Name: James Gault Please give us a short introductory bio. I’m an author of short stories, novels and English Language textbooks. I lived, worked and taught for many years in Prague, but now live and continue to write in the South of France. I started writing seriously (no, wrong word, should be ‘consistently’ – I’ve never done anything SERIOUSLY) just before I retired from ELT teaching. I have published 3 novels – Teaching Tania, Ogg and The Redemption of Anna Petrovna. I ha

Hello, it’s still February, the sun is shining here in chilly China and aren’t women fantastic creatures? Yes, this is the third in the series of Valentines blogs by Dr Rob. Really, isn’t it brilliant that women are fantastic and so diverse? Isn’t it wonderful that for every male out there, even Jeffery Archer, Pol Pot, Hitler and even, should he wish it, the Pope, there is or was a woman who thinks the sun shines out of his fundamental orifice. So men, if you are out there f

It’s February and the Month of Love and I will continue the Valentine theme and ponder for a while Fragrant Women. Isn’t it the greatest joy to be wandering down the streets, mind cast adrift, perhaps worrying about the job, when to pay the bills, cursing that extra inch or two around your waist, when from out of nowhere comes the fragrant aroma of a woman passing by? Maybe it’s a perfume that’s instantly recognisable like Body Shop White Musk, or some other exotic and expens

Name: Laurie E. Smith Please give us a short introductory bio. As a freelance commercial artist, I share a home studio with my husband of 24 years (who is also an artist) in the Little Italy district of my home city. I've loved writing all my life (enough so that I spent four hard years winning a B.A. (Hons) in English and Philosophy), and I have posted over 1.23 million words of fan fiction on Archive of Our Own, but only in the past two years have I achieved my lif

Name: M.L. Ruscsak Please give us a short introductory bio. – Growing up in Lorain, Ohio Melisa had big dreams of one day opening her own restaurant. So, she attended L.C.J.V.S and the culinary arts program to help her achieve her goals. However, life had other plans for her. In 2011 after a life threating and life changing event she began writing as a way to communicate and put her thoughts into words. Once married in 2013 her now husband convinced her to do more with her wr

Every morning it’s the same routine day after day after day. First the shower as it helps to soften bristles. Then, fill the sink with hot water. A squirt of lovely scented shaving oil into the palm of my hand to smear the oil over the lower half of face and scrape, scrape, scrape with cold steel. It’s just so tedious. Why can’t someone invent a cream like women use for their legs and bits? They don’t have to shave every day. Just smear on some of that cream stuff, wash it of

I wrote this a long, long time ago in another lifetime when I was working in a British university. Training days are now a thing of the past. So, great. Another Training Day for the office. A day, when, according to the Office Administrator, we can get together and learn to be a team. This is despite the fact that I hardly see any of my colleagues, imprisoned as I am, in the ex photocopier room, in a sort of salaried solitary confinement situation. We all have to clear our di

I think I have SAD. I’m just weary and I can’t put my finger upon it. I look out of my window and the world is officially grey. I don’t think I even have the energy to write another word that’s how tired I am. I am so tired I don’t even think a gram of amphetamine mainlined into my central nervous system would wake me up. I am so tired that I can’t even think about a gram of amphetamine let alone spend the energy trying to buy the foul stuff. I am feeling numb from the top of

Hello Makayla. Makayla aspires to be a great writer, such as her favorites, Terry McMillan, Eric Jerome Dickey, and the late Maya Angelou. Momma Do You Hear My Cry? tells the heartbreaking story of what life is like for the daughter of an addict whose biggest concern is getting her next fix at any cost. But it also sheds a bright light on Townsell’s desire to grow and learn, and brings hope through experiencing the faith and resilience of a woman who refused to live life as a

Today we are finding out about Alan J. Fisher who hails all the way from The Dominican Republic. So hello Alan, tell us about yourself. Where in the world are you?: Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic Where in the world would you like to be? Hard to say, I’ve travelled so much Books – buy links: I have quite a few so use Amazon Author link; amazon.com/author/alanjohnfisher Website link: https://cyclebiker2.wixsite.com/alanjfisher Blog Link: https://cyclebiker2.wixsite.com