Anticipation is a thing of nerves and tissue It distracts Like a bird that attacks it’s reflection in a window Leading nowhere Delivering nothing Except a sore head *I’ve got some exciting news pending. I said I wouldn’t announce it until next week, but I’ve never been one to hold out that long. In the […]
Yesterday I found an AI art generative programme. Joanna Penn (the creative penn podcast) talked this week about how she is obsessed with hers and is using it for all things. It is inspiring and fun to run her characters and scenes through the software to see what they came up with as an image. […]
I am out of pretty words My brain cells are fried I’ve been writing for days Typing for miles Traipsing up and down the hills of my mind Pulling stories out of thin air Turning them into words I breath in And out Push my chair back And stare at the wall How peaceful it […]
The clock always ticks I never realised how loudly When time rests in your ability To use it wisely *50 books in ten years. Five books a year. One book every two months. Written, edited at least three times and looked at by beta readers. And then there is the marketing. Is it possible? Not […]
Condensing the superfluous to a strong tonic Then drinking that tonic every morning. Clarity is the medicine The focus point I’ve needed Forever *We did the simplest of exercises whilst away on writers retreat. What do you really want to achieve in this life? We are all dying, but at any point, no matter how […]
The bluer the sky The bluer the sea I dwell in the sliver, in between And I am not blue Not even a bit I drift on the tide Breathing *After my morning spent snorkeling, I sat watching the water change colour in tune with the sun sparking in and out from behind clouds. As […]
My shadow is stitched to my foot All that is black and self defeating All the rot Follows me I could cut it off, but then I would never know where it is hiding It could spring from the trees on a perfect summers evening And ambush my feelings Bring me low A lightening blow […]
It has rained overnight Clouds heavy, Pregnant with raindrops Releasing their burden to gravity Tumbling into the sea below Fresh water colliding with salty Skittering over balconies Curtains drawn We all lay asleep At least I did I have never slept as soundly As I do out here In this enormous cradle Rocking me gently […]
We can go away Run away Walk away Drive away Away away away And yet, everything follows as if packed in a bag on purpose It springs out as soon as we answer the phone The biggest mistake then Was to think it could ever be different And as I watched his happy expression drain […]
When I am here, I feel I should be there or anywhere else really To be here is to sit on a pile of ants ants like, jobs to do, ants like, emails to return ants like, what’s for dinner? ants like, water the plants So the only answer to the antics of the ants […]
