Authors Electric

          There is one problem in living alone – you might hang your stocking up on Chrismas Eve, but all you’ll get in it is your foot in the morning. Things were different before my husband departed for the next life. He always filled a stocking for me. Well, it was actually a pillowcase, then when his health deteriorated, it was the plastic bag containing his purchases. But that didn’t matter. It was the thrill of investigating the bag, pillowcase or stocking. He would always put my favourite perfume in it, some lovely choccies, and of course a few books, because what is Christmas without some new books ?           Books have always been prominent among Santa’s presents to me. When I was a child there was always an apple, an orange, a two shilling piece (twentypence for the uninitiated), and of course, a book. Times were tough then, and Christmas stockings not as full as they are nowadays...

A facetious, totally unreliable glimpse into academia PROFESSOR DEELEY: About the rehearsal schedule … DR MCBRIDE: Can’t it wait until later? I really need to finish this critical analysis of that late Beethoven quartet which… PD: We don’t have time, McBride. You know the date, I take it? DM: Of course. it’s the 7th. Why? PD: Yes, the 7th of December. They’ll be here in a couple of weeks. DM: But this Beethoven score – I’m so close to finalising it. That b minor viola shift… PD: I know the feeling only too well, McBride. I felt exactly the same about what was to be my definitive article on Tolstoy’s debt to Victor Hugo. But there are other considerations. We must be realistic. We need to get ready. DM: Damn. Every year it’s the same. Every year I vow I’ll move to some respectable provincial university. But I never do. PD: And why would you? There’s Oxbridge, us, and the rest are nowhere. DM: I know that. But every Christmas, with all the damned tourists, the ca...

Harry's Home!           I think that now I’ve done this for a few months I will change the title of my blogs for the New Year!            I was new to writing, publishing, social media and blogging.  Now I am gaining confidence and am taking my books seriously!  They were a change from counselling/psychotherapy so the transition has taken a while.           Yes, I wrote “Harry’s Home! A Cat Compendium” because I love cats and donate £1 for each book sold to support cat rescue groups. It’s not on Kindle yet because of the colour pictures so order via www.EmotionalHealthForEmotionalWealth.co.uk please.           “ Pre-Marital MOT: A Relationship Inspection” would make a great Christmas present for any couple intending to marry in the New Year!  Order via website by 15 Dec...