Touristing in London this weekend with the kids involved a lot of trying to get excitable little people to be quiet, hold your hand, look where you are going, don’t do that, hurry up, slow down, please please be quiet, please look at the camera, please stop complaining that mummy got new shoes and you only got to watch a busker swallow a balloon. Mummy needs new shoes now and again, and she needs a quiet place to lie down... but we’ve come home having seen the sunshine, I had an idea for a story today and the kids got to go to a talking toilet on the train. Happy days. Ps I’m chatting about the reality of travel with babies and kids @theedinburghbookshop on Friday the 28th so do come on down for a free gin and you might get to see my new shoes. #familytravel #london #melissapossession #mumlife #kids
Over on twitter this week I am managing the Women Writers Network twitter account. We are a small and very busy group of women - including, but not limited to @lizchamps @mariadonovanwrites @taylorhelen_m @tia.parker1. This week I am shouting out about the heroes who help lift up #womenwriters. So the websites, bookshops, bloggers, editors, literary magazines, competition judges... there are a lot of them and I’d love any extra recommendations. This image is the magazine the lovely folks @deardamsels publish annually - as well as running the site as well as holding down day jobs! #deardamsels #amreading #indiebookshopweek #booklove
