It’s Sunday again. Time to sum up your week in 25 words or less. Here goes;
Volunteer and write
Then write some more
Meet friends for lunch
First cataract done
Excellent NHS care
Shopping deliveries
Until I can drive again
Sum up Sunday
Flaunt it Friday
Today’s the day to share anything that you’re pleased with this week. Here’s mine:
Having had my debut children’s book, The Clocker, published this year, I have been beavering away on a second children’s book. It’s a follow on, with a focus on a different character than the first book.
I’m delighted to have now written over 30,000 words. Although it’s very much a first draft, that feels quite an achievement.
Wordy Wednesday
My word today is chuffed. According to my weighty tome, The New Oxford Dictionary of English, it originated in the 1950s from chuff meaning plump or pleased.
It’s a word I love and associate with The Midlands/ North of England rather than the south. The saying, I’m dead chuffed, or right chuffed sums up its meaning of being pleased.
Do you have a word or phrase meaning you’re pleased where you live? I’d love to hear from you.
Sum up Sunday
It’s time to sum up your week in 25 words or less. Here’s my week:
Guitar sale at charity shop
Cataract appointment comes through
Support at Let’s Write
First draft of second book moves on
The boiler is serviced.
Flaunt it Friday
After some set-backs, this week has been positive. Despite the challenge of not being able to drive at the moment (cataracts), I’ve picked myself up and got organised. Train and hotel bookings are sorted so that I can still get to Liverpool Book Festival in August, where I’m sharing a stand with a fellow children’s author. I’ve calculated the maximum number of books and bookmarks we can manage to take. Phew.
On Monday, I heard from my contact at the library that there’d been some bookings for the 2 library events I’m doing next month. She’s also asked me to sign some books as they’re going to be given as prizes for a different library event. All very exciting and uplifting just at the moment I needed it.
Wordy Wednesday
This week, I’m going to hand over to Nev, the main character from my children’s book, The Clocker. Nev likes to make up his own words and he’s going to share one of them.
I love making up words. Sometimes there isn’t one that exists that says what you want. I started making up words when I was little. It made people laugh so I made up more. The first made up word in The Clocker is ‘slumpfolded’. It means you’re slumped and folded over all at once. It described how my dad looked when my mum had left us. Apparently, that word also means something to do with a geographical feature but I think my meaning is better.
Have you ever made up a word, either by adding two words together or creating your own word? I’d love to hear them (and so would Nev).
Sum up Sunday
Another week has gone by and it’s time for Sum up Sunday. Please join me by summing up your week in 25 words or less.
Look out of bus windows
Rest my eyes
View life differently
Deer and ducklings
Lift my heart
Eat out
Adjust
Flaunt it Friday
Here’s your chance to shout out about anything, big or small, that you’re pleased with this week. I’d love to hear from you.
Here’s my Flaunt it Friday:
On Monday mornings, I volunteer at a local charity shop. I’d noticed the beautiful Royal Doulton tea set a few weeks before, marvelling at its simple elegance. Several customers had admired it, picking up the teapot or milk jug, but no one had bought it. On Monday, I spotted a woman looking at it, turning various pieces over in her hands. She approached the till, enquiring if the price was for the whole set, which it was.
Having taken her payment – £25 – I carefully wrapped each piece, packing it all neatly into a bag. I felt so pleased for her as she went off proudly clutching her bag and telling me she couldn’t wait to use her tea set. I was also pleased for making the sale; it all adds to the money needed by Children’s Air Ambulance.
Wordy Wednesday
In the morning, as I enjoy my second cup of tea, I like to do a selection of word games on the NYT games app. This generally starts with Connections, followed on by Wordle. A few weeks back I struggled to find letters that would go with the ones I’d got right in Wordle and resorted to random choices. Having nearly exhausted the possibilities, I put in ‘maven’ and it was correct. Not being familiar with the word, I headed to my trusty dictionary. Here I discovered that a maven is an expert, a connoisseur with extensive knowledge in a particular area, for example a fashion maven. The word’s origin is from the Yiddish, mevyn which in turn comes from Hebrew mevin, meaning to understand.
In my children’s book, The Clocker, Nev gets embarrassed by his dad using out of date slang words. My Books
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