Archive - Writing until the light goes out

June 2025

Spotlight on "17 Alma Road"

A house filled with history and secrets is more than mere bricks and mortar; not only a mirror on the past, it can also be a window to the future.

Jun 30

The Quicksand that Amazon's KDP has become

Why self-publishing authors should consider abandoning it rather than getting further sucked in.

Jun 27

When who you were is not who you have become...

Examining the evidence for the person I once was.

Jun 25

Spotlight on "Once Significant Others"

A group of five friends who, some thirty years after they lived and worked in the same town, come back together to honour an old friend who has recently…

Jun 22

When there's not a lot to feel good about...

How do you process living in a world where what happens to you is ultimately in the hands of a few emotionally bankrupt megalomaniac and narcissistic…

Jun 19

Spotlight on "not the Sonnets"

Imagine tackling the entirety of Shakespeare’s sonnet cannon with the aim of creating a contemporary and modern interpretation of the poems both in…

Jun 17

Writing prompt #3

This one's more about imagination than form...

Jun 14

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