Writing into the Dark. (Can you really write a novel with no idea of the story?)
You may want to fetch a dustpan; and perhaps a long-handled brush. We’re going to be breaking some sacred rules here, and it could get mes...
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My lovely publisher Fly on the Wall Press asked me to write a short piece on 'my publication journey.' Here is the piece I sent the... -
[ This was posted to my blog on 12th February 2020 when we were only just beginning to hear about Coronavirus - just in case you wonder why... -
Up river in Ujung Kulon looking for Javan Rhinos ... I'd be the first to admit that Indonesia isn't exactly a top destination o... -
This gorgeous cover-design is for my novella, ‘ The Year of the Dugong’ (Das Jahr des Dugong )’ due to be published in German on October 2... -
At Kenton ... The Stanley Nairobi Back in January I shared, on this blog, my anxieties about going back to Nairobi. ‘Never Go Back,’ was the... -
What is it like to hear someone read your writing aloud? I don't think I'd ever had that experience before. Not really; not read... -
Perhaps I shouldn't admit to this. Maybe I should post a youthful photo and pretend to be thirty five. Oh dear. This is harder than I th...
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Lava flowing into the sea I really should have consulted a map. But I'll blame the guidebooks all the same. They all say that Krakato... -
Orang A village on the Sekonyer river A Klotok Proboscis Monkeys Enough of books and book prizes and the stresses and ...