by Derek | Mar 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Jo Perry’s Charlie and Rose series – centring on a ghost and his sole constant companion, an emaciated phantom red setter dog – is on it’s fourth outing this time round and shows no signs of series fatigue. Rather, this series is getting better and better. If the...
by Derek | Mar 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Well, this has been an interesting seven days. A week ago, Death of an Angel was released. It’s a book I’m incredibly proud of. My best so far, I think. And not, it turns out, just me. Even before publication, writers like Neil Broadfoot had commented that the book...
by Derek | Feb 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Strange day yesterday. In my dayjob I had to say goodbye to the team I’ve worked with for over a decade. I’ll still be around, but I’m no longer directly managing them – I’ve moved into ‘a closer relationship’ with what they refer to as “Senior stakeholders”...
by Derek | Jan 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Me (Reading this season’s CostCo catalogue): Oooh, Costco have a discount on Pianos. Can I have a Piano? Him (paying something less than 100% attention as he focusses on the latest goings-on in Weatherfield): Yes, mmmm. Me (sensing I can probably...
by Derek | Dec 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Christmas is my favourite holiday; a way to banish the darkness, celebrate the sheer excess of life, and remember – with tears and smiles – the times and people past. Our house fills with memories and memorials at this time of year, and with the...
by Derek | Nov 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
2015 was the worst year of my entire life. I’ve talked, before, about losing my mother. Her absence – approaching and actual – filled my life. I tried to mask the approaching nightmare by doing things – by keeping busy at work, by burying my head in the...
