Apology

I have been a lousy blogger lately. It's not because I'm lazy but because I am plodding my way through a doorstep of a manuscript - 164,000 words - that I have to write an appraisal of and point out all the mistakes. It's exhausting work. I'm only 1/3 of the way through and have already written 3000 words about it. No wonder I have no energy left to write my own books. The arthritis in my fingers is so painful, too. Still, I shall give myself a day off to open my birthday presents tomorrow. And at lunchtime I am being treated to a facial and hope to emerge looking ten years younger. (Fat chance of that, but... you never know. Even ten months younger would be a bonus!)