Guided Journals & other stories
Writing About Life
Revising & Refreshing
If you were here, looking at my desk, glancing at my monitors, assessing my whiteboard notes, you'd be forgiven for thinking that we're back in 2012. The Light Heart of Stone was published that year, but bits of it are all around my office. Last year I had the good...
Unexpected & Lovely
Late last year I published And It Will Be Splendid, which is my second title in a series to encourage journaling. Unexpectedly and very happily it was noticed by BookAuthority and made it into the list of the 3 Best New Writing eBooks To Read In 2021. This news has...
Machine Learning, Books & Attitude
I love that rush when life is changing, but you're learning; when the future is facing you, stepping on your toes, but it isn't alarming. Getting to that pleasurable point, for me, meant uprooting my 20th century self and replanting myself in this century. Embracing...
Juggling Drafts & Reviewing Books
If you've been following me on Instagram you probably know I've sprinted my way through Draft 1 of The Rush of Stone. Now I'm dialling up the other part of personality, Methodical Me, to work on Draft 2. Step 1 Create a prompt sheet for revision. Step 2 Work over...
New Podcast & Book Reviews
I never imagined I would start a podcast about tech but there's no accounting for what can happen when you get together with Patrick Bonello. Patrick and I created Ok Smart Ass to talk about the things that go wrong and go right in the tech and gadget world. I don't...
Guided Journaling
You know how good intentions pop into your head now and again and you play with them and then discard them? Usually it's a case of: too hard not as much fun as you initially thought you got distracted and the idea went stale Just occasionally your good intentions...