Author Archives: theimpossibleusername

Complication The best thing about self-publishing is you get to control everything about the process. The worst thing is you have to control everything about the process. I did not think this through.

Core For me, it doesn’t matter if a book has little to no action. Characterisation is what’s important for me. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was completely riveted by the character of Gwendolen Harleth in Daniel Deronda, … Continue reading →

I just typed ‘The End’ on the first draft. Now I feel strangely bereft.

Identical I don’t need to compare myself with anyone else. They’re not me. I’m me.

Patience It might be a teensy bit obvious that I love writing. As a child, writing stories came easily. They didn’t have to make sense to anyone other than me. As an adult, writing a book is different. In an … Continue reading →

Grasp Two years ago (yikes) I read Daniel Deronda and was immediately caught by the character Gwendolen Harleth. She deeply intrigued me from the very first page – which was the whole point in the first place. It was pretty … Continue reading →

I read once that if you really want to get a grasp of someone’s personality, just ask about their mother. In church today, we were told to discuss amongst ourselves what might be the more ‘feminine’ qualities of God, since … Continue reading →

Suddenly It snowed badly where I am the week before last. My colleague and I were sent home on Wednesday morning because it would be dangerous for us if the snow continued (we get the ferry across a river to … Continue reading →

Imagination I’ve been writing since I was four or five. They were only small stories with pictures to accompany them, stories that wouldn’t have made sense to anyone else but me. As the years passed, the stories became more solid … Continue reading →

Sympathize I recently discovered ‘Jeeves and Wooster’ on YouTube, and although it’s a comedy (and a very well-acted one), I don’t find it very funny. Maybe it’s because I’m seeing it through the eyes of someone living in the 21st … Continue reading →