I got to do that amazing author thing today - opening a box of your own books  This is the first (paperback) issue of what I hope will be...

I don't know Theresa Munoz. I don't think I have ever read any of her work. But I do like to take a chance every now and then. When I...

I started producing these little pamphlets at home. But, then... I kinda lost faith in me. It happens. Time passes. And now I am back...

I left the Dick Institute, sat in my car, and pressed "Play". A young David Bowie sang a song about Andy Warhol, then he sang about Bob...

It's not the first book I have had published, but it's the first in what I hope will be a new home for my writing, a new KDP bookshelf....

An extended period of warm weather isn't something "worth writing home about" - unless you live in Scotland! We have had a lovely hot...

Marjorie Lofti's The Hebridean Crab Apple raised a barrel-load of ideas about home in this morning's Wordworkers session at the Harbour...

Out of the darkness of winter comes... creativity! Wednesdays 10-12noon. £50 for eight weeks. New member always welcome. The Harbour Arts...

A little winter warmer.

Like most of us, I am sure, I love the little extras we find in old books; the connections with the readers who were there before. I have...

Every term, I turn up wondering who else will be there. Will enough people be interested in what I do to make the group viable. Hiring a...

We were given a boat-ride for Christmas by some very thoughtful family members. It took a while for Julie and I to get around to it, but...

It was very cool indeed to end the current session of the writing group, in Studio One at the Harbour Arts Centre, sitting beneath the...

Three men sit around the table in a busy pub-diner. One reaches into a bag and pulls out... a velociraptor, a stegosaurus, and the...

When You are in The People's Friend twice in the same week. Okay, one's an advert for The Friendship Book, but I'll take it!

This is Andrew Menzies. He drives a bus / art gallery. Since 1978 Edinburgh's Museums and Galleries department have sent their Travelling...

That's the publicity for the writing group done for the week. All in the Harbour Arts Centre, of course! Our wee booklet, A Wee Free...

I was in the Book Nook in Stewarton today. I'd gone there from the library because my soul was in need of more soothing! Book shops are...