Changes
There have been some changes on the blog lately. I’ve changed the name a couple of times. But that will be all, I promise. I’ve settled on ‘An Author’s Home’. Please make yourselves comfortable here as I continue to experiment … Continue reading
A Gifted Conversation
Any topic where most, if not all, parties involved will be able to say something honest. A conversation where everyone talked their heart out in good faith is a gift. I like to trip over such gifts as much as possible. They turn out well enough regardless of the topic.
Prolific Writing and Throwing Caution to the Wind
Writing has a reputation for being brutal and unforgiving. A solitary figure hacks away at a laptop keyboard or scribbles furiously in a notebook only to discard all their efforts in frustration. The muse is silent. Words flee from the … Continue reading
What He’d Write About Me
My favourite is the poem he’d write about me:sweet and soured by irony’s humour,dropping hints he dare not explain…Brief would be the piece he’d write about me:protective, subtle, at war with itself,stretched to oblivionwith the desire to sing my flawsin … Continue reading
Introverted Creatives On Social Media
I got on around 2011 and off Facebook around 2013 -excluding the account I created in 2022 when I needed to join an exclusive group I’m part of. I only use the account when I’m checking for messages for that … Continue reading
The War of All Seas
Silence is a bridge of ocean whispersin the War of All Seas,like finding love in a time of chaos,stealing chunks of water from a tidal wave,molding certainty out of the fluid,like walking assuredly on the big, wide, deep,steady on nothing … Continue reading
NaPoWriMo Sneek Peek: Poem – ‘Life Well-Loved’
We’re almost in the middle of this year’s Poetry Month and it has been a struggle coming up with anything truly good but here’s a peek into something I wrote for day 5. What if nothing had to die at … Continue reading
One Thing and Her Four Friends
All the people. All the people who have helped me in life. Including me. Including those who came before me and made my privileges possible. The trickle-down effect of rebellion. Every necessary movement and all the people who made personal … Continue reading
An Author's Home 