On dynamics within plot, and how Mankell’s Wallander is a superior crime drama.
Au revoir mes enfants, bonjour les grotesques
Musing on characterisation, and getting the right blend of child/adult and monster/alien in my fiction.
The fear #1
A fictionalised account of a powercut, and the thoughts that might, or might not, go through a neurotic writer’s head. He was probably reading Saramago’s ‘Blindness’ or some sociopathic rant on the future of publishing at the time or perhaps had simply spent too long on Facebook. You decide.
Tio Carlos
Art, life and duende.
On crafting
Musing on craft and influences.
Noises off
Three real-life aural scenes exploring the impact of sound on what we see.
Nutch content
Nonsense to clear the maths-based sinuses of consultancy work.
New shoes
Stick, twist or fold? The angst of the unproven writer. With apologies for navel-gazing and lack of tomfoolery.
Rejection song
Reminiscing about rejection songs, as I mark yet another step in becoming a writer – my first rejection letters from literary agents.
Joy
Aural hallucinations and the strange attraction of Mogwai for writers of dark, comic fiction. Contains tea.