I never saw a purple cow I never hope to see one But I can tell you anyhow I’d rather see than be one This quaint rhyme was hung around the neck of a rather pretty purple faux suede cow that my mum bought me when we were on holiday in Cornwall. The author is […]Read Post ›
Although sometimes it feels more like the Conciergerie. There are pros and cons to managing the block. One, is that, as chair of the management committee and budget holder, I am in charge, which is nice. On the down side, there are always non-payers. Although our annual block charges are cheap compared with other properties […]Read Post ›
To cut to the chase, how much does it cost to publish a book? Well, clearly very little if you do everything yourself. The three/four main costs to factor in are book cover, editing and/or proofing, and formatting. Given that many people are capable of doing their own formatting, to a greater or lesser degree, […]Read Post ›
I loathe those ghastly reports that WordPress sends round every year, or to be more precise I loathe the flurry of them that dominates people’s blogs. Who cares how many times I filled Sydney Opera House? Unless you want to say ‘Hurrah!/Boo! I got more/less hits than her’ it is of no interest to anyone […]Read Post ›
Or is there? Maybe these days there is. But perhaps two Irish writers are the most famous proponents of the no bad publicity perspective. Oscar Wilde: The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. and Brendan Behan: There’s no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary. Public relations, […]Read Post ›
It is a truth universally acknowledged that insects in South Africa are well-behaved, quiet and polite enough to pause and have their photo taken numerous times before going about their business. Some of my blogpals in SA—you know who you are—seem capable of getting amazing insect shots of all manner of cute creepy crawlies. I, […]Read Post ›
Two of the worst jobs in a newspaper office arrive together at the year end: the new year’s honours list and the annual review. You have to be very unlucky – or very unpopular – to get both of them. The annual review on a weekly newspaper isn’t too bad, there are only 52 weeks […]Read Post ›
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