“From my personal experience (and I really can only speak from that perspective), I truly believe that for literary fiction, it’s much easier to sell boy writers than gals. I know. Who can possibly make such a general statement but … Continue reading
While at the lighthouse, in a moment of carelessness (there were birds on their way, ok?) I broke my camera and now find it will cost a small fortune to repair. Then I made a phone call to my house … Continue reading
The shape*-eyed among you will have noticed a couple of things about the cover I put up a couple of days ago. Firstly, it’s not the title we had decided on some time back. In fact a number of titles … Continue reading
Alas, this was the last photo taken with my camera. I took it to the shop today, only to be told that to repair it would cost very nearly the same price as a new one. I do so hate … Continue reading
I adore this cover…love, love, love it. The Last Storm Lord by Glenda Larke Shale is the lowest of the low-an outcast from a poor village in the heart of the desert. In the desert water is life, and currency, … Continue reading
Some more photos from the lighthouse… Above, the morning parade from the Javan Mynas…Had 1,300 plus raptors today, including a crazy pair of kites that didn’t seem to know if they wanted to be in Malaysia or Indonesia… And J0 … Continue reading
Remember that these photos are taken with a little digital pocket camera with not much zoom, and only an automatic focus, so don’t expect much…. Oriental Honey Buzzards… And a Barn Swallow too… And below: Black Bazas, a flock of … Continue reading
Above: Some Japanese birding visitors from Hiroshima : the Matsushima family Counters at work – and it was 38 degrees (over 100F) in the shade… Above: A view from the lighthouse Every morning the resident Javan Mynas fly out over … Continue reading
At a lighthouse. Built in the 1860s and still manned Below: And now,with permission, the centre of the raptor watch count – counting the birds arriving from Indonesia 48 kms away Below: Sometimes the birds come Below: sometimes they don’t, … Continue reading
Join us at the lighthouse at Tanjung Tuan, Melaka (actually on the lawns of the Ilham Resort) on the 14th and 15th of March for the never to be forgotten sight of a stream of birds arriving from Indonesia. (Well, … Continue reading
