Fun (CC by Tom Hodgkinson) I haven't been posting much here, I know. Surprised that anybody is still bothering to check, but I've been entertaining a few, I see from my mailbox notifications. The simple answer is that I've been…
Category: writing
Mist Opportunity
A chance encounter in the land of the rising sun. Sun grazing deer (CC by Thibault Martin-Lagardette) Richard nudged Carrielle awake. “Time to rise and shine, honey!” Carrie groaned. “But it’s dark! Is there coffee?” “The full moon is out…
Medium roar
Three days on Medium, and I've gotten 12 000 views. I must be raking it in, eh?Eight stories written, 97 views, 43 reads, $1.01 in revenue. That's about a cent a view, and on the figures above, that should be…
Intense military
Ten Sigma by Andrew Wang is a bit of a strange creature. Science fiction, military, thriller, psychodrama. Something to satisfy every fan, I guess. Science fiction, in that it deals with a future world, an extension of our own, where war, division,…
Call me Goat
Just kidding. There's nothing about animals in this book. It's all about torture, as the reader realises they have spent ten bucks on something that is at least over mercifully quick. A bit like a boyfriend I used to have,…
The three antigraces
Yesterday I wrote about the three wisdoms (or graces, in the Eastern tradition). These are the sources of knowledge: the intellect, the teacher, the texts.There is a fourth grace. The self. Nothing happens without your involvement.Today, the three anti-graces. These…
Casus Vellum
One of the first questions I had when I got into this game was "How do I turn my words into an e-book?"It all seemed very difficult for a technical dunce like myself. The simple act of creating a title…
Camp Coffee
You may call me Muggins. It's Camp NaNoWriMo time and inspired by Gabriel Allon, I have signed up for another stint of self-flagellation and stress.I am committed - and I use that word advisedly - to pumping out 50 000…
One red beach
My Work in Progress (WIP) is another research-intensive story. I guess I like looking stuff up and downloading books and getting immersed in details.Omaha Beach, then and now. Two very different places, and both very well documented. Maps, videos, photographs,…
Poetry between us
https://youtu.be/QC5C7v5XNnQ You know, when I started this thing a few months ago, I opened all the usual social media accounts, to gain some links to others doing the same sort of thing.Twitter was just one channel, and I never expected…
Blonde and Brilliant 