Everything Everywhere All at Once

Yesterday we went to Vue, in Leeds, and saw Everything Everywhere All at Once.

A Typical Day in Taipei

A leaf dances in the wind, a tree waves to the sky.
A child takes her first steps beside a blood bank.
The reflection of a bird flies by on the screen of your phone…. cont

Dragon Fruit Surprise

Eating a dragon fruit,
with its pink scaly skin and its deep purple flesh,
not checking my phone, nor reading an article,
nor talking to another soul about this and that,

Just Get to the End

After several months of wallowing in a dry well of creativity, on the 23rd May I started a draft of my story (the one I’m commissioned to write for the Taiwanese movie director), which I would go on to finish on the 25th June (my birthday).

So, having caught the rat…

My wife had been up, potting her plants, for a good 30 minutes, when she barged into the bedroom.

“We’ve caught one!” she yelled, and then vanished from the room.

She meant a rat.

Writing & Fleming

I have an annoying tendency to edit and reedit as I’m writing my story. I say it’s annoying, but in actual fact I love doing and can’t imagine not doing it.

Writing, Coffee, Gaiman

As is my wont, I stuck in my earphones, and scrolled down my Watch Later list on YouTube, to see if anything tickled my fancy. Something did tickle my fancy…

Do Nothing on Earth Day

A friend sent me a nice article about how we can benefit the earth, on earth day, by doing nothing, inspired by Lao Tzu, but I’m not sure if he meant that..

Treasure

I store my laptop in a small wooden box, that was a prop in the Taiwanese movie Seediq Bale Warriors of the Rainbow….

My New World of Theatre

I’ve just finished what I consider to be a decent draft of a stage play – my first stage play.