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When we were on “Survivor Island” a couple of weeks back, one of our party had a problem ordering a gin and tonic. There was a bar – widely advertised in the hotel brochure – but alas, it didn’t didn’t … Continue reading
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If you didn’t know it before, you know now : Newsweek has different lead/cover stories for each region.CNN also has different news coverage for each region. And I’ve sampled CNN all over the world. Which country has the worst most … Continue reading
No, I don’t mean prophet in the Biblical/Quranic sense, I mean in the “telling the future” sense. I knew they were not going to find any WMD in Iraq. (Of course, I might have had a head start there. My … Continue reading
One thing that has been evolving over the past couple of hundred years is the pacing of novels. Go back to nineteenth century books, and the story tends to unfold at a delightfully leisurely pace. You can’t read those tomes … Continue reading
Kota Kinabalu: breezy, pleasant, blue skies, blue sea, 20 mins to airport, small clean apartment. Kuala Lumpur: Hot, muggy, hazy, no sea, no breeze, huge dusty and cobwebby house with huge number of house geckoes and corresponding amount of house … Continue reading
One phrase my first beta reader caught in passing is “He dropped his eyes.” She hates anyone using the noun eye/eyes when they mean gaze or look. “Did they bounce?” she asked. Now, I will admit that I used to … Continue reading
The tip of Borneo…———————— Our house back in the Peninsular has been broken into. Or rather the garden has, twice. Hopeful thieves indeed. (Are they crazy? I reckon ours would be the only house in Malaysia where thieves would enter, … Continue reading
The other day I had a post on books “restricted” in Malaysia. Today there is an article in the New Straits Times newspaper on film censorship. Here are some of the things that get snipped: Copulating animals. (Oops. Should I … Continue reading
I am constantly amazed at what escapes me when I re-read what I have written, to be picked up by someone else at beta reader level, or copyedit stage (or so I hope). Here are some great ones from my … Continue reading
My webmaster runs a company that provides free websites for UK charities – even websites that are suitable for people with various kinds of disabilities. See here for a bit about their enterprise, Usable Websites. As you can imagine, getting … Continue reading