I thought it would be fun to share a list of what I’m reading at the moment. I always have multiple books on the go at once, in paper, kindle and audible. Often but not always I’ll read a group of books that share a central subject. Odessa, Odessa by Barbara Artson. I love this novel and I’m listening to it on Audible. It follows the experience of a family of Jews living within the Jewish Pale of Settlement, in the late 1800’s. This is of particular interest to me because my

It feels so good to have my hands on my laptop keyboard again. It's been a while. I've been trapped in the pinball stage of Life, where being able to deal with whatever is happening directly in front of me counts as a huge win but not for one moment have I been in control of where I'm going or what I'm doing. It's okay, I've got to the point where I'm old enough and I've been here enough times that I understand these times will come but then they will go.

I wanted to share a bit about why I’ve chosen the title Samizdat: A Love Letter for my upcoming book. I seem to have a talent for choosing ambiguous book titles! My first book was called The Lemay Leveller (published by Completely Novel in 2015), and many people found that confusing. For me it was straight forward but I was at an advantage, being its author.