Working and re-writing an existing body of work is extremely strange. Especially when it takes place over an extended period of time. I am now 1/3 of the way through the 3rd part of the novel…1 and 2/3 parts still to go. I am still surprised and intrigued by my … Read More
I have been teaching this week, so I was struggling to find time and mental capacity for the re-write. However, getting up one hour earlier took care of that! I have now worked my way through to the end of part II, or the middle of the book. I have … Read More
By the end of today, I will have re-written Johannesburg to the halfway point… version 3.0. The more I work on it, the happier I get with it. Part of this happiness is that I am also finally figuring out what it is that I have written. It’s not an … Read More
In middle-class, privileged parlance, when you hit your early forties, you’re supposed to lean back, hit the after burners on your career and reap the benefits of 20 years of hard work. At least so I am led to believe by what I see on TV and how people talk … Read More