Today I am trapped in a thorny tangle of structure, as I pull apart the first few chapters of Hills and Valleys in an attempt to get them into some sort of order. The book is written, the plot set, and I have a (self-imposed) deadline to get the MS to my editor. All sorted, right? Yes, except for the fact that I cannot get the first few chapters to read as I would wish, hence the de-tangling exercise.
Plus there is a tumble of ironing to be done, a plethora of presents to be wrapped and the myriad other responsibilities that make up my day. So this blog post will be short, yet (hopefully) still sweet. In an attempt to deflect you from my literary shortcomings, may I lead you to a few other places in the blogosphere, all of whom are offering some festive goodness? In the meanwhile I shall shuffle papers and mainline spiced almonds in an attempt to find order.
Ali Isaac is weaving legend and history to tell us about the Five Sacred Evergreens of Christmas
Mick Canning is sharing a Christmas story with a twist 😉
Sally Cronin’s Christmas Grotto is full of all kinds of books and gifts,
Hugh over at Hugh’s Views and News is having a charity Christmas Tree Topper Challenge
Marjorie at Kyrosmagica has found her Christmas spirit while working in retail
And Sue over at The Daily Echo has a post (via Barb Taub) about completely impractical gifts for writers
So there you go. Happy Tuesday all! I’ll see you tomorrow for my Wednesday Wander.
Helen Glynn Jones 
Thanks for the shout out, Helen!
You’re welcome Mick – anytime! 🙂
Thanks for the link, Helen! Hope you get your thorny issues all smoothed out! Lol!
Ha ha – me too! *shuffles papers* 🙂
Thanks for the mention, Helen, and good luck with the tangles! I feel I should mention though that the original post belongs to Barb Taub 😉
Thanks Sue – I’ll update the link 🙂
Thanks, Helen 🙂
Thanks for the mention about my Charity Christmas Tree Topper challenge appeal, Helen. I appreciate it very much. I hope you day has got better. Some of my best ideas for short stories come when I am stood at the ironing board. 😀 I hope you are inspired.
You’re very welcome Hugh, hope it’s going well 🙂 And, while I didn’t get inspired today, I did get a little closer to sorting out my various tangles.
Thanks for sharing my post Helen, and highlighting so many excellent Christmas themed posts.
You’re very welcome, Marjorie – hope you’re still feeling the Christmas spirit at work and beyond 🙂
It’s giving me lots of ideas for stories so that can’t be a bad thing!! Can’t believe it’s Christmas day next week, time is just flying in.
Oh that is good 🙂 And yes, time is flying along – it will be the second Blogger’s Bash before we know it!
Yes hope I will be able to go….