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Josie

Josie's Globs of Wisdom

About Me


I am a writer and an artist, living in South Wales (in the UK). I have my own website at www.josiehenley.net which I've maintained since 1997. I call my blog a 'glob' because it's full of globules of wisdom and also just because I like to be different.
I finally succumbed to the MySpace phenomenon. Cynically I'll glob along with the prepubes until I find another can o' worms into which I can dip my beak.
So... hello! Here is me etc. and all that and everything (and all that and everything).
I am:
37, lesbian, blonde (when it's not dyed or shaved), blue-eyed, fair skinned, tattooed, writer, book-lover, political, meat-eater, mensa member (high IQ), programmer, cowbitch and all the rest.
Sometimes I am:
14, tomboy, insomniac, student, dreamer, weaver, believer, suicidal.
I feel like I could be:
96, hag, cackler, cat-feeder, bone-cruncher, purple-hat wearer.
You can find me at www.josiehenley.net , and various other virtual spaces on the weborama. Meantime, and while the happy hormones are still working, I'll be hanging out here occasionally.
My book launch video:
To see more of my broadcast work, go to www.yourkindatv.com
Click here to get your own player.
Hi everyone, I posted an episode to my podcast, Casting Pods. Click this link to check it out: Show 12 Egypt: Goodbye to the Sphinx - Josie

My Interests

Writing, reading, karate, swimming, cycling, politics, science fiction, gardening, food, puzzles, intellectual pursuits of many kinds. I have an active social life and a broad-ranging variety of interests. I am a published writer of fiction and non-fiction. I have a Civil Partner who is also a writer and a son, who is a gifted musician, a dog and two cats.

I'd like to meet:

Other writers, other lesbians, people who are interested in reading my work. People in publishing, rock groups and generally just random people. *People I'd NOT like to meet* any perv who thinks that I might be into a threesome (unless it's two other women, lol).

Music:

classical, 80's, rock n' roll, female bands and singers such as Pink, Blondie, Suzie Quattro, anything as long as it's not elevator music

Movies:

Lost & Delerious, Imagine Me & You, Better Than Chocolate, Lara Croft (yay!)

Television:

The L word, Lost, Medium, Ellen...

Books:



Where to start! Books are my life. My own book Seven Days would be a good place to start LOL. Genres would be sci-fi/fantasy particularly Terry Pratchett, lesbian literary fiction particularly Sarah Waters...


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Heroes:

Martina Navratilova, Judi Dench, Glenda Jackson, Helen Mirren, Terry Pratchett, Sarah Waters, Lara Croft (yes, I know she's not real but still my hero ok?)

My Blog

BLOG OFF MySpace!

No, I'm not leaving altogether. I'll still sign in and troll around other people's blogs leaving comments randomly and befriending likely looking punters. But I'm moving my regular blog to WordPress. ...
Posted by Josie on Sun, 04 May 2008 02:18:00 PST

This is the blog the Guardian wanted

&but decided after all that it didn't fit in with their 'house style'. Not to be outdone, I'm blogging it anyway as I think it's an important issue and I wasn't just doing it to get in the paper, hone...
Posted by Josie on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:45:00 PST

Oh Hai, I a star genius, I interviewed by BBC

The BBC radio interview of the Mensa group last night was great fun. I managed to turn the conversation around to my book so many times that they were taking the pee out of me. 'Oh, Josie, have you wr...
Posted by Josie on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:07:00 PST

Fame at last but ssshh

I've been invited to blog for a NATIONAL NEWSPAPER. Eeek. Okay, breathe. Got to actually write the damn thing. But aaaaaarrrrrggggghhhh!! Doesn't it? More news when it becomes available....
Posted by Josie on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:45:00 PST

Kit the Writers Cat  A short film

  This short film is dedicated to my lovely cat Kit, who is the star. He has been so supportive over the recent time of editing my novel Silence, due to be published by Legend Press i...
Posted by Josie on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:55:00 PST

Photos from my book launch, and video! Wh-hoo!!!

I’m totally exhausted today because I did the book launch on Friday and then An L of a Night last night. Plus the clocks have gone forward. So I’m having to recover today and relax. Done a...
Posted by Josie on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:02:00 PST

Casting Pods Show 13 online  Meet the Author

The new show of Casting Pods is now available. This one focuses on my recent trip to London to do some video promotions for Silence. Here’s the blurb: I travel to London again and meet David Fr...
Posted by Josie on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:28:00 PST

Promotional video for Silence

Last week I went to London to do some filming. One film I did was for Meet the Author and they’ll upload the film when they’ve got the book cover art. The other was in another studio, the ...
Posted by Josie on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:38:00 PST

My Friend Dwight

Right near the beginning of ABNA (October last year) when I submitted my Viking adventure novel Leif the Runtling, I went on the ABNA forum  I'm such a chatroom whore I know  and met a great guy cal...
Posted by Josie on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:05:00 PST

Finished the initial edit

On schedule. Wh-hoo! The initial edit was to read through the manuscript deleting unnecessary words, sentences and sometimes paragraphs. If a single word needed changing, to change it. If a whole sect...
Posted by Josie on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:40:00 PST