Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison
Articles from September 2017
Brain meltdown
I’m finding it very difficult to write reports for work. Not the word count. Those piddly little numbers are but a blink now I’m used to writing 70 thousand words. It’s the writing style. I’d forgotten what it was like when I started writing seriously and had to switch off my scientific brain and switch…
The mathematics behind conflict
Conflict between characters is one of the pivotal elements that keep a reader turning the pages. I was thinking about this during the week and it came to me that conflict reminded me of the fractal poster my brother had on his wall when we were kids. If you aren’t familiar with them fractals make…
My Excuse Monday
Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison
Law of the garbage truck…
My Dad sent this to me and lately it’s been appropriate: One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes,…