A G.U.T. reaction to history
Recently I was sharing thoughts with a young doctoral student on the importance of narratives and narration. To know what real people did when and where, and how it affected… more
This need to never give up
Last September at the Festival of Writing in York I was seated at a table with participants from my online self-editing course and with course leader Debi Alper. Also at… more
A work in progress – G.U.T.
Some things are best said with a tongue in one´s cheek and with feet planted in a fantasy world. With dystopian fiction becoming more real than the latest reality show,… more
Thank You for 2016.
No, I´m not being sarcastic. 2016 brought good things: a fabulous online self-editing course with Debbie Alper and Emma Darwin; getting perhaps my last taste of the Geneva Writers’ Conference… more
Planting Trees
You may have noticed that I’ve changed something on my website. Touch just one person and it’s all been worthwhile. Don’t worry, I’m still all over the place in the… more
Nightmares, dreams and video games
I´m no good at chess and poker, can´t play bridge, think ahead and hardly ever make longer-term plans, at least not ones that I finally stick to. Dreams, though, are… more
On opinions and writings
Recently, a young woman I didn’t know blogged about being opinionated and whether or not her views might harm her writing career. I enjoyed her post, as I hope you… more
Write drunk, they say. So be it!
We’ve just had a surprise visit from dear friends from my Australian youth, and last night took them up for some wine in the Viennese vineyards where tourists can’t tread,… more
Playing politics in Austr(al)ia and some publishing tricks
I used to smile at the links between the country of my birth and that of my passport – the No Kangaroos in Austria slogan on T-shirts and fridge magnets,… more