Archive for August, 2008
the conspiracy of coincidence
I’m sure no one’s in any doubt about the human brain’s ability to invent – I mean look at the industry we’re in! And this week I think have come to understand one of the ways in which conspiracies start. See, about a month ago we left INPRESS (the group that helps promote independent presses [...]
Self Help
Today I got a self-help manual sent for consideration for publishing. <inhale> No, I didn’t get mad; I wondered. First, the e-mail was clearly forwarded – technology has a way of adding these little arrows or coloured lines beside forwarded text that make it clear if the message is recycled – that, already, is minus [...]
Drabble Dribble
On hiatus from novel, I was recently introduced to a Drabble – a short story of exactly 100 words. I posted my attempt on my blog, although I wasn’t happy with the results. 100 words is nothing: mere spittle. A dribble of words not worth counting. A drag. Encouraged (or deluded?) by kind comments, I [...]
Portraiture
Seriously mate, you need to put up an older, fatter picture of me, otherwise I’m going to look like one of those poets…
Hard wear…
I love me some Apple Mac, but can we do something about the planned obsolescence? Please? I’ve had three Mac laptops over the past 5 years. The first two (Powerbooks) went down with hard drive failures, prompting the purchase of the next in line. My current workhorse – a 15″ MacBook Pro – is exhibiting a [...]
