Putting Writing First
So, we're in the middle of August and by now I've forgotten I'm a writer. There is the harvest to bring in from the allotment, the house to spring clean…
Lammas Day
In our urban lives where food is available all year round, we have become detached from the traditional calendar, which was a mixture of agricultural and Christian. To get authentic…
What a coincidence!
Thanks to swapaskill.com, I've made a couple of new friends: a solicitor and her husband. I was at their place yesterday, and he was explaining the finer points of Facebook…
The hardest books in the world to find
When David and I set up Godstow Press, we knew quite a lot about publishing and almost nothing about selling. Seven years later the situation has barely changed except that…
Looking a gift horse in the backside
Every year I volunteer to help out at an art show for four days; every year I think I'm losing four days' writing time. One of my more pernicious self-deceptions.…