Rewrites
Rachel Stirling asked me to share my thoughts around Rewrites. She was charming and so lovely to write for (though I did no rewrites) Click below to find out what I had to say... https://stirlingwriter.com/2016/05/23/rewrites/
Saturday Sonnet #9
'landscape' No-one ever really sees the lonely; They hang around in angry gangs of one And look at passers-by aloof and ston’ly; A cabal of the lost and the undone. I’ve been there and return there sometimes still, Though I’m surrounded by a world of love. Inside, a...
Saturday Sonnet #8
‘process’ I sit before a screen devoid of words and wait for something smart to come along. Ideas, skittish as a flock of birds, are steadfastly withholding their sweet song. This moment – now – the doubt begins to speak Of how the things you write are...
Saturday Sonnet #7
Having spent the weekend at CrimeFest, I've become familiar with the dangers... So, in tribute, I wrote a Sonnet... <Insert Obligatory Somewhat Buzzed Publication day Gin & Beer Pic> On The Dangers of Believing What Authors Tell You Their Books Are...
Saturday Sonnet #6
‘taste’ “You can’t do Jeffrey Dahmer” says the voice Inside my head that censors what I say “A gag about a cannibal?” “My choice” I counter then begin to tap away. Til inspiration blinds me as It glints Into a scene in Woody Allen’s head That features several...
The Eurovision Drinking Game. Wasted by Albania; Hospitalised by the Final Douze Points…
Yes, it’s that time of year. Tomorrow, the Eurovision Song Contest Starts. Or, as I like to think of it. The Gay Hajj. Like the Hajj, it involves going to countries you’ve never ordinarily been anywhere near, enduring hours of tedium in the hope of a religious ecstacy...