I Quit My Job For This

When I started this blog, so many years ago, I'd just quit my office job and was going out into the big scary world as an 'artist...

Birthday. 39 today. How did I get this old? I'm very grateful that things have worked out (career, relative success as a musician and in...

A late morning/early afternoon of teaching, all regulars, all doing well and it's all going nicely to plan. In the afternoon we had a ...

Lovely morning teaching a student who I hadn't seen for a long while, he was buzzing to be back and his mum was very enthusiastic about ...

My weekly trip to drop off essentials at mum's doorstep only really confirms one thing: I should really be starting my car more often. I...

A quieter day, which gave me more time to work on the Christmas novel, and also to decide what to do with our radio sitcom. They're all ...

I was very nervous this morning, having to interview a sitcom writer for the book who's work I totally adore. I was put at ease, instant...