Hay fever? Hej, fever! (Revisited)
Hay fever? Hej fever! A not entirely frivolous investigation of the meaning and origins of hay fever and other, older related terms in English, Swedish and other languages.
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.
Computers, and my first in particular
In which I am interviewed about my experience of computers in education and wax lyrical about memories of my first Amstrad.
Black boxes – a meditation on memory and loss
A meditation: on the subject of black boxes, real and metaphorical, and on memory and loss and drowning in a sea of sound.
What is your earliest memory? This is mine.
This is my earliest memory – a memory of my father – together with a poem I’ve put it into. What is your earliest memory?
What’s in a name? On finding the right name
Finding the right name for your fictional character is important. Giving a character an exotic name can help, but there are traps for the unwary.
The Great Dragon Tattoo Giveaway (part 2)
The story of how Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo helped establish a British publishing house – but almost destroyed it first.
(Part 2 of 2)
The Great Dragon Tattoo Giveaway (part 1)
The story of how Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo helped establish a British publishing house – but almost destroyed it first.
(Part 1 of 2)
A first round-up at Blogg52
After just a short period participating in the Blogg52 challenge, I am a little critical of some of my fellow bloggers. With hindsight, unfairly perhaps.
At the Quill goes Blogg52 – a blogging challenge
A description of the #blogg52 challenge, an outline of what I hope to be writing and some pointers towards what I might write about in coming weeks.