In the laundry
In which, doing the laundry, I catch sight of my younger self, struggle with Monty Pythonesque machinery and read poetry.
At the Quill
At the Quill: About creative writing in my experience and practice. Also posts about independent authorship and self-publishing. Read Creative Writing and Independent Authorship for more details or scroll down.
A nice cup of tea in the morning
I can’t write without a nice cup of tea – or at least the promise of one as a reward. A quick review of my relationship to the Brits’ national beverage.
Meeting January in Brussels
Meeting January in Brussels – an update to the website describing our geographical relocation and demonstrating good intentions to update monthly in 2015.
Who can put a price on Christmas?
A picture in place of 1000 words this week. Who can put a price on Christmas? At least one second-hand shop in Gothenburg can.
Hypochondria
In which we meditate on hypochondria, my father’s cancer and my family’s gene pool – and take a quick look at Three Men in a Boat.
En français – How helpful is phrasebook French
We investigate some of the language problems an English traveller may run into when trying to speak le français with the dubious aid of a phrase book.
Big changes
This website has been quiet for some time, but earlier in the year I decided I would reconfigure my various sites and keep this as a mostly static home base.
Brand New Computational Device
In which we take the plunge and buy a new computational device (laptop) and explore different software that might be useful for an author to put into it.
What We Have Learned
In which we learn what we have learned from the experience – and failure – of our first crowd funding campaign. And discover there may be a Plan B.
Half full or half empty?
A meditation on the question: Are you a half full or a half empty kinda guy? Why it’s not so easy to answer. Includes a digression on Bulgarian measures.