Gradually…Into Volume 2

May 23, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

As I go at it again, my now late uncle’s words come back to me regularly: “Fiction comes from fact, and lots of fact makes great fiction when you re-write it as fiction.” I love it. Come sometime in 2019, I hope you will love this, too.

The Scariest “One”

May 16, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Every page is important, but for a writer (in my humble opinion) “Page 1” is probably the scariest one.

Within “Ten Minutes”

May 14, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

…and my uncle jumps to my mind and I imagine him lecturing me how this needs to be turned into a screenplay and he knows a screenwriter and she’s fantastic and I think yep he always knows a woman and he asks me where did I get those women geez…

That Name

May 11, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

The Sun Also Rises is said to be probably his best novel. Interestingly, too, it is his first. (Not something most writers wish for themselves.)

To Blog, Or Not To Blog?

May 10, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Instagram as well as other social media platforms are just not nearly as flexible or personal as a blog.

Getaway To Wales

May 9, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

No invading army ever took Pembroke Castle. Needless to say the café inside was never reached either, so no conqueror ever enjoyed one of its excellent cappuccinos.

Side Notes

May 3, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

You may well be reading this with headphones in. I dare to wonder what music you associate with me?

“419,000” Followers: For This

May 1, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

When I saw that retweeted into my timeline the other day, what was my reaction?

I could only think… here’s another idea: read a history book.

A “Relation Spéciale”?

April 25, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

It is no secret that this US president evokes wildly negative feelings in many. [Full disclosure: I did not vote for him.]

Snapshots

April 20, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

I do not agree with the increasingly common assertion that adult readers “need to see themselves” in a character in order to be interested in a book. In fact, I believe rather the opposite.