Author: Violetsteel

Share Your World – 2014 Week 23

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This is my first time participating in Share Your World 🙂 I’m sure it won’t be the last. 🙂 Would your rather be stuck in a small plane with mild turbulence for 2 hours or be a passenger in a car racing the Daytona 500? Definitely be a passenger in a Daytona 500 Car. I […]

Present Ponderings – Tue 3 Jun ’14

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Watching: Game of Thrones, 24 & we also just started Fargo Listening: Now That’s What I Call Rock & Stephen Fry’s – The Fry Chronicles Audiobook. Reading: Divergent by Veronica Roth. I must also mention that last week I read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. It is Brilliant and you should definitely read […]

Bullet Journalling

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So it started when I clicked a Book Riot article and started adding some books to my goodreads reading list, then I bookmarked the page in Instapaper, then decided to organise my Instapaper a bit and move articles in folders. Then I spotted a saved article from Lifehacker about journalling and opened it, which sidetracked […]

Slow Motion Tattooing

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Session 3 is done! A 4 hour sitting where we added the steampunk pocketwatch. I filmed a few slow motion clips while we were in progress and put them together to create this…

Present Ponderings – Sun 11 May ’14

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For a while I’ve been trying to think of a recurring post I can use for a quick post and update about what I’m up to at any given time. Back in the yesteryear of my website I had a small area just called “Current” where I listed what was current for that day. Since I […]

Your Basic Book Signing Procedure

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So you’ve never been to a book signing before? Here is your basic book signing procedure that will give you an overview of what to expect and how you should prepare. The process goes something like this: Get there early Depending on the author and location this can be anything from 30 minutes to hours. […]

Laini Taylor Book Signing & back to Red Hair

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So 2 cool things happened today. Firstly, I started the day terribly hungover due to an impromptu night out. A “quick drink” after work turned into a session with some lovely company and a bit too much wine was consumed. So I woke up with a banging headache, had some paracetamol and a glass of […]

RIP Yvette

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On Tuesday 29th April, an old Primary School friend, and for the last 8 years, an online friend, Yvette Wray (aka Magependragon), lost her battle with cancer.