Finding your pandemic flow
I keep hearing how life is looking up. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Freedom is on…
Everybody loves an unreliable narrator … don’t they?
I’ve had an unreliable washing machine, an unreliable car, and worst of all roller-coaster results from a not entirely trustworthy recipe for spaghetti carbonara. And yet I persist. It’s the same with an unreliable narrator. Make the people who live on your pages too predictably perfect, and nobody will care.
Cancel culture – a new word for feeding trolls?
Two perfectly innocent words when combined have become toxic: Cancel culture.
Brighton – Six fun facts
I’ve spent eight years in Brighton – and it’s the setting for my upcoming book ‘Rebuilding Alexandra Small’. Brighton, though, is more than just a seaside town.
Alcohol and me: An uneasy mix
It’s tough not drinking in a society where alcohol rules. Especially during lockdown. Every Friday Zoom meeting ends with someone saying how much they can’t wait to pour a gin and switch off.