How do you walk in high heels? Practice.
Just One Book – supporting the independents
When I was growing up the internet didn't exist. There was no Amazon, no eBook, no literary website publishing short stories and reviews. The only way I knew to find what I might read next [...]
Resoluting
I think the second must really be the first day of the new year. On the first everyone is too busy negotiating hangovers, or visitors, or fractious children who've been too long without routine. In [...]
Small successes in the discipline of Discipline
Earlier this year I took up running. When I say running I mean jogging fairly slowly on a treadmill, since I have knees that make very odd noises when I do things like walk down [...]
Routine Schmootine
There's a lovely curated post over on Brainpickings, about the daily routines of famous writers. It's fascinating to see how other (successful) writers make their marks on paper, and what superstitions and rhythms they create [...]