Does the Novel Have a Future? Tuesday 19th April 2022. Introduction Another question on Quora (an online forum.) Another of my answers. Having seen a question about the future of the novel, I felt inclined to respond. What I wrote in my response, is set out below. I then go on to develop this theme … Continue reading Novels →

Saturday 26th March 2022 Times are hard Energy costs are spiralling. Inflation is rising. Many things are getting more and more expensive. The only thing that is not going up is my income. I am having to make cuts. In order to stay afloat, financially, I am having to cut back on spending. I say … Continue reading News 2022 →

9th October 2021 There was a time when I was particularly keen on writing poems using the Iambic Decameter (in which there are always ten syllables per line.) Here is one called Finity, from 21st June 1966: It seems that all existence is a sphere,one single, finite, universal globe.This is a thought, at first, that … Continue reading Poetry using the Iambic Decameter →

a poem for National Poetry day, 2021 Long ago, when I was just a boy,my life was organised and planned,ambitions set with heart so full of joy,my ship set sail, full-rigged and manned But then the world around did other things -it intervened in aspects of my life -brought down my sails and clipped my … Continue reading Chance →