For the sake of the children
I was talking to Daughter the other day. Nothing remarkable in that, you say, but it is unusual. I have been seeing a lot of her lately for various reasons and I have seen more of her in the last … Continue reading →
Category Archives: The Book
Could do better
I think I may have royally fucked up last night. I was sitting there minding my own business and Herself was sitting there bitching about there being nothing on television [as if that was newsworthy]. She switched on her laptop. … Continue reading →
Resurrecting the dead
I have been doing a spot of reading. Those of you who haven’t been around here that long may not know that I was once approached to write a book. It was back in the glory days when this site … Continue reading →
Beating the old nag
Back in 2007 I received an email. Dear Grandad, I know you like a good book (and many other things) but would you have any interesting in writing one? Now normally I would bin such a mail as there is … Continue reading →
Scratching The Itch
I made a New Years Resolution back in the sixties. I resolved to never make another New Years Resolution. I have kept to it religiously over the years. I have never resolved to do anything or for that matter, never … Continue reading →
Happy Winter Solstice
Things have suddenly and unexpectedly become somewhat busy here. Apart from anything else, I have started writing again. I mean proper writing, not the scribbles I lash out here. And if I'm writing there I can't be scribbling here if … Continue reading →
Another false start
I have made a decision. For a long time now I have been working on The Book. The only problem is that all the work takes place in my head and I haven’t made a serious attempt to put it … Continue reading →
World Book Day
I see today is World Book Day. This doesn’t surprise me because every fucking day is World Somefuckingthing Day, so I suppose books must get an elbow in at some stage. I received my first cheque from the publishers a … Continue reading →
The perfect present
It may be a strange thing to say, but I had almost completely forgotten about The Buke. The concept of having a book published and then forgetting about it may seem strange, but with my memory, anything is possible. Back … Continue reading →
Book of the Week
I was sitting here last night minding my own business, when I thought I’d take a look at my mail. There were a few sitting there all right, and my first thought was that the recession has definitely bottomed out, … Continue reading →
