MY RED LETTER DAY. WHEN WAS YOURS?
Some come and go without a second thought. Others are powerful enough to reroute the course of our life forever. So, there is it. It’s happened. My red-letter day. Well, one of them. When was yours? Take a second to think about it. When was the last meaningful day of your life? Was it happy […]
THE FEAR OF CHANGE
“Change may not seem an exciting prospect for many but it is the fresh linen on your bed, the ointment on your wound, it’s the new perspective on things as they really are and not how you believed them to be.” HAPPY NEW YEAR! So, how was it for you? Did you have a nice […]
MAGIC, RELIGION & HELL HOUSES
“Our fascination with fear is a curious one, we’re addicted to the exhilaration of fear but only if we know we’re safe. From rollercoasters through to haunted houses, some of us subject ourselves to extreme situations for a quick thrill but some terror is all too real…” And so autumn is upon us once […]
THE CREEPY BOOK READ IS BACK; YOU’RE INVITED!
“This Halloween, if you love books, the idea of visiting a creepy church at night and having a ghost story read to you by candlelight, this event is for you!” – Register Below! There’s a chill in the air. The trees are being stripped of their summer beauty. Autumn is here, announcing the dark side […]
MY PSYCHOSIS BEYOND THE BOOK
“there were sleepless nights (nothing new there for a writer) and the belief that every creak of the house and click of the dishwasher was someone trying to break through the front door…” So, here we are. An idea that started over 2 years ago, but that I didn’t start fully writing until November […]
THE CHOICE
“Your partner and your child are both dangling from a cliff – you can only save one of them – who would you choose?” Let’s assume for a second that you have a partner and that, as a result of this partnership, you have a child. Now, let’s place both of them with white knuckled […]
SINS OF THE MISGUIDED
Where exactly do these dimwits who purport to know so much about the religious sensitivities of the masses crawl from?” What does Easter (also known as PASCH or PASCHA) mean to you? The arrival of spring, a long weekend, clock change or the resurrection of the Cadbury’s ‘sickly sweet’ cream egg? Your answer is most likely going to be […]
WHY WE PREFER NEGATIVE HEADLINES
Do you think news bulletins should contain more positive, uplifting stories instead of negative, depressing ones? Or, are they just another form of entertainment? A colleague once told me the story of his encounter with an intimidating customer. He said that the diminutive senior executive had such a bad reputation with his subordinates that he earned himself the nickname of Napoleon
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS OR WEIRDNESS?
Picture the scene: you’re walking down the street, minding your own business, and a person with a beaming smile accosts you, hands you a bottle of water and says to have a drink on them. What’s your reaction? Gratitude or suspicion? Well, if it was suspicion then you wouldn’t be alone, especially here in the […]
PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER KEEPS READERS GUESSING
There was most certainly a Eurovision Song Contest air to yesterday’s Readers Group Meeting. Thankfully, there was no singing. Hello, this is England, could we please have your scores? Yes, yesterday was the day. The day when PSYCHOSIS Reader’s Group members met to deliver their verdict on the 1st draft of my new psychological […]
