Sweet Little Something

Friday ritual – a wordless post: a personal photograph that captures a moment from the week. One photograph from Hannah, in the Southern Hemisphere and one from Ria, in the Northern Hemisphere. And if the mood strikes, leave a “Haikument” in comments...

A Box of Novels and Some Soda

  There are two most excellent new things in our house right now. 1. A box of freshly printed copies of my new novel, The Opposite of Geek. 2. A bottle of freshly brewed cherry soda. First things first. I’ve already revealed the cover of the book and talked...

Conviction: Help Needed.

  Conviction. I’ve been thinking about this word a lot lately. I don’t know about you, and perhaps it is another occupational hazard, but I get a little obsessed with words. I go through little word-phases, I guess you could call them, when a word...

Research

I love a good bit of research. I’m a geek–it comes naturally. Much of the time I rely on the old interweb, but that’s often not enough. Like that novel idea set in Bali and requiring intimate knowledge of the beaches, cuisine and how it feels to be a...