Talking aloud to myself
Talking aloud: A 13-year-old memory of a method of qualitative research interrupts and account of my writing process – both involve talking aloud to myself.
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.
The Habits of Successful Authors
In which I apologise for missing 2 weeks At the Quill and describe a failed info-graphic about the habits of successful authors that I choose not to publish.
In the laundry
In which, doing the laundry, I catch sight of my younger self, struggle with Monty Pythonesque machinery and read poetry.
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.