Our memories are not to be relied on. Carl Jung, the psychoanalyst, said, “ The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong. ” That sounds about right. I’ve lived in a city for forty-years. Before that, I was a Continue Reading
Photos of Berlin City through the Winter Months
I have had a busy winter. Little time to write anything on Medium. That gave me thinking space to consider the questions, ‘what’s it all about?”, “Why continue writing…”. Not really good questions. Those type of thoughts always lead to ambiguous answers that Continue Reading
Taking Selfies by Reading Lamp
Recently, I’ve been run off my feet. Why? Reorganising my marketing, my point of view about how I make a living…you know, 20 percent photography, 80 percent business. I took time out, late at night. I wanted to take a damned photo, anything. I tried taking a Continue Reading
How to Write Fictional Characters Your Readers Will Remember
When I first began writing fiction, over a decade ago, I was fascinated by the idea that a writer develops a protagonist, and an antagonist, then chucks a few supporting characters into the mix, followed by sit-down-and-write-it. It really isn’t that simple. Continue Reading