Saw this on another forum based in the UK:

For those who missed it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kav0FEhtLug&feature=aso#

Hugs
Sue

This is a lovely moment, enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiGKWoJi5qM

Hugs Sue

If you need to know where Santa is, go here:

http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html

You can also visit google earth:

http://www.noradsanta.org/en/track3d.html for more detailed information on his whereabouts.

Remember to leave out some mince pies,carrots for the reindeer and a glass of sherry to keep Santa warm.

Happy Christmas

Love

Sue

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Telling a story.

I write stories, I like writing...no love writing, but know my limitations.

There have been millions of books published, some good, some not so good. I often wonder whether I could become a published author, in the main stream, like many others. Then I see the hoops you have to go through to even get an agent let alone a publisher. I know that you can self publish, but it isn’t the route to massive success unless you are very lucky and have huge talent, both of which, I regret, I have not got.

My lovely mum is terminally ill and is not expected to live for much longer.

I will be reading the great stories on the site as time permits, (it helps take my mind off things) but I won't be writing anything for a while. As soon as I am able, I will continue with the stories.

Please bear with me.

Hugs and kisses
Sue
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I was listening to Radio 5 live tonight here in the UK, on the way home from work.

They were talking about mixed metaphors and I had a chortle at some of the ones people could remember.

Here are a few of my favourites:

From now on, I’m watching everything you do with a fine-tuned comb.

A leopard can't change his stripes.

Now I'm going to have to add a few to some of my stories, but not sure how to do it without getting my knickers in a spin.

Hugs
Sue

I have decided that as there doesn't appear to be overmuch interest in reading the 'new version' of the story, I will discontinue amending the story for now. I have therefore put the remainder of the original stories back up.

I might return to it later, but as I want to clear the decks as it were for Football Girl Book 2 and other future stories.

Many thanks for the people who did comment.

Hugs
Sue

As an experiment, I used a poll at the end of the chapter to see if people who didn't like to comment would at least leave some feedback via a poll.

http://poll.pollcode.com/PRb_result?v

I would like to thank those people who were kind enough to vote. It was an experiment and I would your opinion as to whether it is worth continuing with future stories.

Hugs and thanks

Sue

Anyone fancy a beach hut with cold running water and a kettle?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10837742

It sounds like a bargain!

Hugs
Sue

I will be away on holiday in Cornwall for just over a week from Friday, so I won't be doing any writing for a while. (Hooray, I hear you say). Thankfully, I have had my anti-Piskie shots, so I shouldn't catch anything more nasty than a hangover.

Anyway, I will be starting a new chapter of Changes soon and I would like to have suggestions regarding the name of Samantha's new boat/yacht/ship.

It will need a sense of taste and decorum as Dotty will be re-launching her with a bottle of Bollinger or two.

As I sit here, trying to confound and astound my readers with further adventures, I wonder if I am always on the right track.

By this, I am constantly trying to balance what I like to write with what my readers like to read. I hate being stuck in a pigeon hole, so I tend to write on different subjects, time spans, ages etc. I would hate to think that people see my name and think, ‘Oh here is a typical Sue Brown story.’

I had a problem the other day. There were several tractors, other bits of mobile farm machinery and lethal looking things that would mince you up and spit you out if you were silly enough to get in the way all going up and down my little lane..

To explain, I am surrounded by fields and have just a small lane to the front. Hence the farm traffic.

I went to the cinema last night and saw Hachiko: A Dog's Story. I cried my eyes out. It was such tear jerker and based loosely on a Japanese story.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028532/

It also reminded me of the wonderful Greyfriars Bobby.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Bobby

If you like a good cry and a very good story, see it if you can.

Hugs
Sue

After I slept on things for a few days and had a large number of PM's from readers and writers, who want me to re-post the story, I am considering changing my mind on my decision to withdraw the story.