Category: Writing Life

  • Available Yet Unpredictable

    We live in an illusion of cause and effect. We believe that if we do this, that will happen. Our expectations match this myth. We…

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  • To Wrangle and Capture

    The poet Billy Collinsโ€™ latest book was released in September, Whale Day. As I do with every new Collins collection, Iโ€™m reading it slowly, treating…

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  • A Blind Man in a Textile Shop

    Perhaps this is an illness of all creative writers. Perhaps itโ€™s an illness with which I alone suffer. In either case, I am constantly seeking…

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  • Two Careers

    Few writers, at any stage in their career, can make a living solely off their writing. Most of us have a full-time career, what we…

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  • One Year Anniversary

    Tomorrow, 10 September, will mark the one-year anniversary of the release of my debut novel, The Confessions of Adam. In recognition of this milestone, here…

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