( I know, I know. This REEKS of dragging it out. But it’s a month today, and I did promise Tark and Mara’s take on the Blog Awards ages ago. Then we’re done, I swear.) Somewhere in a parallel universe, a large function room in Co. Kill Dare was brimming with hope, excitement, and alcohol, wherein the Blogerati had gathered,…
Tag: Irish Blog Awards 2014
I WON AT THE BLOG AWARDS! And, um, this outfit happened
So I wasn’t expecting that! (Obviously, or I never would have promised you a photograph.) But I won the award for Best Newcomer at the Blog Awards last night. And I’m so delighted I don’t even mind jeopardising everything I hold dear now, by showing you just how seriously I took the 1980s fancy dress theme. It was marginally funny…
5 Vaguely Booky Things I Learned On My Holidays
Now that it’s September, and the schools are back, I want to tell you what I learned on my holidays this year. Not least that having a holiday from the Internet was harder than I thought it would be. I had some fish in the sun, then some steak in the rain, and then some music in a…
I Have No Pride Or Shame. VOTE FOR ME
This is desperate. I’m about to ask you for votes. So let me apologise in advance for everything I’m about to say. This blog has been nominated in the “Best Blog Post” category of the Irish Blog Awards, for a post in which I described my limitless talent for self-sabotage when talking about my own work,…
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