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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 looked...
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....
The Zodiac for Writers: Introducing Gemini
This year the sun is in the sign of Gemini from May 20- June 21, 2025. The dates...
Nobody Else’s Girl
I fell in love in Glasgow: green eyes and shiny brown hair. It was the evocative way she...
Knights and Their Machines
The bees are buzzing around the blueberry bushes I need to plant, but it's the first friday of...
When I Think of Blue
When I think of blue, I think of music. Not necessarily the blues, although that idiom applies. I...
Her Beautiful Smile
Abandoned in a shopping bag in a public toilet . loneliness beyond comprehension. . Profoundly disabled . physically...
Self-esteem and stuff I’ve learned about it
Nearly forty years ago I was taken to a self-development workshop by a new boyfriend (and yes, I...
