Unfortunately, I broke my arm yesterday and I’ll be in a cast for a month or so. The break happens to be my dominant hand…sod’s law. So sadly the blog is on hiatus.
No regular piece because I’ve been playing away from home. Fellow author and all round nice person, Jennifer Jaynes, put me in the interview chair recently about my writing life, so please check it out here. And while you’re at it, check […]
I’ve been in the US eighteen years and I haven’t been back to the UK in over nine, so it’s not surprising things have changed in that time, so here’s a few things that made me a tourist in my own country. […]
Going back to the UK hasn’t been easy for me in the past. Each visit has been a tough reminder that the country had moved on without me. I found myself homesick for a time and place that no longer existed. So […]
In a world where everything is a pissing match or a reason to denigrate someone else, we need to remember this simple fact.
A friend sent me this cartoon a few weeks ago and it made me laugh, but it burned a little bit too. Exposure is the E-word of the writing world. “We pay in exposure” is an all too familiar phrase that’s always […]
I’m drawn to weird—weird things, weird people, weird situations, etc. Some people (let’s call them normal folks) steer clear of it. Me, I’m fascinated and I want to learn more, know why it’s weird and what made it weird. So what do […]