Author: Roxanne Michelle

Dramatic, curly-haired wannabe writer from a nowhere town in Somerset. Stop-starter of all projects great and small. Here to talk books, film, mental health and lifestyle.

Novella Notes- White- Tim Lebbon

Short, Sharp, Scary!

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Page Count 62/ POV First person

 Publication date March 2014/ Publisher Dreaming In Fire

Price £2.08/Free with K-U  Purchased From: Amazon Kindle (30/05/18)

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Following: An Experiment

What makes us follow a blogger? Are you making snap judgements? Take the test…

I suppose without context this blog might only appeal to me, which is fine, but then if I wanted to be the only person to understand it why would I do it online? Anonymity is useful for discouraging bias, but I personally find it a struggle to connect with an entirely unknown source.

Lets do an experiment.
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The Bank Holiday Book Tag

I was tagged by Amy   to post this fun Book Tag originally created by Cora for Bank Holiday Weekend. It’s August so of course we’ve had rain for most of the weekend, though we did manage to visit West Bay- aka the beach setting used to film BroadChurch– for a few sunny hours on Saturday. As it’s taken me til the end of BH weekend to post my contribution I won’t be tagging folks, but do feel free to join in and credit Cora.

Here we go..
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#SixForSunday; TBR Books

Here finally is my first official #SixForSunday post on my blog! I’ve been following Steph’s wonderful meme for a while now, I dip in and out of participating via Twitter @AnAverageLife88 and have been excited to do my first blog addition!

I’m so glad that this week’s prompt is SIX BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN ON MY TBR FOREVER, what a great place to start.
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Thirty after 30

A bucket list.

On 22nd August 2018 I hit 30 years of age!
As part of my celebrations and a hopeful step towards a major life-time goal I have re-launched my blog. This first week of posts is dedicated to my past, present and future with the intention of giving you all a look behind the curtain at me… Roxanne Michelle.
Today I’m sharing thirty goals from my ever-growing bucket list

  • Run a successful blog

  • Mentor my next workplace successor

  • Change career

  • Complete a marketing course

  • Publish a novel

  • Learn to cope without anxiety medication

  • Purchase my own plot of land

  • Quit smoking

  • Relocate to a village

  • Kick my energy drink addiction

  • Drive to Ireland

  • Ride a scooter in Italy

  • Drive a tractor

  • Join the mile high club

  • Do a colour run

  • Read Stephen King and son’s entire canon

  • Learn a new language

  • Teach myself to play violin

  • Take one archery or fencing class

  • Participate in NaNoWriMo

  • Go to Hay Festival

  • See The Woman In Black in theatre

  • Have a psychic reading

  • Watch a meteor shower

  • Experience a sensory deprivation tank

  • Get in a hot spring

  • Watch the northern lights from a glass igloo in Finand

  • Visit a European Christmas Market

  • Take a cooking class in Italy

  • Walk through the crooked forest in Poland

Whats on your bucket list? Have you done any of these things already? I welcome any advice.