Archive for November, 2011
The Writer’s Fear of Publication
When the shop went live with my little book of nonsense, there was a distinct moment of regret. I wished – for a moment, maybe more – that I’d kept my mouth shut, my journal shut, my mac shut. The Writer’s Fear of Publication. Stupid to think it would do anything but embarrass me… A [...]
Words For Sale
Over the weekend the sale of my little book went live at lulu.com and although I’m not expecting any sales it’s still an exciting – and scary – moment. How much of a muppet have I actually been by assuming anyone would be interested in this nonsense? Only time will tell. But I’m very proud [...]
Another Poet
Continuing the theme of reliving past glories, I thought I’d repost the Ufton Court poetry recordings from 2010, when thoughts of chickens and football were made real and set free in the barn on cabaret night. I’ve got some more football poetry to publish too, so stay tuned, if you like these sorts of shenanigans…
Technological Setback
Okay, don’t panic everyone, there will be a way around it. A long short story on the road to ruination. Ten thousand words mangled in a crashed program. Not so much of a problem, I have them copied elsewhere and partly published on Portsmouth. The big worry is that those ten thousand represent about two [...]
Another Type
I have returned the free fonts to my site under the new typo moniker of Another Type. I’d like to say back by popular demand, but even if you count one single third-party request as popular, this would still be a gross exaggeration of the issue. So, back because I like them and I would [...]