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I am the Granny Who Stands on her Head. Latest book about truly enjoying being older. A time for having fun as well as reflection.
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Feel that you never stop? Subscribe free to my fortnightly newsletter and you will get something to make you stop and think for five minutes or longer. I write on anything from Annunciation paintings to orgasms. AND you can watch me stand on my head.
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The
#Granny
Who Stands on her Head, about the joys and challenges of growing older, has been described by reviewers as ‘thought-provoking, ’funny’, ‘insightful’ and ‘wise’. What more could you want from a book?
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“Who would think a book about a hospice would be so enjoyable? I learned so much. It’s such a wonderful place to live and die.” Buy now.
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A "remarkable" book about people living with
#AIDS
. "The author, by using their own words from interviews, creates an intimacy that is impossible to ignore. These people open up their hearts and souls and you can’t look away." Buy now.
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A warm, thoughtful and uplifting meditation on the perks and pitfalls of growing
#older
. Made me want to stand on my head, too!" Carl Honoré, author of Bolder: Making the most of our longer lives. Buy now.
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We all lead busy lives. It is valuable, now and then, to take a moment out of your day-to-day preoccupations to think about something different. My newsletter does exactly that. One short piece once a fortnight offers a little breather.
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Embrace
#old
age. It can be a lot of fun. See how and why in The Granny Who Stands on her Head.
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A "remarkable" book about people living with
#AIDS
. "The author, by using their own words taken from spoken and written interviews, creates an intimacy that is impossible to ignore. These people open up their hearts and souls and you can’t look away."
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Come join my
#Substack
Newsletter. I am not selling anything. I am not political. I just write a short article about some thought that captured my imagination. Only once a fortnight. Completely free. Do join. Lots of people are.
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Who said
#aging
can’t be fun? In this collection of thoughtful, upbeat essays, I reflect on growing older — from its challenges to its unexpected joys. Tackling myths and taboos about old age," this read is a refreshing testament to a life well lived".
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Sir Ian McKellen says in his Foreword "This collection of true stories is as powerful as any great classic of fiction". It is about young people facing an untimely death from AIDS in the early 1990s.
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There are many ways to review a book or compliment a writer. I just got a very simple and yet highly powerful compliment: "I loved your book," she said, "Never stop writing". She was reading The Granny Who Stands on her Head:
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A visiting kitten is trying to write my books for me. What should I do?
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In this season of thoughtfulness, it is a good time to cast your mind to all those who died in hospice care. If you want to read more, try this:
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Looking for a good read about older women? Try Celebrating Grandmothers. Highly reviewed. See
http://t.co/LODBXl3Ejh.
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"The Deathly Silence Is About To Be Broken.
"
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Life in a Hospice, a moving book about the special people who work in hospice care, is on sale now until 21 September for 99p/99c. They describe, in their own words, how they help dying people, why they love doing this work and its impact on their lives.
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@AgingMeg
Please do! The more the better. Here is a picture of me turning into a book cover. There is a two minute video of me doing a headstand on my website . I turned 80 in February.
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"This collection of true stories is as powerful as any great classic of fiction". So said Sir Ian McKellen. Shows the resilience of young people facing death from
#AIDS
in the early 1990s.
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This says it all. See The Granny Who Stands on her Head. On Amazon and other platforms.
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Where magic, murder, and mystery collide. Wrath of the Fury Blade
@TangentGeoff
&
@TangentCoy
.
#fantasy
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"This book is a love letter to life. Richardson is a skilful story teller, and has many interesting stories to relate. The memoir reads like a novel. The author’s experiences blend together until, at the end, the reader feels both elated and tearful."
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Worried about growing older? Don't be! Read The Granny who Stands on her Head - available on Amazon – and see how much fun it is ("A lovely, lovely book").
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Are you nearly 80? Read why being old is so much fun!
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On the
#AskALLi
Advanced Self-Publishing
#Podcast
: Stages of the writing craft. When is it worth rewriting?
@OrnaRoss
and
@thecreativepenn
have answers. via
@indieauthoralli
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Self-publishing News: 2022 Selfies Awards Winners Announced at London Book Fair via
@indieauthoralli
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Worried about growing older. Don't be! Read The Granny who Stands on her Head - available on Amazon and see how much fun it is.
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Can an 80 year old woman stand on her head? Yes, and I wrote a book called The Granny Who Stands on her Head
@CelebratingGran
See demonstration:
#ivelookedatlifefrombothsidesnow
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If I can turn into a book cover, you could turn into a reader. See
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What to get mother for
#Christmas
? Celebrating
#Grandmothers
is original, a good read and inexpensive: “touching testimonies from grandmothers”.
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Cinderella turned into a pumpkin - or her carriage did. I turn into a book cover. About the joys of growing older.
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Did you ever lose a loved
#family
member or friend through
#HIV
/AIDS? This moving and
#inspiring
book will take you back in a way you won't forget.
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@success_aging
Read about someone who actually enjoys being
#old
- now aged 80. The Granny Who Stands on her Head. Highly reviewed.
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Can an 80 year old woman stand on her head? Yes, and I wrote a book called The Granny Who Stands on her Head
@CelebratingGran
See demonstration:
#ivelookedatlifefrombothsidesnow
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You think you don’t want to read a book about young people with AIDS when they were all dying (early 1990s). BUT YOU ARE WRONG. This book will stay with you for years. “As powerful as any great classic of fiction” says Ian McKellen in his Foreword.
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"Perfect
#MothersDay
gift". Original book – and the title says it all. Celebrating Grandmothers.
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"This is a lovely, lovely book. The author’s reflections on the unanticipated rewards of growing old...are shared with an engaging friendliness. The anecdotes from her own life add substance, colour and a great deal of warmth and gentle humour."
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Grandmothers,
#grandmothers
, grandmothers. They have so much to say -positive, negative but honest. via
@BublishMe
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“A wonderful book to read during these stressful times. Here is the author's personal journey into
#older
age, celebrating the wonders of life,
#children
,
#grandchildren
and marriage, and other adventures along the way. I absolutely loved reading it.”
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Curious about the honest views of
#grandmothers
? The good and the bad, the serious and the funny. Celebrating Grandmothers is for you.
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Which ebook discovery services offer the best value for an
#IndieAuthor
? —
@JohnDoppler
via
@indieauthoralli
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"You don’t have to read very far into this book to enjoy how well written and interesting it is. You also do not have to be
#old
."
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There are many ways to review a book or compliment a writer. I just got a very simple and yet highly powerful compliment: "I loved your book," she said, "keep writing". She was reading The Granny Who Stands on her Head:
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Facing end-of-life care? "A beautiful complicated book. As the child of two
#elderly
parents, this is a subject I think of almost daily: this book is going to make it A LOT EASIER to deal with".
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It sounds depressing, but it is truly life-affirming. Give yourself a treat and buy it now. You won't regret it.
Sir Ian McKellen says in his Foreword "This collection of true stories is as powerful as any great classic of fiction". It is about young people facing an untimely death from AIDS in the early 1990s.
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Does the screen time of your
#grandchildren
make you want to scream? Celebrating
#Grandmothers
is for you.
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“Who would think a book about a
#hospice
would be so enjoyable? I learned so much. It’s such a wonderful place to live and die.” Buy now. -
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Are you worrying about what to get your mother on
#MotheringSunday
? Go for Celebrating
#Grandmothers
(if she is, indeed, a grandmother). Lots of grandmothers talking in their own words about being a grandmother, And she'll love the title.
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"This is a lovely, lovely book. The author’s reflections on the unanticipated rewards of growing
#old
...are shared with an engaging friendliness. The anecdotes from her own life add substance, colour and a great deal of warmth and gentle humour."
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@TraceyGendron
Thanks. Sounds like it is up your street. Here is a picture of me turning into a book cover. A two minute video of me doing a headstand is on my website. i just turned 80 in February.
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Christmas is coming. Get your mother a present she will love - a book about being a
#grandmother
. via
@BublishMe
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Want to see the honest views of
#grandmothers
from all walks of life? The good and the bad, the serious and the funny. Celebrating Grandmothers is for you.
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Make the Most of Your ALLi Associate Membership: Everything You Need to Know and More
#selfpublishing
#IARTG
#ASMRG
#amwriting
#writingcommunity
#writetip
via
@indieauthoralli
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Looking for something to give to an older woman? An “intelligent account of the experience of being older…original and perceptive, extremely well written and at times gently humorous.”
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If I can turn into a drawing, you can turn into a reader. Go for
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#Christmas
Amazon vouchers? Start the year with a powerful and very meaningful book - about young people coping with a life-threatening disease. The title says it all: Wise Before their Time
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Hey
#grandmothers
, how do you get on with your son or daughter's partner? If it's a struggle, you are not alone. Read more in Celebrating Grandmothers.
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THIS BOOK COULD LENGTHEN YOUR LIFE. It argues that being old can be a lot of fun. A new study shows that people with a positive view of ageing live on average 7.5 years longer than those who view it as something bad. QED. Go to
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Want to buy some delightful summer reading for your mother? Celebrating
#Grandmothers
will have her chuckling on the beach at its wisdom and humour.
via
@BublishMe
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Life in a Hospice, about the wonderful people who look after the dying, is on sale until the end of September. Only $1.99. Will be going up to $4.99 in October.
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If anyone wants to read a book about young people with AIDS in the early '90s, see Wise Before their Time, with a Foreword by Ian McKellen (who wrote "as powerful as any great classic of fiction")
Hope those that can are watching
#ItsASin
, which premiered tonight on
@Channel4
. It was a sincere honor to be part of something so epic, yet so intimate. Bravo
@russelldavies63
for being brilliant.
@REDProductionCo
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"I would recommend this to a lot of people who think they’re getting
#old
too fast." NetGalley reviewer.
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Interested in end-of-life care? Not everyone’s cup of tea, although very fascinating. My book with the thoughts of nurses, doctors and others about why they do it and its impact on their lives is on promotion 12-13 July 99c/99p Highly reviewed.
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“Who would think a book about a hospice would be so enjoyable? I learned so much. It’s such a wonderful place to live and die.” Buy now. -
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