“I find I just can’t read”: Special Books for Terrible Times. The Top Ten Books you CAN read during a pandemic.
As readers of this blog will know, I am an avid reader. I devour books. And yet, like many, many people, I’ve found it hard to settle with a book during this everlasting pandemic. Weird, isn’t it? Is it lack of concentration, general anxiety, or is it the...Giving something back – free feedback – extracts from January newsletter
January: 2021 is all about helping each other. Let’s put that year behind us and think about how we can have a much better time in the future. One way I’m going to try to spread a tiny bit of cheer is to offer you folks some free feedback on your...
Top Ten Non Fiction Books to Entertain and Surprise
Despite my background as a non-fiction writer, I haven’t yet written a blog covering my top ten non fiction books. Time to put that right, methinks. I’m focusing here on books that anyone might enjoy, so I’ve excluded specialised works or things...A Room of One’s Own – Extracts from December Newsletter.
We did it. We moved house. Moved out of the Airbnb madness of central Edinburgh into a quieter, leafier location. Which meant I got to rethink my writing space…again. Over the years I’ve had a few different set-ups. The first study was in a low ceilinged...