Tag Archives: Writing

2025-5: To make a long-ish story short …

Recently a short story that I’d written for the TRUST ME TOO anthology back in 2012 was added to the READ ME A STORY, INK website. This is a great reading resource for kids, parents and teachers. If you are … Continue reading

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2024 Week 43: Everyone’s a critic.

Last week’s blog was about showing your creation to the world and not knowing how it will be reviewed. Because I’ve been preparing a talk on Don’t Call Me Ishmael, I was reminded of the following scene. It’s from the … Continue reading

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2024 Week 32: Five Rings to rule them all …

Well not surprisingly I’ve got stratchy eyes from watching too much late night, early morning OLYMPICS. I know many people don’t like sport or just don’t understand the appeal. I’m really glad I’m not one of those people. I think … Continue reading

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2024 Week 30: You’ve got (more) mail.

I mentioned in a recent post that I’d had surprising emails from a German school in Mexico and a French school in Vanuatu. In both cases their students were reading Don’t Call Me Ishmael. Since then I’ve had more writing … Continue reading

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