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Until I find You
As one wise Litopian recently said to me, ‘Titles SUCK!!’ When I wrote songs, I never had a...
She Loved Me Not
. Last night I dreamed of Samantha Who tore at my throat like a panther Then she started...
Both Sides of the Postcard
The sand is white and soft. The palms sway gently. The turquoise water glitters. The happy traveler reclines...
What’s in a game?
6When my son was a toddler, he threw the mother of all tantrums at my childless friends' house....
The Shadow Durian
As a lifelong foreigner, I’ve learnt that being open to new things smooths the path considerably. Food especially...
Goodbye Eeyore, Hello Tigger
Granny was churchy. She grew up in an era that saw living by the Bible as an important...
21st Century Song of Summer
It’s sobering to think that while summer is celebrated in some parts of the world with...
Falcon Theory
“So,” said Goethe to his friend Johann Peter Eckermann, “let us call it a Novelle, for what is...
The Joy of Lit Mags
While my first novel is tentatively making its way towards agents who already have too much to read,...
Advertising and Social Media
There has been much discussion in writing circles about how much a writer has to self-promote these days—whether...
Future Abstract: Fights at Night
SATIRE ALERT: The following abstract is entirely fictional and does not represent actual events or scientific research. Tarsiers...
Great Novel Openings Quiz
As writers, we all know how important it is to grip the reader from the very start. Intriguing,...
In The Summertime
. In the early seventies, I had a semi-Afro hairstyle and a shaggy beard. . I thought I...
Working with a Literary Agent
The Querying In a previous post I mentioned that I was back in the query trenches. To recap,...
Danger! Danger!
What is perhaps the most feared creature of the Borneo rainforest, I hear you ask? Who is the...
The World Has Missed You
May 2021… COVID lockdown restrictions had eased, so Mrs Treaclechops and I headed to the Isle...
Throwing in the towel
So, recently I’ve been thinking about giving this writing malarkey the heavy ho. It’s expensive. It take’s up...
Huminodun – A Borneo Legend
In the lush landscapes of Sabah, Malaysian North Borneo, dwells the Kadazandusun community, the region's largest indigenous group....
