Our local water authority, officially known as United Utilities but nicknamed Benighted Futilities among its customers, has been carrying out repair and reconstruction work around some reservoirs in the area. There has been minor disruption to nearby paths and lanes….

The blog I posted a week ago lauded a book I read from cover to cover as soon as I received it, then read again, more slowly and carefully: Lorena Goldsmith, Self-Editing Fiction that Sells, How To Books Ltd., Oxford,…

Books about creative writing are as the sands on the seashore, and to the writer, many of them are about as much use. I’d never tell a fellow-author “Don’t waste your time reading book X, Y or Z” but neither…

Well, at last I’ve received a report from the literary consultant, accompanied by apologies for the long delay, and it was worth waiting for. Rather as I anticipated, the experts think my comic novel National Cake Day in Ruritania is…