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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Writeworks in progress

Working on a new short story for our post-NaNoWriMo group, the Fictional Authors. Reading Joe Hill for lessons on how to write creepy. I finished Heart-Shaped Box in one day and plan to devour 20th Century Ghosts next. Got the first line of it in the middle of the night

Tweets for the week of February 19th

* I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel. * Going to a sweet romantic werewolf movie with my Valentine! * "You'd have to have a heart of stone and a soul of custard to turn that down&

Happy birthday Hubby!

Tweets for the week of 12th February

* Survived kata class, first full run-through of kata in public with judges, shaking by the end of it! * Writing for post NaNoWriMo group, aiming for creepy horror story. * Writing story about serial-killing orchid guy, and Gmail keeps giving me orchid care ads... * I post ONE Google Buzz and two disparate

FO: Blue Coronet Hat

Finished the Coronet hat I've been working on and wore it the same day Pattern: Coronet hat from Knitty Yarn: Imperial Stock Ranch 2 ply in Canyon Shadow Blue Needles: US8 circular, magic loop Duration: 31st January to 9th February 2010 Ravelry project: Blue Coronet The hat came

Newton and the Apple

BBC News: Newton's apple story goes online. The original version of the story of Sir Isaac Newton and the falling apple has been made available online. Newton recounted the story that inspired his theory of gravitation to scholar William Stukeley. It then appeared in Stukeley's 1752

Tweets for the week of February 5th

Our first date was February 5th, 1994, sixteen years ago today! We went to a little Italian restaurant off the High Street in Guildford, which has since closed. Paul got us a table for two in a quiet corner with candles. I ate all my pizza, he pushed his pasta

Knitfail

Utter loss of my knitting skills last week. Two projects started, two ripped out: Pyroclastic socks and the Ivy Vines cowl. My Pyroclastic sock is gone. I got through the cuff, heel, and started the arch shaping, then it all went wrong. I believe I followed the instructions for marker

Kakapo given NZ Government job

The Telegraph: Parrot that tried to mate with Mark Carwardine is given a government role. The New Zealand prime minster has given the country’s most famous parrot a job in his government, it has emerged. An endangered kakapo parrot, named Sirocco, which rose to fame last year after it

Tweets for the week of January 29th

* Everything aches after kata class, can't believe what I've got myself into! Going to IL for a tournament in March * Karate lesson + gym = wipeout. No brain left. Send more brain plz. Brains.... * Sun! First time in 2 weeks I saw the sun for more than a

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