by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 4, 2008 | Blog, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
My book has been reviewed in the May 2008 edition of marie claire and awarded the prominent red sticker “This Month’s Must-Read”. And with Kylie on the cover, it’s sure to get a few readers. (T)his sweetly compact and honest memoir is a very...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 20, 2008 | Blog, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
Last night I was absolutely exhausted, and by way of response to my near-stupor wolfed down enough dinner for two in front of the TV, where I promptly fell asleep soon afterwards, napkin sadly still in place on my lap. The reason for my tiredness – mental,...
by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 13, 2008 | Blog, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
Regular readers will notice that I now have a spiffy new homepage with my picture on it, plus a few pages in addition to this blog. Concluding it was time to get a bit more professional in my virtual home, the website will function as a one-stop shop for anyone...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 28, 2008 | Blog, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
Limbo is not a new aconym for a Manhattan neighbourhood, although New York City, where I’m writing from, is full of them – Loisa for the Lower East Side, NoLiTa for North of Little Italy, Dumbo for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. No, Limbo simply...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 9, 2008 | Blog, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
Hot on the heels of my finished book came my copy of the February edition of Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine, the trade magazine for the book industry. That’s a version of my book jacket as the cover design for this issue. (You’re right, my...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 5, 2008 | Blog, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
The actual printed book, as it turns out, doesn’t feel quite real at all. This is my conclusion after finding an Express Post satchel on my doorstep this afternoon when I got home from work, containing two finished copies of The Young Widow’s Book of Home...