Category: Forty-Two Places Guidebook
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Goodreads Giveaway Closes March 19th!
Head to Goodreads and sign up for your chance to receive one of five signed author copies of Douglas Adams’ London.
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Literary Tourism Alert
In 2015, I took David’s extended tour. We not only walked to the in-town Cambridge sights but as there was only me, he generously drove me out to Buntingford. I got to experience the beautiful Cambridgeshire countryside, plus see both Arthur Dent’s House and the Pub from the 2005 Movie.
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Poppy Led Me To Pontoon:
The Spiteri brothers serve the foods they dreamed of in the space that made the Hitchhiker’s movie dream come true.
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Total Opulence Overwhelm
If you go to Harrods, leave yourself plenty of time to escape. Almost being late for your high tea appointment because you can’t find an exit from the gift shop may be the quintessential privileged problem, but the reality is that it is all too easy to cross the line from fun to overwhelm and…
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Submission
I am back from the UK. Submission in two days. The end of the “??? draft” is nigh. This sort of comment from my Beta Readers (my Angels!) is what is keeping me going…and going…in the wee hours of the early morning: “A+! Though I’ve never read a single literary guide before, and will probably…
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Yvette’s Eastercon 2022 Part 1: Safe Today
Another day, another COVID test. I’m safe today. Each swab is an exercise in staying in the moment, not dwelling on the possibility of upset plans, time and energy ‘wasted’ (that’s my mom’s voice in my head), and hardcore FOMO if it turns out I can’t do all the things I want to do while…
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Twickenham with the Baldwin Family
The welcome to Twickenham was warm, even if the weather was chillier than I’m used to.
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Travel Observations
Post-pandemic travel observations so far, traveling while masked and with noise-canceling headphones.
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Excitement and Adventure and Really Wild Things Part One
Guidebook research is arranged in conjunction with attending the 72nd Eastercon which I have been supporting through volunteer work. It it is a wonderful chance to meet up with fans and friends, and discuss the literature and lore I love to geek out about.