Designing a symbolic book cover the DIY way.
When I decided to take the self-publishing route I was confronted by the need for a front cover. There was no possibility of hiring a...
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)? It ain't necessarily so...
When I give birth to a fictional character I want that character to be aware of who they are and to have sense of their personal...
What's in a name?
What's in a name? In fiction it's everything. I'm not going to give away too much by saying why each character in the novel had their...
James MacKinnon is an existentialist.
I have always believed that Mods by their attitude to life tend on the whole to be existentialist. I freely confess I am an...
The Art of Allusion #3 Long after tonight is over I will never forget it....
Chapter 46. “Long after tonight is over I will never forget it. I will always love you, always be yours no matter what,” Effy murmured....
Up lifting novels - the only ones I'm writing.
I've grown weary of reading depressing storylines. There are just too many dispiriting and disheartening novels out there. I can no...
Hardy Amis was right. What every Mod instinctively knows. Image is identity.
One of the reasons I became a Mod back in the antiquity of 1966 was the realization that girls liked well dressed young men. The sharper,...
