Decided it was high time I updated My Links to be a proper Blogroll – and voilà, here it is, with all my current favourites on display. I’ve left off one or two others like Scott Pack and Dove Grey Reader whom I also visit from time to time but who are almost too well-known to need an … Continue reading New to You
More summer visiting is making it hard to get to the blog, but I do keep looking around my own favourites and am sorry to see that Matt Curran may be giving up his Blogspot of Blood owing to the pressures of being a published author while doing the day job. By most people’s standards, Matt would … Continue reading The published and the damned
In a summer that is coming to be known for frequent journeys – planned and otherwise – I was diverted in a rare quiet moment to pick up a Google alert that took me to Douglas Galbi’s blog and this entry in particular. DG treats us to a tour of ‘long-winded’ writers beginning with M. de … Continue reading High roads and low roads
Just checked the website of Cadenza Magazine to find one of my short stories on their latest long list. Well, I think it’s mine, but they haven’t included the authors’ names with the long list titles. On the other hand, it seems unlikely that two people would have submitted a story called ‘Blue-Sky Thinking’ (and both be good … Continue reading Long and short of it
Okay, so it’s a long time since any of De Scudery’s works were in copyright, but the librarian in me has never been happy about displaying this image of the Carte de Tendre* even though it’s widely available on the net. Who does an image like this belong to, after all? This week, however, I discovered it’s … Continue reading Carte Blanche
Ali Bacon, Author 