Except for avoiding the color green in all its guises, I’m not very superstitious. I’ll walk under ladders, cross a black cat’s path and swim less than an hour after eating. Daring, that’s me. But I’m horrifically superstitious when it comes to […]
It’s good to bear this mind when reading the newspapers. “In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.”~Paul Harvey
I’m a numbers person. I see patterns in numbers which I blame on taking advanced mathematics. But I don’t get Sudoku and I don’t understand the fascination with this game. I suppose I should preface that statement by saying I’ve never bothered […]
A life lesson from one of my favorite stand-up comics. “Life is a pair of skinny jeans and you’re a big fat ass.”~Tom Papa
Some of you may know that I come from a small industrial town in England called Slough. A few of you here have either come from there or have worked there. Slough, as cities go, has a rep, but not a good […]
I live with a cold blooded killer. I haven’t turned him into the cops because he’s my cat, Tegan. He’s on a roll at the moment. It’s spring and that means young and inexperienced creatures are poking their heads from their protective […]
I’ve got a lot wrong this week, so this works for me. I hope Julie understands though. “We are all of us failures–at least, the best of us are.”~J. M. Barrie
I’m attending the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend, which should be fun. I’m going to be quite busy while I’m there, so for anyone going, here’s where you can find me over the weekend. Outrageous ActionPanel / Sat 11:30 AM – […]
In true iceberg style, there’s been a lot of activity under surface with all things related to my writing. The first piece of good news I can mention is that my short story, THE TASKMASTERS, is being adapted for the stage. The […]
I’m fading…kind of. I received a very sweet letter from one of my publishers last week. I’d ghost written a book for them a few years ago. They got in touch to tell me that they were remaindering the remaining print run […]