Julia’s house charity

Sunday Saunter – Tail End

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Where are we going?

Can we find our way in?

The Saddest Tale

I found 33 out of 45 mermaids’ tails, nearly three quarters, then ran out of time, though some were way off my bus or walking routes anyway. Some people apparently snapped them all on the first day! There was plenty for children to do at the farewell event, from games to painting their own tails. The whole event must have taken a lot of planning and a lot of artists. The final part will see all the tails auctioned off.

https://www.juliashouse.org/tail-trail/events/farewell-event

Saturday Stroll – Steep Steps

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Hop off the bus and walk up to the West Cliff.

Stop to catch your breath and admire the view.

Onwards and upwards

Highcliff Hotel, popular with politicians attending party conferences.

Not another mermaid tail!

Time to go down to the beach.

Take the cliff lift…

…or perhaps not…

Follow in the footsteps of our leaders as they walk from their hotel to the Bournemouth International Centre.

Look for another mermaid tail.

This is your clue where to see the gathering of all the mermaid tails before they are auctioned off.

Scribbletide

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Scrambled and bloggled words looking back on the week.

Why not go off on a Mermaid Tail Trail, which would be more environmentally friendly than blasting off in a toy rocket for eleven minutes. How does the all women ‘crew’ who presumably didn’t know how to steer it let alone orbit, inspire girls?

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is the real heroine.  She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space and is the only woman to have been on a solo space mission.

At least one person has been enjoying dipping into my new book with their coffee and cake. Actually it is my sister in Australia, but Amazon don’t know that, so how come Amazon would not let her post a review?!

It has been a long while since I reviewed books, well not just in my head… and back when I was reviewing, Amazon constantly rejected my reviews. I posted them in my Sunday Salon blog, but obviously the authors would want them on Amazon. When I recently finished reading an excellent book by a member of our writers’ group, I warned him about review problems, but hey presto, I soon had the email to announce it was live. This inspired me to write long overdue reviews for the other three published writers in our group and as a handy experiment to see how many reviews Amazon accepts. Two went live straight away, while I heard nothing about the third. What to do, it’s enough to give any writer a complex. Thankfully THREE days later I got the good news email.

So here are my reviews, take the opportunity to have a look at the very different books we write.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Champagne-Broken-Teacup-Adventures-resistante-ebook/dp/B0DPVJNZRM

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Camino-Three-Journeys-Tricia-Fairclough/dp/1916193390

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pocket-Full-Pennys-collection-poems/dp/B0BLFWPMZW

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pick-Up-Pieces-Didi-Dundee-ebook/dp/B0CTWC4CGP

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tidalscribe-Tales-Janet-Gogerty-ebook/dp/B0DWV9J83V

Good news ( for me ) I just this moment discovered I have my first review for Tidalscribe Tales, from Canada, thanks Audrey.

You can soon read a ‘live’ interview with Greg Duncan, author of ‘Champagne in a Broken Teacup’.

Do you review books on Amazon, what has your experience been?

Look out soon for the Tail Trail there are 45 to find in Christchurch, Bournemouth and Poole, so if you are local you might beat me to it.