The 2024 Smashwords Summer/Winter #Sale

 

There’s a sale on over on http://www.smashwords.com all ismonth.

None m bosare ell bu Iidn antoto miss the anceto get ome ee a bagain eBooks regardless.

 

You have until July 31^st to take advantage of the sale.

 

Head over to http://www.smashwords.com

 

Random Ramblings - March 22nd 2024

I’ve started trying to go to the ACB calls when I can again.  It’s tiring, but it’s nice to be back in touch with the friends I made when I was more active in the community before I got sick.  I miss feeling well enough to do more, but can’t be helped.

 

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I’ve made some progress with the things I’m watching and reading, but there’s nothing new to report besides what I said in last week’s post, so you can check that out if you missed what I’m watching and reading and are curious.

 

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It’s been pretty wet here.  So, typical Welsh weather.

 

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It was my brother's birthday last Friday.  So, happy belated birthday to Wayne.

 

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And that’s the extent of news from my little corner of the world.

Read An eBook Week - #FREE #eBooks

I wanted to let you know that the annual Smashwords Read An eGook Week Sale starts tomorrow, with thousands of books at discounted prices, many free, including my own.

 

Check it out at http://www.smashwords.com/

 

Or go directly to my books via my profile at https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/toriz

 

 

#Pet Themed #Poetry #Book "Pawfect Pet Poems" Now Available As An #Audiobook

 

 

A short collection of poems of various lengths and styles, all with one thing in common: they were written for - or about - some of the various pets my hubby and I have had.

 

The poems in this collection are mainly about chinchillas and dogs, though other types of animals – in particular degus - sometimes make an appearance too.  All poems are captioned with details of the pets they were written for or about.

 

"Pawfect Pet Poems" is now available as an audiobook, narrated by Chanelle Marie Allen.

 

If you'd like to grab yourself - or a family member, friend, neighbour, or whoever else you might want to buy one for - a copy of this audiobook, you can get it via Audible, iTunes, Amazon UK, Amazon US, Amazon Canada, or the Amazon sites for many other countries.

 

However, if you'd prefer an eBook, you can grab your copy from Amazon UK, Amazon US, Amazon Canada, or another version of Amazon, as well as from Apple iBooks

., Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Smashwords, and a few other online retailers.

Alternatively, if it's a paperback you'd prefer, you can buy that via Amazon UK, Amazon US, Amazon Canada, or some of the other versions of Amazon.

Also, if you'd like to add "Pawfect Pet Poems" to your Goodreads to-read shelf, you can find the book's Goodreads page here, where all available f            ormats will be listed.

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Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things, but this book was entirely written, recorded, and produced by visually impaired individuals, since both my narrator/producer and I are totally blind.

Bad Blogger, Medical Mutterings, And An Apology

I’m a bad blogger.  Not only have I neglected your blogs, but my own too.

 

In my defence, I was in hospital for a lot of the past few weeks, and – while home now – am running on minimal spoons all the time these days.

 

Anyway, I wanted to stop by and say, “Hi,” and let you all know I’m still alive.  Still hanging in there, and doing about as well as I can be under the circumstances.

Of Blog Posts, Cards, Cuddly Toys, And The Clock

I’m sorry I’ve not been around the blogs lately.  Between struggling with energy levels, health issues being a constant thing I have to deal with, and dealing with the mental/emotional aspects of the past couple of months, I’ve not been very productive.  And our recent heatwave didn't help matters.  I’m trying to get back in to doing things – reading blogs being one of those things – but I’m having a rough time adjusting to how things are now.  I’ve popped by and read posts from time to time, but not commented, and I know I missed several posts.  So… Sorry.  And if there’s anything you spacifically hoped I wouldn’t miss, please tell me about it – or direct me to the post where I can read about it – in the comments section of this post.  Thanks.

 

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I got a couple of nice cards from Deanna from Life WithDee.  One after she learned I’d been in hospital, and the other after she learned about my Mam’s death.  Here they are:

 

Thanks, Deanna.

 

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Kelly got me a glittery pink unicorn cuddly toy as a get well present when I was in hospital.  Here I am holding it:

 

 

And my Mam brought me this bear holding a heart:

 

It turned out to be the last thing she ever brought any of us, since it was right after that she went in to hospital for the last time.  When we were sorting her stuff after she died, I grabbed the little pink teddy bear that was the last thing I ever brought her (which I got her during one of her recent hospital stays) and the two teddy bears are now sat together on one of the shelves that my cuddly toys are stored on.

 

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Mam got this clock when I was really young – Maybe about five years old or so? She’s hung in my Mam’s home ever since.  I made it known years ago that when she died I wanted the clock, so now she’s mine.  I thought I’d share  her with you, and let you hear her chime the hour.

 

Yes, I did mean to say “she” and “her” in the previous paragraph.  Mam said she was a Grandmother clock, because she’s a small Grandfather clock, so she’s always been a “she” to us.

 

Anyway, here’s the video of her chiming the hour:

 

My Growing Bookworms Author Interview

I was interviewed as part of Robbie Cheadle's "Growing Bookworms" series recently.

 

As well as the interview, the post includes reviews of a couple of my books from Robbie.

 

The post for it went live this past Wednesday (August 9th 2023).

If you'd like to check it out, you can do so by going here:

                    https://writingtoberead.com/2023/08/09/growing-bookworms-meet-prolific-childrens-book-author-and-poet-victoria-zigler-and-two-reviews-bookreviews-growingbookworms-childrensfiction/

Medical Mutterings - July 2023 Edition

The past month or so has not gone at all to plan.  Plus, I’ve been a really bad blogger lately.  I’ve not been visiting or commenting on any of the blogs I follow, or even responding to comments on my own blog.  In fact, it was all I could do to make sure a post went up each Friday.  And I can’t even promise I’ll catch up with your blogs soon, because I don’t know if I will.

 

Why?

 

Because it turned out the comment I made a while back – I forget if it was at the end of May or the start of June - about already borrowing spoons from July by that point was more accurate than I thought.

 

I don’t have the energy for a long post, but wanted to explain, so I’ll keep this short:

 

I was so busy worrying about my Mam (who isn’t doing too well, for anyone wondering) that I was not only pushing myself harder than I knew I should be, but also not paying attention to how I was doing physically, other than vaguely registering that I wasn’t feeling too great.  The result being that I ended up very unwell, eventually ending up spending almost a week in hospital after being rushed there with a temperature of 40.3 C and drifting in and out of consciousness, because of a kidney infection that got out of control and ended up spreading in to my blood stream.  It’s a good thing Kelly stepped in and called for medical help for me when he did.

 

Actually, if I didn’t have Kelly I don’t know what I’d do right now.  After several days of IV antibiotics and almost two weeks of oral antibiotics I’m doing better.  But I tire more quickly than ever, so I’m not achieving much each day besides the essential tasks.  Even writing this has tired me out enough that I need a nap, despite my not having done anything else except have some breakfast this morning.

 

Sorry.  I'll visit your blogs again when I can.  And, sorry.  This is the best I can do for an update.