My health is deteriorating, but I’ve found a new way to take charge and to help myself in this constant battle with my own body. Food. Yes, the food I am putting into my body, or more specifically, the food I am now no longer putting into my body, is helping in my day-to-day battle […]
Going Backwards
It’s been a while since I updated you, or did a video diary entry, on the whole, neck issue thing that I’ve been living with. So, as things have taken a backwards turn this past week or so, I thought it was a perfect time to provide that update. I’ve done a video entry and […]
What Is Your Experience Of Disability?
This question is the first in a list of 52 questions (Don’t worry, I may not do them all) on Rose B. Fischer’s blog. It’s part of an awareness raising campaign called Redefining Disability. I’ve mentioned my own disability a few times, I’ve seen a lot of campaigning for the raising of mental health awareness […]
Stuck Inside Screaming 'Let Me Out!'
I thought about this post all last night and was adamant I was going to write it but now it comes down to it I’m not so sure. My resolve is wavering. Do I bare my soul or do I continue to hide behind my keyboard just posting book reviews, the occasional YouTube video and […]
Can Diversity Really Exist in Publishing?
If you’re a book lover then you know that there has been another incident of mass racial abuse on Twitter. That or you’ve had your head in a box – or a book maybe! Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman gave an interview to Sky where she said that children’s books needed more diversity. It was incorrectly […]
I'm Still Me!
Friday evening I went out for a meal with some friends. They’re friends I see only every few months. It’s a – let’s keep in contact kind of relationship. Usually after the meal, they want to go drinking and maybe do some dancing but I knew I couldn’t do this, my limit that evening was […]