[Image courtesy of Thanakrit Gu at Flickr Creative Commons] They say that everybody has a novel inside them. Which often prompts the well-worn retort that in most cases, that’s precisely where it should stay.  On a bright but very breezy […]

“It’s a bit of a what?” said my friend to me.  “Schlep,” I repeated. And repeating myself and explaining the word gave me a chance to say it over and over. There’s something about schlep I find hugely appealing. It’s the sort […]

[Image courtesy of Benson Kua at Flickr Creative Commons] I’ve always tended to dodge copy-editing jobs, as they can be frustrating. In case you’re unclear on the difference between copywriting and copy-editing, the latter involves taking somebody else’s writing and […]

[Image courtesy of Martin at Flickr Creative Commons] Last weekend, my book club chums and I met up for our monthly literary lunch. It was the perfect setting: an idyllic English garden just outside Cambridge on a glorious summer day, […]

[Image courtesy of Vic at Flickr Creative Commons] I’ve been thinking for a while about revamping my website. Everybody nowadays is going for full-page, funky, responsive sites so I’ve been delving into the wonderful world of Bootstrap. I’ve installed a […]