About MM
London mum, writer and amateur illustrator. Hopes to navigate through motherhood without losing herself.
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Manuscript completed at 75,000 words. Currently being re-edited to become the best book I have ever written. Also the first book I have ever written.
Category Archives: Blogging
Dongling along
I am still here, down in France, trying to get a dubious little USB stick (how can anything that goes by the name dongle be taken seriously, let alone WORK?!) to provide me with Internet. HAHA. I have been sold … Continue reading
Breaking up for summer
The past few weeks have been oddly exhausting. Not because of what has happened; rather because of what could have happened. It’s all good news (or potentially none at all), but still, being kept in limbo for weeks, depending on … Continue reading
About the book V
It’s bloody hard. There is no other way to put it, looking for an agent/publisher is one of the most painful and frustrating things I have put myself through so far. Because writing the novel has been fairly easy, I … Continue reading
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Tagged book, snog Covent Garden, The White Company, writing
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I write like Ernest Hemingway
I write like Ernest Hemingway. Says website I write. Their innovative and technologically advanced analysis tool evaluates your writing style and gives a pretty *coughs* accurate account of which famous writer you are comparable to. Ernest and me. Like two peas in a … Continue reading
Pretty, please!
Can you spot the difference? I have had a complete and total makeover. What do you think? PS: Excuse the recent absence, I have been busy revising the book and scanning the market for underemployed agents. Normal service shall be … Continue reading
Tidy up, tidy up
I’ve lost it. Seriously, I have lost my RSS feeds. There’s been a long list of coveted blogs I collected and started to follow over the years, and it’s all gone. Together with bookmarks and all internet history. I have … Continue reading
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On video blogging, ambulances and smoking in restaurants
Last Friday started rather pleasantly with a morning spent at Home House, a video training amongst a bunch of my favourite bloggers and a new camera to put some icing on the cake (thanks Susanna & Jen, you are awesome!). … Continue reading
Speed dating in the age of motherhood
10 bloggers, 2.5 hours and countless cups of tea. This morning, I had the pleasure to be part* of a speed-dating-like event for brands that were keen to find out how to best approach mum bloggers. In the depth of … Continue reading
Nokia N8 – review & giveaway
For some strange reason my husband loves the fact that I am not entirely lost when it comes to technology. He has taken to calling me Technologiewunderchen, which translates into little tech miracle (and is completely exaggerated). When Nokia asked … Continue reading



