The Isolation Diaries w/c 20/4/20
I wrote about isolation, books, TV, crazy and how amazing it would be if Shonda Rhimes made a TV show of the book I’m reading.
The Isolation Diaries w/c 13/4/20
Life as an author in the middle of lockdown.
Debbie Payne 25.03.70 – 24.04.01
I don’t have many photos of Debbie. That’s cos she filled my world in a period before we captured every single moment of our lives via smartphones; and that fact – that timing – breaks my fucking heart. I’d love a billion pointless duplications of Debbie on dropbox,...
Slow Bear: The Novella you want to live in forever
The first novella in an age that I genuinely wished was a novel.
Regret
When I was – well, let’s say younger, because ‘young’ would suggest I’m now old, and I don’t feel old (though I am old enough to remember New Order when they were called Joy Division. I prefer The Order. More fun.) Anyways, where was I? Oh yeah, not being old. Well,...
My Year in Books
It’s been a weird year.Let’s face it: The last few years have been like a never ending bin fire of Nonsense. But in amongst it all, there has - as always - been one constant: The power of books to transport me, to comfort me, to inspire, enervate and help me make...