Margaret Mayo Romance Author

I was listening to late night radio last night when this question came up:

What was the first book ever written using a typewriter?

I didn’t know the answer but I wonder if anyone reading this does? I’ll send a copy of my latest book Married Again to the Millonaire to the first person who gives me the right answer.

The clue is it was in 1875.

And talking of Married Again to the Millionaire, it’s just had a lovely review from WeWriteRomance which you can read here:
http://www.wewriteromance.com/reviews/review/review-margaretmayo-marriedagaintothemillionaire

It’s been almost a week since my last blog and I have no excuse. Perhaps laziness. Perhaps nothing to blog about. My re-write’s keeping me busy. I am, though, just over half way, so that is good.

My DH is considering buying an e-reader as we had our last one stolen whilst on holiday over a year ago and have never bothered to replace it. He is not a great reader but I have to admit he reads more on the e-reader than if he has a conventional book in his hand. So maybe it will be money well spent. He’s thinking about the Sony PRS 300 and I’ve checked out some reviews and it looks pretty good. Does anyone have an opinion about it?

This morning I saw my latest book in the shops – Married Again to the Millionaire. Even after all this time I still get a thrill out of seeing my name in print.

We ended up watching Green Card, a film starring Andie MacDowell (Bronte) and Gerard Depardieu (George). We had seen it before but a long time ago and neither of us could remember what had happened. It’s a marriage of convenience story (sound familiar? How many times have I used that theme?) George wants his green card and the film is about the hilarious events leading up to their final interviews. But it didn’t end in HMB style. They fell in love but Georgewasn’t granted his card and it finished with him being driven away by the authorities. It was a bit slow in places but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Tonight we’re enjoying ourselves in a different way – out for a meal with friends.

Writing very slow today – spent most of the time going over what I had already written.

Writing has been like drawing teeth today. Every word, every sentence, every paragraph, I’ve toiled over. Fortunately I’m happy with the result. Tonight I’m going to relax and watch a film. Not sure which one yet. We have a whole pile that we’ve bought at some time or another and not yet seen. I’ll let you know.

I’ve managed nearly two thousand words today, which isn’t bad for a Monday. So I’m happy. My DH isn’t so happy, he has a trapped nerve in his thigh – the medical name is meralgia parasthetica (his doctor gleefully told him that maybe I would use it one of my books!) – and it’s really playing him up. He’s not sleeping well which is making him grumpy. Does anyone know anything about it? From what I understand there’s not much he can do unless it becomes unbearable when a cortison injection might help. But it could send his blood sugar up because he has diabetes. He is never ill, very fit for his age, and therefore he’s feeling it all the more.