Windmills in February
Mid-February and the windmills along the Brussels canal in Molenbeek are spinning in the wind. Time to update this blog.
Commonplace
Taking stock – 2015
As we roll on down towards the end of the year, I have a feeling I ought to be doing some stock-taking. And wishing all readers a Merry Christmas!
Autumn colours
Outside it’s all autumn colours now. Assiduous followers of my various blogs (I know there are a couple) will have noticed that I am having difficulties keeping the front page of the main site updated. (The main site is TheSupercargo.com – where you are now if you’re reading this.) Sadly despite all my efforts to … More…
From summer to autumn
The move back to Brussels from Gothenburg which took place at the end of August was very much like a move from summer to autumn. The days down here in Europe are noticeably and increasingly shorter, the temperature is cooler and there’s more rain in the air. Now, to be sure, we had remarkably good … More…
Might be May
It might be May but I’m going to tell you a bit about my doings in April too as I managed to leapfrog over the month from March. I also wish to draw your attntion to the fact that this blog entry is going up on 1st May (just narrowly). Stand you not aghast? (I … More…
Carrot and stick
Carrot: I’m a writer. Be nice to me AND I might put you in my next book!
Stick: I’m a writer. Be nice to me OR I might put you in my next book!
Just do it
Just do it … take a snooze, that is. You’re going to be so much more able to write after a rest.
Bleed
Hemingway said: There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down with a typewriter and bleed.
Tried that.
Research
Research is important for any writer … but you’ve got to strike a balance between research and writing. (Still, I do recommend “The Book Job”, episode 6 of the 23rd series of The Simpsons!) © TheSupercargo
Extended faces
Digital art – faces of alternating genders and different ages on an abstract blue and white ground.