How do you write a blog about writing? Well, plenty of people have written about writing so it can’t be that difficult. Yes, but this is writing about writing Ebooks (as in picture right) and furthermore writing about them as a retired person. What does a retired, old git person know about publishing Ebooks after… Continue reading Ebooks and the retired person and the bottom drawer
Category: Creative Writing
Chapter 5 : June is bursting out all over
This is the penultimate chapter of our New Zealand experiences. We’re heading towards what we thought was halfway through our year. It turned out that it wasn’t but we didn’t know this at the time. By this time we were beginning to settle into our ‘new’ life style, beginning to enjoy some of it and… Continue reading Chapter 5 : June is bursting out all over
The things you do in retirement
One of the areas of my retirement life I haven’t told you much about has been what I affectionately call my old gits group (the kind I said I’d never join, but that was then and this is now). I have described the grave robbers talk but that’s about it and I’m not going to… Continue reading The things you do in retirement
The fairly merry month of May : a retirement reflection
So here is the latest in my series of reflections on our time as a family, spent living and working in New Zealand. Things were improving by this time but there were still plenty of challenges and frustrations. Self esteem figures quite a bit. As I’ve suggested elsewhere retirement seems like a good time to… Continue reading The fairly merry month of May : a retirement reflection
Ghost story 7 : Listen to Me
The seventh story in my That Which Lies Beneath series. I can’t remember anything about where the idea came from, probably sitting in a boring meeting at work or having difficulty with a challenging colleague. Who knows. I’m glad to say all this work stuff is but a distant memory. As ever to read the… Continue reading Ghost story 7 : Listen to Me
What can we learn from the past?
What has publishing a chapter about living in New Zealand 17 years ago got to do with a blog on retirement now? Well, a couple of things I suggest. First, being retired gives a person an opportunity to reflect on and simply enjoy some of our past experiences. That’s not always easy in the hurly… Continue reading What can we learn from the past?
Ghost Story 5 : The Cathedral Chest
The fifth in my series of ghost stories. If I remember I think the idea came to me on a visit to Carlisle cathedral or was it Ripon? I’m not sure. I know I find cathedrals and churches quite inspiring when thinking about ideas for ghost stories. The colder, damper, darker the better. This one… Continue reading Ghost Story 5 : The Cathedral Chest
Ebooks : Dead Country
I’ve written before that I intended to look into my bottom drawer to see if anything in there deserved to see the light of day – as an Ebook. I found this crime novel, Dead Country, that I wrote a few years ago and re-read it. I thought it was OK, good enough to give… Continue reading Ebooks : Dead Country
The ghosts of retirement
‘Spine Chilling DVDs – Classic Ghost stories; The Quatermass Collection: Dead of Night’ and one I’d never heard of, ‘Robin Redbreast’. All reissued BBC programmes promising ‘ghostly nights in’. Set me thinking. Nothing major just that I like ghost stories which is why I set out to write a number of them a few years… Continue reading The ghosts of retirement