Monthly Archives: January 2011

I’m writing two books at the moment. Similar in context to ‘I’m seeing two men’, but you are much less likely to get in trouble for it. In fact you will be lauded, most likely. I’m a bit in love … Continue reading →

I am playing this game. The rules are simple: wait. Wait some more. Do nothing. Do not pass Go. Do not make phone calls. Do not check email obsessively. Set deadlines by which you will stop waiting and then watch … Continue reading →

I once watched an episode of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ where the characters decided to leave a sticky problem for ‘future us’ to solve. I think this applies to writing too. When you’re haring down the slalom of a … Continue reading →

Now I have made it back from my sojourns in Slough (there’s a book title), a thawed-out but waterless N Ireland with people queuing in manner of refugee camp, and Paris, where I attempted my own version of a phylum … Continue reading →