Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category
Everything is copy – review of Nora Ephron Collected
15 May 2020NORA EPHRON COLLECTED I don’t know about you but I am a sucker for Nora Ephron’s screenplay for When Harry…
Talking with comedy best-seller Paul Bassett Davies
06 May 2020PAUL BASSETT DAVIES I’m really pleased that this week we have a guest appearance by the best-selling comedy writer (and…
14 things I’ve learned since Corona
09 Apr 2020SHELLEY KATZ ON WHAT SHE’S LEARNED SINCE CORONA I’m delighted to invite the multi-hyphenate American novelist-screenwriter-producer Shelley Katz to provide…
Computer says procrastinate
07 Feb 2020COMPUTER SAYS PROCRASTINATE I went into my study this morning, bouncing, full of ideas for a new short story and…
Today’s posting is gluten-free
18 Dec 2019Just the other day a truck drove past me advertising potato crisps – gluten-free. Very commendable. There was only one…
Impress your friends – Your biggest eReader problem solved at last
02 Oct 2019Your biggest e-reader problem solved The Harris Institute for Social and Self-Improvement For Individuals and Teams (HISSIFIT) has been working…
Review: Joe Country by Mick Herron
11 Sep 2019REVIEW: JOE COUNTRY BY MICK HERRON Publishers, agents and readers love a running series. Like a fast food outlet a…
Finnish humour. Review of Palm Beach Finland by Antti Tuomainen
14 Aug 2019Review of Palm Beach Finland Last year, I sat with the Finnish novelist Antti Tuomainen on a panel for the…
The roller-coaster ride of publishing a novel
04 Jul 2019THE ROLLER-COASTER RIDE OF PUBLISHING A NOVEL It’s not often that a writer gets to blow his own trumpet, but…
