Over on Bibliobibulia couple of days back, Sharon blogged about Monica Ali and her book “Brick Lane” and how Monica has been criticized by a lead writer in the Guardian newspaper as follows: … she was a mixed-race Oxford graduate … Continue reading
I have just been crawling under the double bed in our bedroom, with a torch, looking for wildlife – all part of living in the tropics. Worst thing is I can’t find the blessed thing. It is still in our … Continue reading
From Jim Macdonald, over at Making Light. “We don’t get the moral high ground by saying we have it, we get it by actually occupying it. If you’re going to be a bad guy yourself, what’s the point of fighting … Continue reading
Peninsular Malaysia has a backbone. It is called the Titiwangsa Range. It starts up north on the Thai border and travels south, ending up in the state of Negri Sembilan, south of Kuala Lumpur. First two photos: what the Titiwangsa … Continue reading
…is transected with peaks and gullies. In the past 24 hours, I have: received my first copy of “The Shadow of Tyr” with its lovely comment from Karen Miller – a superb writer and a bestseller herself – and I … Continue reading
One unfortunate thing about living in Malaysia is the way I am so cut off from other sff* writers and from the vibrant sff community one finds in so many other countries. So it was great to have Donna – … Continue reading
We took Donna up into the highlands this weekend. Not exactly a hardship as we rather do like poking about the tea plantations. I shall let the photos speak for themselves, but if someone can explain to me why there … Continue reading
…the squatters moved in. I am now back in the Klang Valley. That is, back home at our house in Selangor. No more little apartment in Sabah with views of Mt Kinabalu and those sunsets… Sob. The house in Selangor … Continue reading
There’s a lovely pix here of a suitably mystified Dumbledore asking the above question. And I am mystified. Just what is the big deal? As one indignant reader said on another forum: Is it ok for a children’s author to … Continue reading
Ah, we progress. I have gone from error 678 “couldn’t find the remote computer” – that is, the computer of my Internet Provider, yes, the IP that I pay money to for the privilege of a connection supposedly whenever I … Continue reading
