This is something I wrote in January 2010, the week before I joined a writing group...

For some time I’ve been considering joining a writing group, as many writer friends have told me that they are an invaluable resource to the writer, regardless of…

Something I wrote on 7 October 2011…

The Apple King died.
He affected all our lives.
End of an era.

Yesterday’s new that Steve Jobs has died did not hit me with great surprise or emotion. After all, he was very…

I sit down to write...
but first do some online tasks.
It’s nearly bedtime!?

Cory Doctorow — the author, blogger, podcaster, activist, copyfighter, and wearer of probably many other hats — is one of my favourite people. He not only churns out an impressive quality and quantity of work, fiction and non-fiction, but he seems to be a…