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Spooning Archives - Betty Herbert
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RSS feed for this section. This is my mum’s recipe. They’re not the same when I make them, but I suppose that’s only to be expected. She’s much neater with the almonds. Makes 4 x 6in. (2lb in each) or 2 x 8in. 1 lb caster sugar. 1lb 6ozs plain flour. 2 tsp mixed spice. Grated rind of both 1 lemon and 1 orange. 3lb 8ozs mixed fruit. 3-4 tbsp brandy or simiar. Blanched whole almonds for decoration. Cream fat and sugar, then add eggs and flour/salt/spice (sieved together) alternatively (so no curdling).
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Whispers Archives - Betty Herbert
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RSS feed for this section. A sex life with teens? First off, I’m not talking about teenagers having sex; I’m talking about the parents of teenagers having sex; or not, as is more often the case in my household. For clarity, when I say teen I mean adolescent, which seems to begin at about eleven these days. So when did the passion disappear? And teens are so. What about making good use of your fella’s morning glory I hear you cry? We asked at last. Once we’d noticed its absence, boy did we miss it....
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Confession Booth - Betty Herbert
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Welcome to my virtual Confession Booth. The real thing will be touring festivals and bookshops across the UK this year – scroll down to read some of the confessions. So, have you got a confession? A virtual walk of shame? You can tell me, your secret’s safe. Confess here. 8220;i miss my high school girlfriend”. 8220;i love everyone”. 8220;I really fancied the guy with the beard and long hair so i made up an excuse to talk to him…i heart him”. 8220;i love you”. 8220;i think im gay”. I should be ashamed as...
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About Betty - Betty Herbert
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Betty Herbert is the author of The 52 Seductions. A blog that became a book. In the UK it is published by Headline. It is also published in Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Serbian, Portuguese, Polish and Hebrew. Betty lives on the Kent coast with her husband Herbert and her cats, Heidi and Lulu. She likes cooking, drinking cocktails and swimming in the sea (but not in the winter. She is not one of those hardy types).
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August 2015 – ongoing: Own Two Feet. My memoir project that sees me walking the whole 630-mile South West Coast Path. Before I’m 40. August – December 2015: Working on ‘choose your own adventure’ website, Gates to the Glorious and Unknown. In collaboration with the International Centre for Victorian Women Writers.
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Conferences | Katherine May
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8216; Stories with Ragged Edges. 8216; at PALA Conference. 8216; The Natural Narratives of Social Media. 8216; at IALS. Conference, July 2014.
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Publications | Katherine May
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Journalism: Happily Never After. For Aeon Magazine, May 2015. Memoir: The 52 Seductions. Headline in the UK and 8 other languages. Journalism: Features for The Times, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, The Spectator, Glamour and others. Click here for selected list. 2011 – 12). Award: Red’s Hot Woman 2011. 8211; Highly Commended for The 52 Seductions. Poetry: A Diary of Slow Progress, Corvid Press (2008). Short stories: Ghosts & their Uses. Poem: The Mermaid in My Mother Threw Knives.
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About Me | Katherine May
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Katherine May is a writer who is fascinated by the ways we tell stories in everyday life. This has led her to write stories with ghosts in them. As opposed to ghost stories), a novel about how we imagine our life-stories. And an erotic memoir and blog. As her online alter-ego, Betty Herbert. After developing a live performance of Burning Out in 2008, she co-founded The ReAuthoring Project. Katherine is currently Programme Director for Creative Writing at Canterbury Christ Church University.
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Mucky Books Archives - Betty Herbert
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RSS feed for this section. What it’s like to have your book translated into 8 languages. I’ve been promising to do this for. And I’ve finally got round to it. For those of you who are interested in such things, this is what it’s like to have your book translated into other languages. Sadly, it involves no globe-trotting on my part. Comments { 0 }. Guest post: Nikki Gemmell on Tenderness in I Take You. Today’s guest post is from Nikki Gemmell, author of The Bride Stripped Bare. Tell me then, he replied.
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