My writerly resolutions and how I keep them
Do you make New Year Resolutions? In this post, published Monday on the website of my Writers’ Group, I share my writerly resolutions – and the secret of how I keep them.
Commonplace
Merry Christmas and Happy 2025
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and my best wishes for 2025. Here’s hoping it won’t be quite as interesting as it’s shaping up to be. (Thinking of the supposedly Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times.)
The 12 best poetry titles of 2024 (that I want to read next year)
My ‘best poetry in 2024’ list, for reading in 2025: why I make it, how I make it and where I find the books I eventually buy.
The Supercargo’s Magazine: For Your Consideration
I am delighted to announce the publication of my first magazine and collection of my writings. You can view a part of it and buy copies by following the link below. https://www.blurb.com/b/12087595-the-supercargo-s-magazine Pricing: Print magazine €15 (or equivalent); PDF €5 (or equivalent). A word or two of warning! The publishers and marketplace are Blurb. You … More…
The most popular posts at TheSupercargo, 2023
The twenty most popular posts at TheSupercargo in 2023, as measured by visitor numbers and time spent on each post. Separate lists for older posts and those published in 2023.
A Greetings Card from TheSupercargo
A greetings card from TheSupercargo, and some thoughts about what will be happening here and in adjacent places in 2024.
Postcember – Looking Back at November’s NaNoWriMo
Postcember follows on from Pretober – it’s my final review of my NaNoWriMo experience in 2023. I am very satisfied with the month.
It’s the end of the world and X marks the spot
X marks the spot where Elon Musk stabbed the Twitter bluebird, which acts here as a metaphor for the destruction of our world by big money.
Ch-ch-changing … again
Things will be changing at TheSupercargo in tandem with changes in my life as I retire from paid work and use my time to create more of what I want.
The Mother of all Gaps
This week TheSupercargo is on a break. My mother is celebrating her 101st birthday. Here are some links to earlier posts of family memoirs.