So why is it non-fiction rather than fact? I wouldn’t call myself a non-man? I suppose calling your book a fact book might not be accurate. Your view on the healing power of apple peal and comfrey in an alternative health book, might not be viewed by everybody as fact.Or a GCSC science book discussing […]

The whole Normal thing (see previous blog) reminds me of two sisters at my primary school, lets call them Jewel and Beauty. Jewel was in the year above us and she was, as far as I can remember, a nice enough girl. Beauty was in my year, in my class actually. She was about a […]

I’m reading this great book called, “Rules of Thumb”. It contains 73 short pieces from successful writers on habits they’ve developed that help them write. At the end of each piece there is some blurb about the author. When I read that one grew up in a town called Normal, Illinois, I closed the book […]

Today I’ve been pondering the new Coke ad, you know the one where a bloke puts a coin into a vending machine and we follow the coin into a magical world of wonder, animated fun and sparkles. A cartoon vision of what has to happen to make a bottle of coke the magnificent drink it […]