Writing — writing fiction especially — is a strange business. We are, in essence, magicians, convincing people that something that is patently unreal is actually…
Author, screenwriter, general miscreant
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There’s a quote I saw recently, attributed to the movie critic, Roger Ebert, that goes, “for me, the movies are like a machine that generates…
At some point this week (26 June – 2 July) I’m turning another year older. Yes, more (or is it less?) grey hairs, some deeper…
At the old site (which was a mess — I really hope this new one is much easier to navigate!) I used to host a…
My personal writing hero– or at least the person mostly responsible for my writing– is my dad. When I realised he had written a few…
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