How not to return from vacation
Coming back from vacation is always hard. If you’re working for someone else, you don’t really have a choice – you just have to…
New, free short story
Update: this story is no longer available online. If you’re interested, please email me and I’ll send it to you. I just had a…
The Politicians by Don Walther
Coruscating look at the world of politics. If you’ve ever looked at the politicians in your country and wondered why they’re all…
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.…
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 current work…
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…