An ode to Christmas..er, trees… Twas four night’s before Christmas and all was crazy, The local shop had sold out of trees and the boyfriend was lazy, So we crept […]
What did Jane Austen really look like?
Recently I read a story online about how a forensic expert had created a lifelike version of Jane Austen. Naturally, as a fan of the author’s work, I was interested […]
Editing Fiction for the Masses
I often get asked to read other people’s stories, especially lately. New writers often want comments on their stories and advice about how to improve them with editing. However, new […]
The Impossibility of Watching Little Dorrit…
Problems Finding British TV Shows in er, Britain… You know, if Little Dorrit was around today, she would have been living on a council estate while her father was drowning […]
Through wind and rain and hail…and er, mystical dimensions
Why is it that out of all the postal services in the world, the Royal Mail is the only one that has difficulty delivering to my front door? In a […]