One shouldn’t split infinitives, right? (To boldly go, anyone…?)Or end a sentence with a preposition? (“This is the sort of English up with which I will not put.”)And everyone knows you shouldn’t start a sentence with “And”, or that “dinner … Continue reading
The other day I was in the Borders Bookstore over at the Curve in Bandar Utama, and (as authors tend to do, alas) looked to see if they had any of my books. They didn’t, at least not in the … Continue reading
Ok, I admit it, I’m a sucker for ego-stroking. Having spent most of my life being cast into a shadow by the man I married, it is nice to be recognised in my own right. And having a place in … Continue reading
Actually it’s more a present that a disgruntled spouse should give to their writer partner. It’s called a demotivation calendar, designed to help you break the addiction. A wall calendar taking a cynical look at what we do…This is what … Continue reading
Noramlyed once more.* The last 3 days have been awful, with one miserable thing happening after another, a lot of them costing me money that I didn’t expect to have to pay out. So I guess I should not have … Continue reading
My husband has asked me to put these up here: pix from a recent trip to Cameron Highlands of Rafflesia cantleyi, bud and flowers and the host vine. (The flowers are parasitic, and leafless.) The thing that really impresses me … Continue reading
So, after more than a month in transit, our boxes arrived from Sabah. And my lounge room looks like this. Aaargh! Where did we get all this stuff? I should be used to this kind of thing, I suppose. I … Continue reading
LIFE ON BANGGI ISLAND (Sabah).Festival fare – a sticky cake called dodol.The first thing you have to do is start grating the fresh coconuts with the aid of a small motor and a grater mounted in the middle of a … Continue reading
Yes, it’s that time of the year when the shortlist of five is announced. And Song of the Shiver Barrens has made it. I was so thrilled that I shot off an email to my agent and the Orbit UK … Continue reading
I love reading the kind of book where you start and then it’s like entering a tunnel. Everything on all sides just disappears – the people around you, the sounds, sights, all that stress, all those niggling guilts about what … Continue reading
