Some recent posts from my Substack site: "Writing until the light goes out" "Writing until the light goes out"
Category: Life
Starting stories, minutiae, and scratching an itch…
Some recent posts from my Substack site: "Writing until the light goes out" "Writing until the light goes out"
New books out this week!
And if you go to the website you'll even find a post about kissing.... "Writing until the light goes out" "Writing until the light goes out"
Words of wisdom? You decide…
Some recent posts from my Substack site: "Writing until the light goes out" "Writing until the light goes out"
Writing as Life or Death – or is it more important than that?
Sometimes, when you read other writers writing about writing, you might be forgiven for imagining that ours is a pastime undertaken in a holiday camp sitting at a desk where our notebooks are accompanied by a packet of crisps and a pint of beer. It’s all a bit ‘Hi-De-Hi’! “Let’s play this game children: it’s … Continue reading Writing as Life or Death – or is it more important than that?
Some remarkable things…
As I was trying to get back to sleep this morning (before I gave up and came down to my study an hour earlier than I’d intended) it stuck me how many remarkable things I had done in my life. And that it can be good to stand back and take stock. I have taught … Continue reading Some remarkable things…
Why do ‘ordinary people’ write memoirs?
If you’re ‘a name’ - a politician, a sports person, an actor or media personality - you might do so in order to entertain, set the record straight, earn money. And you do so because you know people will be interested. But what about everyday folk with their ‘normal’ lives - though every life is … Continue reading Why do ‘ordinary people’ write memoirs?
Taking my own advice?
Today our daughter went off to start her four years at University. Yesterday we had the 'dad talk' - the somewhat self-indulgent attempt at sharing wisdom. The most pertinent piece of advice I tried to give her was to 'make the most of it'; that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; that she will never be … Continue reading Taking my own advice?
Twitter saddens me…
...because it's like some vast goldfish bowl where millions of small fish are desperately trying to get to the very few crumbs of food that are thrown on the surface from time to time... ...because people are competitive - in a nice way, usually - about the number of followers they have: "I have 1,800", … Continue reading Twitter saddens me…
Getting my act together…
Following on from my recent rumination about time and what to do with it ("Today's the day"), over the last few days I have turned my attention to kick-starting some new Coverstory books publishing initiatives. The first of these is a new short story collection following on from the 2022 volume Making Marks in the … Continue reading Getting my act together…
Ian Gouge - Writer 