Why I don’t want to be published!

Lately I’ve been having conversations with people about being published. No, not those people – not the useful, prestigious ones …

Chasing the Minotaur

I went to Crete because of a book and a puzzle. The book was Mary Renault’s The King Must Die/The …

Sex. Politics. And other stuff you shouldn’t talk about at book club…

Why do I bother having an opinion on trans-people? I only know one, and he (formerly she) is nice. Be …

April Indies, and how come it’s so damn hard to DO anything!

It seems like a long time since Pete (my author brother) and I have posted about our favourite monthly indies.  …

This October, be a man!

…like Miss Appleby. In Emily Larkin’s amusing romance Unmasking Miss Appleby, downtrodden Charlotte Appleby receives a visit from her malicious …

In praise of farting…

My father would have died rather than fart in front of anyone (my mother would have gone one step further …

What would you do with your 15 minutes?

Andy Warhol was supposed to have said that that in the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes (apparently, …

You know those days when you knock over the sugar bowl and accidentally decapitate your sister in law…

Actually, that isn’t what this post is about at all – it’s just a draft title I wrote ages ago …

Want to become a mesh addict?

A reading from The Immortality Game, by Ted Cross, with some thoughts… Mesh addiction. It’s no joke. One minute you’re …

Have you ever had a Brilliant Friend?

Have you ever tried out for Mensa? I did their online quiz once. You get three minutes to answer twenty …