If it’s warm outside, and the shadows are cool and jaggered, then I have to grab my camera, and stroll out into the city streets. Spring is here. The irresistible streets of Berlin where crowds flow along, jam and stop-start every few seconds. People strolling, cars edging at slow speeds. Along Friedrichstrasse, the main street […]
A Content Writing Book that Really Helps You Get New Copywriting Clients
Content Writing can be rewarding. You only need to find your niche, and put your heart, mind, soul, and fingers into the work, and you’ll be on your way. There’s a bit more to it than that, though. I’ve been a teacher for nearly two decades. Storytelling was always my thing, so I have also practised the […]
The Safest Room in the Club
I’d always wanted to be a thief. The type who didn’t get caught. Well, I met Dave. That was good luck. He taught me the art of robbing and thieving. Robbing took me away from the miserable shithole I was born into, and put me into the “game”. You learn the ropes. The way you play […]
The Mysterious “Judas Pig”: Book Review
When a mystery author writing under the name, Horace Silver, claimed to be London’s top dog gangster, published a memoir of raging violence and greed in the early 2000s, the book quickly spun into the realms of cult classic storytelling. Indie publishing has opened its doors to a legion of strange writers, oddballs, and many […]
Write Powerful Copywriting Content that Gets the Sale
Writing Copywriting content for product information, and copywriting for sales success. When we learn to write commercially, we have to think outside of the box, try to be different in our approach. But at the same time, it is important to remember that communication with the reader is the core objective, so we turn to […]
Hardwin Rust and The Radio Ham Heist — Notes on a Short Story
The ear can see things that the eye can’t hear Unknown Listening to the words we write is important. And the only way to do that, to know if they resonate, is to speak them out loud, and listen. Hardwin Rust leaned forward and stared at the transmitter, he gently twiddled a brown knob and […]
How to Be a More Prolific Fiction Writer? When You Struggle to get the Words Out
Firstly, stop thinking about being prolific. Every writer is a different personality. If you love to write stories, you will write lots of stories. One day, you might stand back and be amazed at your own work. My point here is that writing stories and novels is not about being a prolific writer. It’s about […]
Saturday Night Selfie – Portrait Photography
In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody. Henri Cartier-Bresson Taking your own portrait is a difficult process. It’s like trying to be two different people. One busy person visualizing the empty space as filled with a sitter, and the other same person adjusting the camera settings, trying and failing with getting the […]