Leigh’s Links

Leigh’s Links

Other places to find me on t’internet

http://learn.open.ac.uk/mod/oublog/view.php?user=462870
My Open University course blog

www.facebook.com
You have to be my ‘friend’ to view my profile.

I have also set up a Facebook group – The Official Swindon (That’s South Staffs NOT Wiltshire) Network – aimed at putting Swindon village on the map.
Facebook members can view it here: http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23784774471&ref=nf

www.youtube.com/user/mrslmathers
My YouTube page

http://www.confetti.co.uk/article/view/9253-7949-0-Leigh_and_Nathan_s_real_life_wedding_UK_national.do
Our ‘wedding story’ – plus a selection of piccies on the Confetti site

http://www.flickr.com/photos/17992794@N00
A few piccies.

http://www.slide.com/r/gGrSeWPGzD8Kp9xzhxGOULYtpN61w6N2?previous_view=lt_embedded_url
A slide show of some more favourite piccies on www.slideshow.com

www.myspace.com/leighrowley
My MySpace page (still in my maiden name), which I don’t visit very often these days (I prefer Facebook)

People I know

http://www.flashtribute.co.uk/
My husband’s band – the fabulous Queen tribute band Flash!!

www.MichaelTaylorAuthor.com
Read all about Michael Taylor, published author of many Black Country love stories and v. good friend of mine.

http://www.junyingkirk.com
Junying is an incredibly talented writer and has self-published two novels on Amazon Kindle, both semi-autobiographical about life in China.

www.transformingcities.co.uk
Nick Corbett writes about redeeming the city. ARDEN is a powerful story of urban life, intrigue and adventure. Out now as a paperback and eBook.

http://www.ninaswitterings.blogspot.com/
A fellow blogger and great writer I’ve got to know recently, Nina Jervis.

http://rachelstulips.blogspot.com/
Rachel Brown, another friend of mine whose blogs I enjoy.

www.bobbibby.co.uk
Entertaining and inspirational travel writer and novelist who also happens to hail from my neck of the woods.

Writing sites

www.greatwriting.co.uk
My favourite writing site – which happens to feature lots of my stuff!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2040044/Kindle-How-make-million-writing-e-book.html
An interesting article about self-publishing.

 www.tindalstreet.co.uk
I would love to be published by these people some day.

www.birminghamwords.co.uk
Informative and welcoming site with focus on works from a Brummie perspective.

www.sugarvine.com
If you’ve had a fab meal and want to tell the world about it, you can contribute a restaurant review here. I did – my review of Shiraz, an Iranian restaurant in Birmingham, is here: http://www.sugarvine.com/birmingham/reviews/review_detail.asp?restaurantid=22882&name=Shiraz

Mega addictive retro telly sites

http://www.tvcream.co.uk/
Be warned: if you enter this site, an homage to fondly remembered and long forgotten vintage TV shows, you are unlikely to log off for a week.

http://www.tellyads.com/vintage_index.php
A huge selection of old ads to watch, uninterrupted by the boring bits: the programmes.

http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/
A vast and fascinating selection of adverts and clips, mainly from the 70s and 80s.

http://www.youtube.com
The king of retro clip websites.