As ever, having got to the end of the W.I.P. (cunning plan abandonned!) the begining doesn’t feel right, and so I am rolling up my sleeves and wrestling with another draft. This one feels like much more like hard slog than a voyage of discovery, but more often than not, that’s the name of the … Continue reading The Historical One
Anyone interested in my golfing exploits can read about some of the highs and lows (mainly lows!) on the Golf Monthly Forum blog here. . Continue reading A good blog spoiled?
I have now written the last piece of the plot of my W.I.P. and have only a chapter or so of ‘loose ends’ to tidy up. Am I celebrating? Actually, no. Because I find writing the act of finishing a novel a strangely vicarious pleasure. Last time it proved no pleasure at all, but more … Continue reading End Game
This week I’m the surprised user of a Sony e-book Reader. Surprised, that is, to be given it (courtesy of a sudden initiative to test them out at work) and even more surprised to be liking it. Not that I would prefer it to a book, but it’s certainly a lot more bearable than I … Continue reading E Book, Scottie …
I have followed Scottish Rugby from a tender(ish) age, but no Calcutta Cup, Triple Crown or (don’t mention the sponsor) Six Nations will ever be quite the same without Bill MacLaren’s amazing gift o’ the gab, and it’s sad that since his retirement we have had no distinctive voice to take his place. In the last … Continue reading When will we hear his like again?
