I rode the Sistine Chapel bus again on Wednesday morning. Talk about diminishing marginal returns. * September Reading #3 I went to t...

Twelve songs that have rung my bell while working on my novel this last fortnight. This may become a regular feature. We'll see.  Links ...

Back in February I wrote about those cloud-bursting moments writers have every so often that show you the way forward and give you an energ...

I’m back from Christchurch. I’d post my photos of the carnage but you’ve already seen the buildings online, in print or on tele. Seriousl...

So the aftershocks have done the Christchurch Writers Festival in. It's cancelled . Such a shame for the organisers. All that planning...

I bought a new computer on Saturday. It's a PC. Nothing flash spec wise, but it does have a 24" widescreen monitor. Apart from the ...

I had another photo shoot today. It really is the part of writing (specifically: the publicity side) I enjoy the least. This shoot was s...

In the short story, ‘More Than Human’, from Michael Chabon’s collection, A Model World and Other Stories , a boy reads a list of his father’...