Cover Me, I’m Going In
Here’s a tiny bit of book. My book. Yikes. Good grief, the last time I blogged was three months ago and I was ordering cheese for H’s...
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jdettmann
Feb 21, 20184 min read
Panic Stations
Like sorting Lego into colours, listing your worries makes you feel like you’re making progress. In both cases this is an illusion. I’m...
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jdettmann
Nov 7, 20173 min read
Wake In Fright: My Idyllic Country Writer’s Retreat
I’ve done a couple of these little three-day stints in the past few months, and until now they’ve been fantastic for getting a huge...
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jdettmann
Oct 25, 20174 min read
Billy, Don’t Be A Hero
Seven year olds can make their own fairy bread. That’s dinner for the rest of the year sorted. I’m a long way through the writing of this...
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jdettmann
Sep 4, 20175 min read
On The Tiles
Here’s my awful ugly new desk chair, rehearsing its look for next Book Week, when it plans to go as Doris the Desk Chair Fairy We’ve had...
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jdettmann
Aug 17, 20173 min read
There Will Be Books
Curious George is a movie that can penetrate even the most noise-cancelling of headphones. Writing a novel in the same room as a...
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jdettmann
Jan 18, 20165 min read
Harry Potter and the Back-to-School Shopping
J. K. Rowling almost certainly had this exact pencil case in primary school. We’ve just finished reading the first Harry Potter book to...
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jdettmann
Dec 3, 20121 min read
The Lazy Person’s Guide To Buying A Christmas Present For My Dad
1. Is it a book? Yes: go to question 2. No: Select again and go back to question 1. 2. Does it have endnotes? Yes: Go to question 3. No:...
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jdettmann
Sep 10, 20124 min read
Everyone’s A Critic
The next book we’re borrowing from the library is ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’. Right now one of May Blossom’s favourite books is We’re...
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jdettmann
Feb 29, 20122 min read
Our (Cubby) House, In The Middle of Our Street
But this squishy little flat will soon be a much-improved palace, because the Michael the Bathroom Man, Saviour of Hearts and Minds, is...
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jdettmann
Dec 20, 20111 min read
A Very ‘To The Lighthouse’ Christmas
The place was gone to rack and ruin. Only the Lighthouse beam entered the rooms for a moment, sent its sudden stare over bed and wall in...
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jdettmann
Oct 25, 20111 min read
Re-reading Matters
How funny, that's exactly the outfit I am wearing as I write this blog post, right down to the lipstick and earrings. Mem Fox says in her...
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