Pinned‘On Writing’ by Charles Bukowski and What it Means for MediumHappy New Year you Filthy Animals!Jan 3, 20223Jan 3, 20223
To Barbie, or not to Barbie… what is the question?For better or worse, it’s the summer of 2023 and Barbie is the talk of the town. That occurrence has provided a glimpse of an interesting…Aug 1, 2023Aug 1, 2023
How Chat GPT got me into facing criminal chargesIt all started out so innocently.Jul 15, 2023Jul 15, 2023
“A middle-aged man struggles to find happiness amidst his father’s abuse and mental deterioration.”Here is a rather scathing review of my recently published novel Son of a Madman (credit to Booklife Prize). Once I saw the mention of a…Jul 2, 20231Jul 2, 20231
Rejected: The Girl UpstairsThe following piece was rejected by Fiction International 2023 — Refugee IssueMay 18, 2023May 18, 2023
The ebbs and flows of fun and expectationsI had taken a short hiatus from Medium writing over this past year, to work on my professional career as a publisher and to finish the…May 18, 2023May 18, 2023
A Third Essay on The Death of the Author: The Primacy of The ReaderIn the first two essays of this series, we witnessed Barthes’ suicide as he attempted to explain why the author should not have authority…Jan 28, 2022Jan 28, 2022
A Second Essay on The Death of the Author: The Life of the TextCan a text, or an author’s creation, be original? Or, are all texts re-configurations of non-original content? Can a character, that is…Jan 27, 2022Jan 27, 2022
Who Killed Roland Barthes? A First Essay on ‘The Death of the Author’Have you ever wondered who is speaking to you while you read? You hear your voice in your head, sometimes you imagine the voices of the…Jan 26, 20221Jan 26, 20221