Readers don’t care how much you know, till they know how much you care…

Recently I was helping a writer who had become stuck whilst developing her first book. She was incredibly well-qualified, bright, full of ideas, experienced with a wealth of

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If you’re writing, you’re a writer – write!

Advice from Alan Watts, British philosopher: “Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death

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I Almost Wrote A Book & 10 Other Things I Almost Did Before Breakfast…

In the last week I have almost sold a house in the UK (still negotiating the price), I have almost bought a house in Spain (got a short

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Too much to do, too little arsed… #farts

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Only my best is good enough for me #farts

Sitting on the cold floor of the assembly hall at school, when I was about eight years old, Mr Hydon, the headmaster, was doing his usual Friday morning

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Last, First, Best or Worst? #farts

We get plenty of advice on how to live our days. I hear these four the most: Live every day as if it was your last: This is

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No Time For… #Farts

I can’t believe it’s Friday again. I haven’t got anything done this week, I’ve been running around like an idiot chasing my own tail. I don’t even have

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On Not Thinking #farts

Buggeration, I just found an ant on the kitchen worksurface, I squished it and then put some powder down to kill the rest of the blighters. And then

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