
The Reading Life: 2018
You can tell by the length of this list that not a lot of writing got done in 2018! Oops. Still, I almost hit my goal of reading one hundred…
Read MoreYou can tell by the length of this list that not a lot of writing got done in 2018! Oops. Still, I almost hit my goal of reading one hundred…
Read MoreDarn it, one year I WILL read one hundred books! In 2017 I didn’t even get close. Nevertheless (this is becoming my go-to word, that’s what happens when you read…
Read More“It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times,” writes Ali Smith in the opening of Autumn, (a book I’ve just started), and, damn, ain’t that the…
Read MoreIn the middle of June, I packed books, pinboards, a laptop, wellies, a holdall of tatty clothes, and Dougie the dog into the car, and headed for the Scottish Borders.…
Read MoreI’ve often remarked that I’m a slow writer, but I’m not sure folks really get how slow. I’m not talking slow-food slow here; you’d starve to death waiting for me to cook…
Read MoreThe Laird sticks his fists in his pockets and strides toward the Inn, ignoring the wind sluicing over the Sound and battering the side of his hat. If he didn’t…
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