Just one of 20,000 plus
After two months in Australia touring the south-western part of the continent and enjoying some quality time with family in Melbourne and Sydney, and a quick jaunt to visit writing… more
Best wishes for the festive seasons
and onwards into 2018 which hopefully will have more empathy. more
If you thought only Miley had a wrecking ball…
It may be because I´m thinking about new projects like learning how to crimewrite and to write in German that I´ve begun to see and smell a rat here and there.… more
Somebody in Clifton loves me, and an Aussie abroad
I´d never heard of Clifton until I kept seeing the place as a permanent fixture in my analytics. Clifton, New Jersey, USA: a sleepy town whose only claim to fame seems… more
Demise of the Dinosaurs
Don´t call it America. America consists of two land masses. North America is not just the United States of America, which has recently morphed into the Ugly States of Arumpasaurus.… more
C’est la rentrée
It´s been a while since I blogged. A lot´s been happening. There was the great inaugural Flash Fiction Festival in Bath at the end of June which, apart from some super… more
Getting unblocked
I´ve been blocked. Not the arteries, at least not since I quit smoking a whole year ago. Not the page. I´ve been coming up with ideas for ways to improve… more
Acquiring a Taste for George Saunders
I did not pursue the non-fiction post-election analysis at the US Embassy´s Amerika Haus as planned, but instead, with some trepidation, turned to a fictional pulse-taking of what I now call… more
Lonely are the Brave
A tiny article in this morning´s KURIER noted that the US Embassy´s “NSA-Villa” which apparently kept tabs on all telecommunications in Vienna and beyond will close down in 2017 and… more