The Top 100 Quotes from the Top 100 Novels (BBC Big Read List – #1-50)

I’M STILL MAKING my way through the BBC Big Read List of Top 100 Novels. I’m parked at To Kill A Mockingird. For some reason I expected an old stuffy, court-room drama but it’s really surprised me – full of colour and character. As some light relief, I thought it would be nice to visit […]

Voices that Nibble on your Soul

They first talked to me when I was twenty-one. I had just finished University and while scrambling for a first job to make a dent in my student loan, stumbled into Sales. Painfully shy and introverted, I was completely at odds with super salesmen around me who seemed to thrive off competition and stress, exuding […]

The Danger of Losing Novel Threads

I find it very easy to come up with new novel ideas for blog posts/short stories and typically follow up promptly while the seed is germinating in my mind. However, what I find most difficult is spitting out onto electronic paper those first few chapters of a brand new novel idea and maintaining the consistency […]

10 Lessons I Learnt From Starting My Own Business

Quitting a cushy well paid job at American Tech giant Oracle to start a new venture in an industry I had no knowledge of might, to most people, be considered risky if not a little bonkers. And you’d be dead right. I wasn’t entirely alone on this mission to build a business empire in the Summer of […]