I’m a great big kid at heart. Not that that should come as any great surprise to you. I’m kind of banging on about it all the time. What it does mean though is that, like any big kid, I like to play. And the things I like to play with the most are words.

Today Dag-Lit Central is being taken over by Dan O’Brien as part of the book blitz for his new new illustrated fantasy short complete with giant socks, a leprechaun, and an old man as the protagonist.. You’re never too old to have one more adventure  Brought to life by Steve Ferchaud’s vibrant drawings, this story

I had a revelation the other day. I realised that there is a lot of not-niceness out on the big wide internet. I know, this is probably not news to you. You’re probably wondering where I’ve been all these years. You’re probably wondering what took me so long to figure it out. I guess, partly

Some time ago, I blogged about commas. About how I have no idea where they’re meant to go, and how a fair proportion of my writing time (and even more of my editing time) is spent moving the pesky little blighters around. And don’t get me started on colons and semicolons, and the differences between

This post was inspired by a question that was posted up on one of the Facebook groups I’m a (somewhat part-time) member of. The question was related to which is more difficult to write, a beginning or an ending. I can’t recall if I replied to the question or not (most likely or not –