Back in 2020, like billions around the world I had plenty of time to pass with my 'business' hands tied firmly behind my back. And yet I felt fortunate that we didn't live in suburbia, or urbia. Not sure if anybody refers to it that way, do they? I mean, suburban / urban, suburbia / [...]
Creative Writing
Another for the book shelf
onFollowing the release of my second novel in August 2022, the book of short stories titled Old Ned's Secret, I'm proud to announce the publication of my third work of fiction. Sure, in relative quick succession but really, I'm not a prolific writer frantically pounding the keyboard into the small hours of every waking day. [...]
Drum roll, please …
onIt's been a while since publishing my first novel, The Tramp, and music CD, The Tramp: The Music of Robert Aitken, in 2017, yet I've not dawdled that much, really ... I'm finishing up a full length, 460-odd page psychological thriller waiting for a final read through, plus another tale set in the 10th century [...]
A long time between drinks
onI haven't spoken for a while. Busy times at work, rest and play. Being a sole operator, there are no knock on / knock off times, just a need to rationalise each project and work to the demands of processes and deadlines. That hasn't stopped me from working on renovation and reparation projects at home. [...]
A long distance wedding performance.
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… or Pandemic Schmandemic#2 This post follows Pandemic Schmandemic#1 (check the link if you want to know what happened before). Once upon a time several decades ago, my sister told me of an early childhood memory of me playing the theme tune to a children’s television show on my brother’s guitar (Pat had set it [...]
Tiger Dreaming 