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I love many authors now almost forgotten, one of whom is Agnes Sligh Turnbull. I discovered that as well as the novels I know so well, she wrote for US magazines in the 1920s and 1930s. Armed with that small shred, I went searching and discovered university digitalized copies of the magazines and I'm searching through them. It's hard to search a copied page for a word (or author) as it's a single image, so I'm scrolled for days but I have found my first story by her -- and seen some truly incredible ads.
David brought E and L back from Toronto as a surprise for my birthday! He came home from work and I said, wait someone is at the door, opened it and there were my babies!
So happy to see them. Even if they say I glared suspiciously until I realized it was them, lol.
So happy to see them. Even if they say I glared suspiciously until I realized it was them, lol.
A while back (years) I bought a navy wooden chair from Value Village and spray painted it copper, then chalk painted it pale green.
Then about three months ago, I decided to see what was underneath and discovered about 7 different layers under the two I was responsible for.
Applied stripper and am sanding in fits and goes. I think it's maple... Never knew how many bits a chair had until I started to sand one down. Painting it? Easy peasy.
Anyway, here are some pix of the progress. Hoping to finish up soon but David and I are recovering from Covid (nabbed us after 2 years but triple jabbed and it's bearable) and I can get exhausted lying on the couch, I swear.
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Then about three months ago, I decided to see what was underneath and discovered about 7 different layers under the two I was responsible for.
Applied stripper and am sanding in fits and goes. I think it's maple... Never knew how many bits a chair had until I started to sand one down. Painting it? Easy peasy.
Anyway, here are some pix of the progress. Hoping to finish up soon but David and I are recovering from Covid (nabbed us after 2 years but triple jabbed and it's bearable) and I can get exhausted lying on the couch, I swear.
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Hi all, been forever since I posted but wanted to share this news.
Eleanor graduated Seneca this year and her final project there, which took all year, was making a 4 minute animated film, with a team. It was her concept and she directed.
It's gone on to win awards at film festivals across Canada and it's now live on YT.
Eleanor's currently working at Yowza Animation in Toronto, sharing an apartment with her sister Lauren, who's in her second year at the University of Toronto studding Classics (Greek and Roman lit and archeology.
Drawn to You
Young Emily didn’t see anything wrong with her drawing of two girls holding hands, but her mother saw otherwise and tore both the paper and her child’s heart in two. Little did they know, the drawings had come alive and are determined to reunite with one another across the vast bedroom of pages, no matter what risk comes their way. An adventurous and heartwarming tale, “Drawn to You” shows audiences both the struggles and joy that comes with being true to your heart, and not letting others tell you who to be.
Director/Writer: Eleanor Davitt
Seneca 2019
Mirror Mountain FIlm Festival 2019 - Official Selection
Mirror Mountain Film Festival 2019 - Best Film
Alberta International Women's Film Festival 2019 - Official Selection
Alberta International Women's Film Festival 2019 - Audience Choice Award
Hamilton Film Festival 2019 - Official Selection
Toronto Queer Film Festival 2019 - Official Selection
Eleanor graduated Seneca this year and her final project there, which took all year, was making a 4 minute animated film, with a team. It was her concept and she directed.
It's gone on to win awards at film festivals across Canada and it's now live on YT.
Eleanor's currently working at Yowza Animation in Toronto, sharing an apartment with her sister Lauren, who's in her second year at the University of Toronto studding Classics (Greek and Roman lit and archeology.
Drawn to You
Young Emily didn’t see anything wrong with her drawing of two girls holding hands, but her mother saw otherwise and tore both the paper and her child’s heart in two. Little did they know, the drawings had come alive and are determined to reunite with one another across the vast bedroom of pages, no matter what risk comes their way. An adventurous and heartwarming tale, “Drawn to You” shows audiences both the struggles and joy that comes with being true to your heart, and not letting others tell you who to be.
Director/Writer: Eleanor Davitt
Seneca 2019
Mirror Mountain FIlm Festival 2019 - Official Selection
Mirror Mountain Film Festival 2019 - Best Film
Alberta International Women's Film Festival 2019 - Official Selection
Alberta International Women's Film Festival 2019 - Audience Choice Award
Hamilton Film Festival 2019 - Official Selection
Toronto Queer Film Festival 2019 - Official Selection
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A revised Wintergreen is now available for free download at Archive of Our Own. Whew, Editing is tiring, heh.
Wintergreen
Tyler and Dan are heading off on a vacation in this sequel to Wild Raspberries, but life has a way of throwing a wrench into even the best laid plans. All work and no play makes Dan restless and bored, waiting for Tyler to complete a task for his former boss, Cole. The job is an important one, for sure. Tyler is looking for a traitor, responsible for the deaths of several agents. That doesn't make being ignored any easier to deal with, and Dan wonders if their relationship is strong enough to last through the lull.
When the job finally ends, Dan is more than ready to go with Tyler to see the sights. He expects beaches, mountains, sun and surf. Instead, Dan is thrown headlong into Tyler's world, where death is a heartbeat away, not a lifetime, and the man he loves is the one dealing it out. Can Dan learn to live with what he finds out, or will he have to make his way back to a life that he ran away from?
Wintergreen
Tyler and Dan are heading off on a vacation in this sequel to Wild Raspberries, but life has a way of throwing a wrench into even the best laid plans. All work and no play makes Dan restless and bored, waiting for Tyler to complete a task for his former boss, Cole. The job is an important one, for sure. Tyler is looking for a traitor, responsible for the deaths of several agents. That doesn't make being ignored any easier to deal with, and Dan wonders if their relationship is strong enough to last through the lull.
When the job finally ends, Dan is more than ready to go with Tyler to see the sights. He expects beaches, mountains, sun and surf. Instead, Dan is thrown headlong into Tyler's world, where death is a heartbeat away, not a lifetime, and the man he loves is the one dealing it out. Can Dan learn to live with what he finds out, or will he have to make his way back to a life that he ran away from?
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I'd already part-edited Wild Raspberries so it didn't take too long to get it ready to post. The sequel Wintergreen will take a week or so to get ready.
When runaway Daniel Seaton inadvertently trespasses on Tyler Edward's land, Tyler nearly shoots him on sight.
Tyler's got a lot of years under his belt, and his past doesn't let him accept strangers easily. Dan's situation is dire enough that Tyler takes him home, at least for a little while, and that turns out to be a good decision when Tyler's injured and needs Dan's help.
Tyler's learning to trust, and Dan's settling in to a new life, but things aren't always what they seem. Between interfering friends, injuries, and their attraction to each other, Tyler and Dan have plenty of to deal with even before Tyler's previous career returns to haunt them. Can they overcome what lies in the past to have a future with each other?
Wild Raspberries at AO3
When runaway Daniel Seaton inadvertently trespasses on Tyler Edward's land, Tyler nearly shoots him on sight.
Tyler's got a lot of years under his belt, and his past doesn't let him accept strangers easily. Dan's situation is dire enough that Tyler takes him home, at least for a little while, and that turns out to be a good decision when Tyler's injured and needs Dan's help.
Tyler's learning to trust, and Dan's settling in to a new life, but things aren't always what they seem. Between interfering friends, injuries, and their attraction to each other, Tyler and Dan have plenty of to deal with even before Tyler's previous career returns to haunt them. Can they overcome what lies in the past to have a future with each other?
Wild Raspberries at AO3
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I got my Torquere books back and after reworking one to sell decided that I'd edit them to bring them in line with my current style (way less... and --) and offer them free as a thank you to all the kind readers out there.
The first of them, Drawing Closer, is also my first novel, published back in 2006. It's at AO3 and it's mild BDSM.
Charles is a professor, an expatriate Brit, and a man with a past. He's put that aside, living the peaceful life he thinks he needs. He figures he's happy.
Until he meets Gray Collins, that is. Persistent, stubborn, and hot, Gray turns Charles's world upside down and brings him a future he never expected, with links to a past he's tried to forget.
Drawing Closer
The first of them, Drawing Closer, is also my first novel, published back in 2006. It's at AO3 and it's mild BDSM.
Charles is a professor, an expatriate Brit, and a man with a past. He's put that aside, living the peaceful life he thinks he needs. He figures he's happy.
Until he meets Gray Collins, that is. Persistent, stubborn, and hot, Gray turns Charles's world upside down and brings him a future he never expected, with links to a past he's tried to forget.
Drawing Closer
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Or whatever you are celebrating today, or yesterday, depending on time zone :-)
Love to all and here's hoping for a sparkling 2017 after this hellish year.
ETA George Michael too? What the hell? :;rages:;
Love to all and here's hoping for a sparkling 2017 after this hellish year.
ETA George Michael too? What the hell? :;rages:;
Gambling On Love is now available from Riptide, revised and updated.
To celebrate, there's a blog tour with prizes! I'm giving away a $25 Amazon voucher to one winner and four others will receive their choice of one ebook from my backlist.
http://riptidepublishing.com/events/tours/gambling-love-blog-tour-jane-davitt
Today, the tour kicks off in style at these sites. There's a blog post from me at MM Good Books too, explaining why this book won't work for everyone, but I hope it hits the mark for some of you.
Sinfully Gay Romance
Boy Meets Boy Reviews
Diverse Reader
Guilty Pleasures
and
MM Good Book Reviews
Many thanks to the sites for hosting me; much appreciated!
To celebrate, there's a blog tour with prizes! I'm giving away a $25 Amazon voucher to one winner and four others will receive their choice of one ebook from my backlist.
http://riptidepublishing.com/events/tours/gambling-love-blog-tour-jane-davitt
Today, the tour kicks off in style at these sites. There's a blog post from me at MM Good Books too, explaining why this book won't work for everyone, but I hope it hits the mark for some of you.
Sinfully Gay Romance
Boy Meets Boy Reviews
Diverse Reader
Guilty Pleasures
and
MM Good Book Reviews
Many thanks to the sites for hosting me; much appreciated!
Eleanor was very resistant to changing her bathroom so it hasn't been decorated since she was 8. Now she's 21 I put my foot down. :-)
Not a reno; the flooring and fixtures need changing but we can't afford it right now. Just a refresh, but I like it.
I dug the fitted toilet roll holder out of the wall, put in new drywall and plastered, painted the walls lilac, painted the old wooden doors white, changed the handles, the mirror, the lights, and got a rug to hide the hideous vinyl floor a bit.
( bathroom )
Not a reno; the flooring and fixtures need changing but we can't afford it right now. Just a refresh, but I like it.
I dug the fitted toilet roll holder out of the wall, put in new drywall and plastered, painted the walls lilac, painted the old wooden doors white, changed the handles, the mirror, the lights, and got a rug to hide the hideous vinyl floor a bit.
( bathroom )
...though super nervous. The two Gr 11 English teachers at Lauren's school asked me to come in and talk to their classes today about writing and my love of reading. Went really well. The kids were friendly, polite, and asked lots of really good questions.
So glad it went well. Now I can relax after fretting all week :-)
So glad it went well. Now I can relax after fretting all week :-)
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Asked Eleanor to do Transformers vid to theme of Mighty Machines (Prowl/Jazz 4eva!) She did. So funny.
http://tinyurl.com/jjezd5j
We're all hooked on those Robots in Disguise... My favorite iteration is Transformers Prime; brilliant animation. Working our way through the original G1 series. Very cheesy but fun.
http://tinyurl.com/jjezd5j
We're all hooked on those Robots in Disguise... My favorite iteration is Transformers Prime; brilliant animation. Working our way through the original G1 series. Very cheesy but fun.
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Out of the blue, some guy took me to task for my negative review of a book on GR that I posted years back.
It was the book that the Surveyfail guys wrote. I defended my review (he was all, but you didn't REEEEAD it!!! and I was all, didn't bloody need to, thank you) then browsed some of the Surveyfail links. Sadly, many links dead now, but ooh, that was a quality wank! :;munches reminiscent popcorn::
It was the book that the Surveyfail guys wrote. I defended my review (he was all, but you didn't REEEEAD it!!! and I was all, didn't bloody need to, thank you) then browsed some of the Surveyfail links. Sadly, many links dead now, but ooh, that was a quality wank! :;munches reminiscent popcorn::
I found my copy of Jane Eyre for Lauren to look at. It's very old; inscribed "To the best sister a chap could have."
It was a gift to my grandmother from her brother. It must be about eighty years old.
There's a preface from the author and I usually skip those, but this bit caught my eye.
"I turn to another class [...] in whose eyes whatever is unusual is wrong: whose ears detect in each protest against bigotry--that parent of crime--an insult to piety, that regent of God on earth. I would suggest to such doubters certain obvious distinctions; I would remind them of certain simple truths.
Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last."
It was a gift to my grandmother from her brother. It must be about eighty years old.
There's a preface from the author and I usually skip those, but this bit caught my eye.
"I turn to another class [...] in whose eyes whatever is unusual is wrong: whose ears detect in each protest against bigotry--that parent of crime--an insult to piety, that regent of God on earth. I would suggest to such doubters certain obvious distinctions; I would remind them of certain simple truths.
Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last."
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David leaves for Edinburgh on business tomorrow, coming back next Monday...and I'm going too! The girls are plenty old enough to be left (20, 15) and I can get the flight free on air miles and the hotel and breakfast free too so it's really well worth it. David has to work Thur/Fri but we'll have the weekend to do stuff.
We're staying somewhere David's been before, a lovely hotel about ten mins from the city; very posh, spa attached, acres of land. We've been upgraded to an executive room.
https://www.handpickedhotels.co.uk/NortonHouse
Looking forward to chilling out until they can use me to ice the gin and tonics ;-) Weather considerably cooler than here with rain forecast, but I'm used to that; holidayed in Scotland throughout my childhood. Sad a bookshop I planned to visit has gone but there are many more to browse through.
We're staying somewhere David's been before, a lovely hotel about ten mins from the city; very posh, spa attached, acres of land. We've been upgraded to an executive room.
https://www.handpickedhotels.co.uk/NortonHouse
Looking forward to chilling out until they can use me to ice the gin and tonics ;-) Weather considerably cooler than here with rain forecast, but I'm used to that; holidayed in Scotland throughout my childhood. Sad a bookshop I planned to visit has gone but there are many more to browse through.
Eleanor has a Redbubble account where she uploads art and it gets put onto stuff. I asked her to upload a photo of mine and I bought it as a chiffon top, very light and cool.
So happy with how it turned out! Though it needs ironing :-) It's a maple leaf on the pavement outside the Ottawa Parliament buildings.
( T-shirt )
So happy with how it turned out! Though it needs ironing :-) It's a maple leaf on the pavement outside the Ottawa Parliament buildings.
( T-shirt )
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We got a new kitten from the shelter; tiny scrap of ginger fur and purr, a stray found with her brothers and sisters. We've called her Peach, partly because of her color and partly as a nod to Tally and Mac since we buried them under the peach tree. She's incredibly affectionate and brave.
Willow is aghast, horrified, hissing, growling, running away, but we will let them get used to each other slowly.
See David's fitbit? It has gone all bulgy on the strap. They're sending him another which is nice since we can't find the receipt.
( Peach )
Willow is aghast, horrified, hissing, growling, running away, but we will let them get used to each other slowly.
See David's fitbit? It has gone all bulgy on the strap. They're sending him another which is nice since we can't find the receipt.
( Peach )
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so I guess I can voice my opinion and it's one of sheer disgust at the gamble of buying your way into power by promising a referendum that you assumed would go your way.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
And coming out of the EU was deeply stupid.
Devastated. The implications are huge and scary. Scotland is now unhappy; I'm guessing if they could vote today the result would be different than last time; they'd pull out of the UK and join the EU as a separate nation.
Oh, this year. I can't even.
Comments off. I'm venting from 4000 miles away.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
And coming out of the EU was deeply stupid.
Devastated. The implications are huge and scary. Scotland is now unhappy; I'm guessing if they could vote today the result would be different than last time; they'd pull out of the UK and join the EU as a separate nation.
Oh, this year. I can't even.
Comments off. I'm venting from 4000 miles away.
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