Ten things....

1) I was captain of school.
2) I know how to drive a traction engine and a steam roller.
3) I met my husband whilst covered in coal dust and oil (at least I know he loved me for more than looks.)
4) I never went full term in either of my pregnancies.
5) I am the secretary of the Upper Onny Wildlife group and during the spring and summer I can often be seen out surveying Curlew and Lapwing, both of which will be extinct in my area within 5-10 years.
6) I love birds of prey and dream of the day I have enough time and money to take up falconry again.
7) I love travelling, but at heart I’m a home girl and like nothing better than the view from my front window.
8) Similarly, I adore socialising, but I’d also be more than content marooned in my own cottage in the middle of nowhere. ON MY OWN.
9) I am currently writing a historical romance set in Rome, but I’d love to write a romance during the Reformation.
10) I have so far set all my stories around an actual historical event.

Both the kidlets are off school at the moment with a stinking cold, poor things. Olivia hasn't eaten a thing today and this is the girl who eats three Weetabix for breakfast. I hate seeing them so ill.
At the weekend I went to London with my husband for my Birthday treat and visited the British Museum. Man I love that place. There are not enough hours in the day to see everything but I saw some great Roman jewellery, mosaics, silverware and Samian pottery. I drooled at the Sutton Hoo display and the Viking and Anglo-Saxon weaponry. *Sigh* I will post pictures but I fear the flash reflected off the glass rendering them useless.

No news from M&B, but I'm up to chp 8 on The Charioteer. Yay!I seem to work better if I write a rough draft then leave it and work on something else. That enables me to go back with fresh eyes and see my work as a whole not random scenes. I also realised I need to print my first draft out before I step into the abyss of revision. What about you? Can you write a ms straight through or do you need time apart?