Now I suspect some of what I have written so far has already riled up sections of today’s society, who will have taken (or more accurately, imagined) offence in my words, which deserves a short sidebar on its own. One of the aspects of modern …
Read MoreI’m back
Apologies for radio silence, but I’ve been rather ill. Glad to say I’m now getting back to full health so normal service will resume very soon now. Also very happy to report the first advance review for Hush has now been posted on the wonderful …
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I have pages of notes already for what I want to set down, so I’m not sure if these posts will appear in any sorry of logical order. At least three of my jottings or emails to myself from my phone have added the coda …
Read MoreHush is Ready
Very pleased to announce that the proof for Hush is now signed off. Launch date March 1st and shoulod be listed on Amazon and book stores from now https://mybook.to/hushnovel . Looking forward to seeing what you all think. Do bad choices make people bad? When …
Read MoreThe Insignificance 3
Let’s start off with a big subject. Most of what you know and I know as truth is wrong. A big statement I know, and I don’t refer to the ephemera of everyday experience, but to the big questions. In Western societies, self-defined as ‘first …
Read MoreXmas Update
Well. I’ve had a lovely and quite productive Christmas, and hope you have too. Part of this this was setting myself the challenge of finishingthe edits for Hush, and the book is not registered on Neilson, and the line edit finished. I’m just sorting the …
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In some respects, there are overlaps between the three terms I’ve chosen, and what randomly comes to mind is one part of the enduring self-help book Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. I’ll be honest in that, while I have read a fair …
Read MoreThe Insignificance 1
I address this only to those capable of understanding. To steal a philosophy. And I’ll say up front that I’m a grumpy old man, and proud of it. Nothing wrong with being grumpy. But just to deconstruct that throwaway line, I think there are three …
Read MoreInsignificance
Yes, I am still a grumpy sod. There, that’s out of the way. In slightly softer terms, yes I am still in a bit of a low-patch, in terms of writing, but it did give me an idea for a new project. So, there’s hope …
Read MoreNext Steps
Alongside the challenges I’ve been having with access to the website recently (don’t ask), I’m also still stuck a little in the writer’s funk, and only partially of my making. Aside from having a moan about finnicky health issues (and you can’t be a truly …
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