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Seems like the pandemic hasn’t made a blind bit of nevermind to most writers.
On the theme of not being lonely … I’ve been a while between blogs. You might have noticed all the online jokes or not-jokes-really on Facebook from...
The loneliness of the long-distance writer.
I used to think being a writer must be lonely. When I wrote in the past, I was really an academic, squeezing...
The Rock
Why is creative writing so difficult? Picture a seesaw. One of the old-fashioned jobbies with a plank, a middle bit so the down side can go up and...
The Rock
Number 1 rule for writers. My novel, The Rock (working title, of course, they all are) is a murder mystery, listing towards psychological thriller....
Book Reviews: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (London: Fourth Estate, 2015). I missed the Wolf Hall phenomenon—the book, the Booker Prizes, the play, even the...
Earth, Wind and Fire: the life of a letter
The lifespan of a letter In 1768, Thomas Pim, the son of a Mountmellick butcher, was living with his son’s family in...