Karen Healey | Chocolate in the Fruit Bowl

You guys, I have another book coming out! I know, you’re all so surprised, I’ve only been blogging about editing it for a month. But I haven’t made an Official...

In less than a day I had been harassed, enchanted, shouted at, cried on, and clawed. I’d been cold, scared, dirty, exhausted, hungry, and miserable. And up until now, I’d been...

Internets, so many things to tell you! First, my osteopath, on learning that I have a blog, asked me to relay the sad story of his pet duck. Since the man does things to my neck that would...

SUMMERTON Announcement

Posted by Karen on Sep 8, 2010 1

Guardian of the Dead

Posted by Karen on Sep 5, 2010 2

Inky Awards Longlist

Posted by Karen on Sep 1, 2010 3

Mar 29, 2010

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This Is A Love Song

And now, dear Internets, for the final in my series of “the songs I used for chapter headings (that can be found on YouTube)”. It is “Not Given Lightly”, by the mighty Chris Knox! I am a bit sad writing this, because Chris Knox had a stroke last year that affected his speech and language centres. He now has much trouble with the words he put together so...

Mar 28, 2010

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And the Thought Becomes a Memory

Goldenhorse! “Maybe Tomorrow”! I love girls with magical voices singing pop hits, but I am actually not as big a fan of this song as I could be, largely because everywhere you went in 2003 THIS SONG WAS THERE. I don’t even listen to radio, and I couldn’t get away from it. But there is no better song for the epilogue than this: If you think I am going to...