A Place in the Cyprus Shade
A Place in the Shade
Historical Fiction – The Brittle Sea: 2nd Draft Progress #3
what do you do when it comes to writing about something you have never experienced
Make Way For the 1984 Pandemic
“It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” Thirteen? I hear the world gasp? Okay, maybe not the world, but at least you, dear reader, think I’ve lost the plot. Well, thirteen is what I meant to type...
Please Sir, Can I Leave the Pandemic Room?
We have to seek permission to go out via a text message to an SMS number. We tap this 4 digit number in and answer the questions then we will receive permission to go outside… we hope.
Tumbling Tom’s Cyprus
With the advent of an almost worldwide lock-down due to the Coronavirus pandemic, a lot of people are spending more time in their gardens.
Just One Healthy Touch
at least she won’t run out of toilet paper
It’s the Little Things in a Pandemic That Matter
I wrote this in March 2020. So many have died and we’re now looking at a potential second wave. How the world has changed.
Historical Fiction – The Brittle Sea: 2nd Draft Progress #2
It’s been pretty slow going wading my way through 80,000 words in order to put meat on the barebones of The Brittle Sea. There have been times when it has seemed pretty daunting, working at the day job and editing my book as well. Now we...
What If the World Was Devastated by the Pandemic?
If you’re stuck indoors because of self-isolation and are keeping to a social-distancing regime, then here’s something to keep your mind active. This is a what if scenario and it’s to do with the current Coronavirus Pandemic...
Have You Washed Your Pandemic Shopping?
Today we set forth into no-mans land, the Coronavirus territory that nobody wants to visit… the supermarket. It was a dangerous but necessary strategy and a mission we dreaded. What horrors of toilet paper depletion did we find? None. All...
Apocalyptic Pandemic Now or Later?
I wrote this in the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s always good to revisit posts like this, just to see how close to reality my writing is.
The Long Pandemic Haul
A virologist at the University of Nicosia in the capital of the Republic of Cyprus has declared that he believes Cyprus should be clear of the Coronavirus COVID-19 by… mid-July! Let that sink in a minute. President Trump, who I...
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