Writing ourselves into oblivion

“I don’t want to get up. I can’t go on like this,” my character said, lying in the bed I had written for him. “How do you get up in the morning?” he asked me. “I pretend that I am you.” “How does that help?” “For a moment nothing appears real.” Ah, the luxury of […]

Is Ageing all in the Mind?

A friend of mine sent me an article: “Can you trick your ageing body into feeling younger?” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11284180I am not sure what she meant by sending me this. (What would you think if a  woman – significantly younger in years – sent you such an article?) The thing is, when it comes to unpleasant things […]