Writers, pay attention to real life. It’s better than any school you’d attend. I say this for a couple of reasons. The first is that basing characters on quirks of real people is the best way to make believable characters.…
Giving the blog a facelift
It’s been on my mind a long time. I finally redesigned this beast. You know the feeling. Every time you look at your blog you think, ‘christ this is the arse end of the world’. The design puts you off,…
This is why I love snail mail…
… you just don’t get emails or SMSs like this postcard of the year: Viva la travelling mates! 😀
The Great Facebook Exodus
I deleted my facebook account this month. Here’s an explanation as to why. For the past, oh, three or four years, I’ve been a Facebook user. I became great at building networks using both Facebook and Twitter –…
Iiit’s a long weekend in just over a day…
…. and I’m going huntin’ wabbits. No, really. My parents’ property has an abundance of pestilential rabbits, and we figure there’s nothing more appropriate at easter than to go slaughter a…