PROLOGUE There are some people in life who are very annoying, and my lover is one of them. Bloody infuriating, in fact. Not that I don't love him, otherwise why would I use the word lover? I never use words lightly any more; my lover prohibited that. He's a linguist, you see; he won't allow [...]
The Grass is Not Always Greener!
The Grass is NOT Always Greener! How is it that when you lose someone you loved, whether it be through death or the break-up of a relationship, you always glorify the past? I suppose that’s a good thing when it comes to death – it’s the mind’s auto-mechanism of softening the pain. After all, when [...]
Should you use the ‘L’ word?
Who believes in the L’ word? No, I don’t mean Litigation or Libel or Lust or Lasciviousness or Lechery or Lingerie. I mean LOVE, obviously. I love you. How many times do we use that word, that clichéd phrase, during the course of our lives? Parent to child, child to parent, partner to partner, spouse [...]
How my novel’s protagonist ended my marriage
When Errant Hubby first read my latest novel, way back in the early spring, he was so taken with it that he confessed to feeling a sudden resurgence of love for me. But I wasn’t to be fooled. No doubt this was inspired by all the sexy bits which turned him on. After all, my [...]
One Brutal Autumn
Moving on is easier said than bloody done. Move on? Erm - sorry, but how, exactly? How do you move on when you’ve been with someone for twenty-one years and have never been apart for more than a couple of weeks in all that time? How do you move on without them when you know [...]
Wendy Skorupski 