{"id":313,"date":"2013-09-06T12:12:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T11:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/?p=313"},"modified":"2013-09-06T12:13:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T11:13:24","slug":"credit-where-credits-due","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/2013\/09\/credit-where-credits-due\/","title":{"rendered":"Credit Where Credit’s Due"},"content":{"rendered":"

I woke up this morning to the disappointing news that Andy Murray has gone out of the US Open in the quarter-finals.\u00a0 Boo!\u00a0 Boo!\u00a0 I would have like to see him defend his title \u2013 and so would he, I\u2019m sure.\u00a0 Never mind, he\u2019s done so well this year taking the Wimbledon title and there\u2019s still the Masters at the O2 in November.\u00a0 Meanwhile my only cry can now be\u00a0\u2013 VAMOS RAFA!<\/p>\n

One thing I was glad for on waking was the drop in temperature.\u00a0 I\u2019m all heated-out.\u00a0 The flat I\u2019m living in is like an oven.\u00a0 It has large windows in the living-room and main bedroom which make both rooms really, really hot.\u00a0 And if I open the windows the noise from the A13 is such that I can\u2019t hear the radio, which plays constantly while I\u2019m at home.\u00a0 So the fan has been going like the clappers all week.\u00a0 But today \u2013 ah bliss!\u00a0 But no rain yet.\u00a0 I\u2019d like to see a drop of rain.\u00a0 And speaking of rain – I understand it’s pouring in Antigua.\u00a0 And just to prove I was actually working while I was there recently I’m attaching a photo, because I know you all think I was just relaxing!<\/p>\n

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Working hard on the final draft of Singles’ Holiday the Stage-play on the veranda of Avocado Cottage<\/p><\/div>\n

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When I opened up my laptop this morning I was greeted with the sight of a group of people waving at me.\u00a0 \u201cHi!\u00a0 Remember us?\u201d they asked.\u00a0 \u201cYou left us sitting on a coach in Delhi!\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s my lovely characters in Singles in India.\u00a0 And yes, I have to admit I\u2019ve neglected them recently because I\u2019ve had to concentrate on the play-script for Singles\u2019 Holiday.\u00a0 And we’re having the first read-through in two weeks’ time.\u00a0 A group of actors are coming along and the characters who have lived in my head for the last seven years will finally come to life!\u00a0 Strange feeling – but a huge, grateful THANK YOU to all concerned.\u00a0 I’m blown away by your talent and your willingness to be a part of it.<\/p>\n

And now………………. I have to produce the pilot episode for Singles\u2019 Holiday \u2013 THE TV SERIES!! \u2013 within the next few weeks!\u00a0 Yes!\u00a0\u00a0 In one of the wonderful examples of synchronicity that the Universe serves up, I\u2019ve got the chance to put Singles\u2019 Holiday forward, to pitch it as a TV series.\u00a0 Of course, that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s going to be picked up and made.\u00a0 But for the moment \u2013 I\u2019m walking on air and starting to write like the clappers!<\/p>\n

And I feel I should add that I was very pleased to get a phone call from Tesco, especially as five weeks had passed since I made my complaint.\u00a0 They were extremely apologetic and followed their apology up with a bouquet of flowers!\u00a0 Okay – \u00a320 of vouchers might have been more acceptable \u2013 but gift-horse and mouth etc!!\u00a0 At least they\u2019ve got back to me and apologised.\u00a0 Credit where credit\u2019s due!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I woke up this morning to the disappointing news that Andy Murray has gone out of the US Open in the quarter-finals.\u00a0 Boo!\u00a0 Boo!\u00a0 I would have like to see him defend his title \u2013 and so would he, I\u2019m … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39,48,205,222,55,8,21,223],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-andy-murray","tag-antigua","tag-avocado-cottage","tag-rafa-nadal","tag-singles-in-india","tag-singles-holiday","tag-tesco","tag-us-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}