Anxious Sloth: I bought a Robot Vacuum

As any person who values cleanliness above friendship will tell you – the micro-manager within always emerges.

Brainbending Thinkage: on creativity, joy fizz and holes

I am a blob of brain pickled in jumbled thoughts and unrealised dreams.

Def. Bumptious

Definition: adj. Crudely presumptuous and self-assertive to the point of being conceited.

Definition: Psithurism

The next time you hear that whoosh and rustle… know that it has a name.

Writer’s Note: Mythology and Magical llamas

We love stories. So when writing a story – not just telling an anecdote or a gratuitous lie – it’s … More

Writer’s Note: On mermaids and the independence of Taiwan

In this instance I have finally begun solid work on my book. A self-contained humorous, but serious, fantasy adventure complete with interesting-haired heroine and intelligent bummer sidekick.

Ducking Disasters: on the demerits of an unprepared mind

Rhetorically speaking, have you ever had a social circumstance sweep you on a wave of obligation whilst in some dark, neglected corner of your mind next to the Solve World Hunger Lever under the Table of Logic and Reason, there is a tiny voice screaming at you to do just the opposite?