This is a small parable about the time I left Wonderland. It is explained after the story’s end. Alice is invited to the White Rabbit’s dinner though not to a Tea Party. “You MUST come!” says Tweedle-Die. “You WILL come!” interrupts Tweedle-Jolly, “Last chance to eat together since, after and before!” The Board gleams and glistens. Stiff white lace tablecloth […]
Saving my stories
What are the risks to my stories Saving my stories required an agent, high-profile reviews, media links, book launches, hard work and lots of money. I had none of those and I had to save my stories myself. Publishers told me that if a book is not successfully marketed in the six months after publication, it will die. As a […]
A bad Mother and an African village
Victims The media are currently running stories about victims of poor parenting. Everyone has had mothers and fathers and was parented somehow by somebody. We know ourselves through understanding our families and parents. Unquestionably there are children who are victims and who have suffered, but there are also those who survive enormous difficulties and who still manage to forgive and […]