Posted in Book Reviews on May 27th, 2011
Isn’t it amazing that for all the millions of words and thousands of books written (including two of mine) about the Amazon rain forest, that almost none have been fiction. Novels about the greatest rain forest on the plant are rare. Even short stories and novellas are hard to find. And poems are rarer still. [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Sailing on Dec 7th, 2010
Once you start to seek them out, as I have been doing recently, it’s surprising how few works of fiction involve sailing. Of course, there was that great burst of nautical novels that includes C. F. Forester, “Moby Dick”, Joseph Conrad’s numerous tour de force, and the library of great stories by Patrick O’Brien. But [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 31st, 2010
Whatever you think of Ayn Rand’s philosophies, no-one can doubt her creatively and skills as a novelist. Her two most famous novels are The Figurehead (published in 1943) and Atlas Shrugged (published in 1957). According to the Ayn Rand Institute, The Figurehead alone has sold more than 6.5 million copies and her books in total [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Jun 17th, 2010
If you know the story of Anne Frank – the Dutch Jewish girl who kept a diary of her life in hiding in an attic in Amsterdam and died in a Nazi death camp during the Second World War – you may well have wondered how the Franks were discovered by the German Gestapo just [...]
Posted in Books/Language on Mar 2nd, 2010
If you want to learn the techniques of story telling, the best book I have ever come across is Dwight Swain’s, “Techniques of the Selling Writer”. This not a book for daydreaming about writing nor about connecting with your “inner writer” (See “Becoming A Writer by Dorothea Brande for that – which I’ve also used [...]
Posted in Sailing on Jan 15th, 2010
If you’ve every dreamed of a quieter, simpler life – then this short story is for you. Though it’s a favourite among cruising sailors (for obvious reasons when you read it), Martyr’s story is really about the yearning all of us feel from time to time to be FREE.
Posted in Current Affairs, Life Skills on Jan 2nd, 2010
Lotus In Two Palms A Story of Possession, Jealousy and Letting go One day, a lotus blossom came to rest in the comfort of two hands. The fragrance of the blossom was sweet and delighted the nose. The petals were beautiful and greatly pleased the eyes. The flower was light and weighed nothing for the [...]
Posted in Current Affairs on Jan 2nd, 2010
This in an extract from a novel I’m still writing. The first draft was completed some years ago. I’ve been mulling ever since how best to fix its structural faults and waiting for the opportunity to rewrite the story. Mr. Sütterlin’s Ambition “Do you know why I make books?” Mr. Sütterlin spoke slowly, in a [...]
"Serendipity" is the art of finding something valuable or delightful when you're not looking for it. It's how you might also define living life as an adventure - which is something I seek to do each day - and accepting whatever happens, happy or hard.
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