There can be Only One
Of all your companions only you survived the ordeal. And now… You Have Been Chosen. ~
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Just Been Rejected Blues, #2
Inspired Anne-Marie Czajkowski’s brilliant version I thought I’d do my own take of the Rejected Blues… Oh dear. Oh my. You have been warned.
Continue reading →How Writers Cope with REJECTION
Frankly, I’ve had mixed results. Most of the time it’s simply ‘Meh’ and resubmit. These days when I submit a short story I’ll have the next market already researched and on the list. Sometimes I’ve taken it badly, usually because … Continue reading →
Jerningham 2 (that is to say, Part 1)
Last week I took part in the Jerningham on Jerningham event – the life and poetry of the c18 poet Edward Jerningham in Jerningham Road, New Cross Gate . One of my readings was from his epic saga, The Rise … Continue reading →
Live Performance! Jerningham, Bard of New Cross Gate!
Who really was the Edward Jerningham (1727-1812), described by Fanny Burney as that ‘mighty delicate gentleman’ and by William Gifford as ‘weeping at the age of fifty ‘o’er love-lorn oxen and deserted sheep‘? You can find out a little about … Continue reading →
Real Treasure in the Garden
The weather this weekend was fantastic – more like June than March – so we were outside and working hard. Achievements included planting potatoes, potting on various plants, tidying up the fruit canes. I also did half of my least … Continue reading →
Free Story – Geronimo’s Cadillac
Here’s another free story – this one’s about war, the invasion of an alien planet, and what happens when it all goes horribly wrong.. This particular story had about the longest gestation of any I’ve written so far. Although I … Continue reading →
Kickstarting the Future
I knew I wanted to fund the Glowing Plants Kickstarter as soon as I heard of it. Synthetic Biology is not quite still in its infancy, but it’s still learning to walk, and projects like this play their part. Synthetic … Continue reading →
Review – The Last Flight of the Brobdingnag
Here’s a strange one. I first came across the opening chapters of this oddly charming and compelling tale anonymously posted on Tumblr a couple of years ago. Since then I’d been wondering, off and on, if the full story would … Continue reading →
Itsy bitsy teenie weenie
Back on the first of September I wrote about how I hoped I had successfully propagated tree ferns for the first time. Two months later and I’m still not sure whether I have, or if the hundred or so that … Continue reading →