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I respect Steinbeck, but think he missed a trick in Of Mice And Men. Lenny is brain-damaged, but Lenny is…
Occasionally acceptance comes first time, but more usually when a published piece appears, it will have a string of rejections…
It is time to activate the most important software in my battery: Mac Freedom. A service I pay for to…
Everyone knows about Hitler and the Nazis, even primary school children. But why Stalin is such a mystery I’m at…
As a physics student at university, I learnt things in mathematical terms. But have been trying to understand things in…
We’re all supposed to be so mature about feedback, aren’t we? Some of us can fake a gracious response, but…
For bollards, rumble strips and sleeping policemen; ghost islands, green men, Belisha beacons. For zebra crossings and lollipop ladies. For…
Experimenting at the margins by placing two disparate genres side by side creates a tension. Experimenting at the margins by…
With each personal new item I posted I felt less invested in the thing, less myself, less attached, more the…
What I realise now is that it’s a war of attrition. If you want to get anywhere in the book…
The kind of fluidity I aspire to is exemplified by Ted Hughes, who could write a masterly short story such…
Think I need a fag, but sadly no longer smoke. Have a belated post-lunch coffee, sit down at the computer;…
