Academic, writer, storyteller, digital creator.
Vikings! Gotta love ’em, right? Well, back in 2017, Kay and I were planning our wedding – and the theme was Vikings! It was my job to make a couple of Viking shields – and we didn’t want to make something out of cardboard that would be turfed afterwards – we wanted something lasting that…
Regardless of your reasons for wanting something like this, this is how simple it is! However, let me start off by telling you my reasons for making it. About six months ago, we got fed up with drama surrounding LED projectors and LED TV’s – and our monopolized, malicious and malignant power utility (ESKOM), and…
Good morning, friends and fans – and fellow writers! The topic I’ll be addressing in this article – to paraphrase the Bard, is: To withdraw, or not to withdraw? That is the question! And what a question it is, right? I mean, context is everything. As writers, most of us submit our stories to any…
Hello there, friends and fans! The Citizen newspaper on October 12, 2020 printed an article entitled “Threats against Satanic Church reverend’s life and family”. The article describes how Reverend Tristan Kapp – pictured in the accompanying photograph, has endured death threats on social media – extending also to members of his family, and how individuals…
Hello there, friends and fans! Today I’ll be doing a review of the Sinotec SJ86C projector. I’ve owned two of these devices, and they make a bit of a story as you will see. To sum up: This is a great little projector – if you only need it to work for about two months….
These days, writers – especially self-published writers – typically need to do their own marketing, book and cover design and… well, everything! In the course of my own writing journey, I encountered some good resources and added them to my list – and thought it might be a good idea to share it with other…
“Where can I find your books?” A reader’s question – and a writer’s dilemma. After all, readers are likely to find your books where you, the author, have put them. Levity aside, as far as self-publishing authors are concerned, I’ve found that many of my peers will simply choose one publishing platform and then stick…
Hello there, friends and fans! The scandal around J.K. Rowling’s transphobia has been going on for quite a while now, since last year if memory serves. Just this past week however, Ms. Rowling appears to have unseated several silly internet meme trends and other media red herrings to take the top-spot in my Facebook and…
This morning I was alerted by a post in one of the writers groups I belong to on Facebook – about a website that’s been ripping off dozens of authors by selling their books from their website without due process or authorization, and keeping the profits for themselves. The name of the website – Bookinistika….
Good morning, friends and fans! I often see writers posting about the length of different categories of works, asking what word length makes a story “short”, how many words make a novel? Are there any types of marketable story between them? A while ago, to find out, I consulted that all-knowing trove of knowledge –…