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Today’s Book News Thursday, 11th December 2025 Kindle to Offer Downloads for DRM‑Free Titles Starting 20 January 2026, Amazon’s Kindle store will let readers download DRM‑free books in EPUB or PDF formats, making it easier to read purchased...

Actually, I would never choose cleaning over writing. My house is an utter disgrace.

Oh, yes. It's when I find myself cleaning the inside of the oven rather than revising my synopsis...

I thought I’d avoided it, actually - everyone else in the house came down with I but I didn’t… until I did. It’s extraordinarily infectious! The manic-expulsive phase is over, thank the gods, but it’s left me weak as a kitten. Send me a small...

Ginger tea: the best for settling a stomach.

Absolutely no fun at all. I hope you are getting plenty of rest and fluids. I suspect your diet is pretty healthy, so your gut is likely to be more resilient than most. Here's hoping normal service is resumed soon.

Get well soon x

Oh no, that's awful. Sending a flood of well wishes!

Oh dear! Rest and recover :heart::sun-behind-large-cloud:

Oh no! Hope you feel better soon xx

No, it is ghastly. Get well soon xxx

Today’s Book News Thursday, 11th December 2025 Kindle to Offer Downloads for DRM‑Free Titles Starting 20 January 2026, Amazon’s Kindle store will let readers download DRM‑free books in EPUB or PDF formats, making it easier to read purchased...

And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write - every day, no excuses. It's so easy to make excuses. Even professional writers have days when they'd rather clean the toilet than do the writing...

I think they (The authorities? Publishers? Whoever makes these decisions?) see students struggling and want to help. But instead of giving extra targeted support to those who need it, which requires time, resources, effort, etc., they simply dumb...