
If you’re following my story about Nick and Lily, you will know that the narrator is telling the story. There are different scenes, when dialogue between the different characters, adds to the story. So far I’ve concentrated on telling the reader about what happens to Nick. I can have scenes that don’t feature Nick, but feature Lily instead.
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21, November 2012 | Categories: Humour, writing | Tags: Barmaid’s Arms, chicken surprise, Nick and Lily, old speckled hen, writing, writing a novel, writing a story, writing fiction | 3 Comments

Motoring
I have started with a picture of my car, now 14 years old. A smaller car would be cheaper to run but the depreciation on my car has been around £350 a year over a 7 year period. It’s still in quite good condition and I expect it to last a few more years so depreciation will be even less in the longer term. I checked my fuel consumption today and it was about 6 miles to a litre of petrol; I could do better! It was 7.5 on a Sunday. (more…)
9, September 2011 | Categories: Frugal Friday | Tags: Asda, chicken, chicken drumsticks, cooking, depreciation, Lidl, old speckled hen, pawn broker, up and over ale, Zopa | 7 Comments