publishers, writers of many genres & hosts of enthusiastic readers! Talk about writing - or anything, really! Chocolate muffins have been mentioned.... Locate the Circle of Hands via my official web site at http://www.adelecosgrove-bray.com Everyone is welcome! Courtesy is mandatory in the Circle of Hands. The first draft of Rowan is now complete, and achieved the 100,000 word count which I had aimed for when I began writing it on August 6th last year. A recent email from Hadley Rille Books informed me that Ruins Metropolis (which features my 3,000-word tale of the Caldy Fae) is currently being printed and should land on bookshop shelves - physical and cyber alike - very soon. Anyhooooooooooow, to celebrate, you're all invited to the next gathering of the C...

May I relate the tale of the tail – Saffron’s tail, actually, which I managed to grab hold of just in time to prevent the little darling snaked her way off up the newly-opened chimney. The cat was not pleased. But a grumpy cat is easier to contend with than a huge bill from the Fire Brigade for rescuing the daft moggy. Yes, we now have a new fire, hearth and surround. We also have an unexpected heatwave, so relishing the former will have to wait until the latter has subsided. Maybe autumn sometime. Ah well, I always was one for forward planning. Over the weekend we watched Sommersby , which we both enjoyed. So was he her hubby or wasn’t he? Richard says he was; I’m not so sure. The Gere hubby’s feet were two sizes smaller than the original hubby. Women notice such things, despite rumours to the contrary. One thing I was sure of was that the heroine’s pregnancy must surely have been the fastest in all human history. The tobacco crop hadn’t grown an inch taller from when the pregna...