Ten years ago: United we Stand?
This is an article I wrote 10 years ago today, when I was just starting my journalism master’s degree at Columbia University. Each of…
What were you doing ten years ago?
It’s exactly ten years ago that I took the first serious step towards my dream of becoming a writer. I’d written before…
Lucky Seven challenge
British crime writer Tom Quigley tagged me a while back in the Lucky Seven challenge, which involves publishing an extract from a…
A different take on holiday reading
With the newspapers and blogs full of recommendations for books to take with you on your summer holidays, I decided to do…
The Pleasures of Exile by George Lamming
I loved George Lamming’s novel In the Castle of my Skin, but wasn’t so impressed by this collection of essays. There were…
I’m not that important
In my recent month-long break from the internet, I learned a few things. It’s easy to let constant connectivity delude you into thinking that…
Zen and the art of genius
Have you ever been in the state of “flow”? Everything seems easy and effortless. Problems that would usually stump you for hours…
I’m back!
Just got back from my trip around the Caribbean and my month away from the internet. It was a wonderful break, and…
A writer’s life
Writing burrowed itself into a chamber in my heart, building underwater castles and princesses to live in them, when I was around…