Monologues

Writing about work, memory, doubt, ageing and everyday life.

I write about things that matter to me. Doubt has always been a problem, and getting older is making it worse. I will find writing some of this uncomfortable. Readers might too. That assumes they get to read it, because doubt may still stop me pressing the button.

  • Stuck on a Sentence

    I can be doing something else and still end up stuck on a sentence. That is the nuisance of it. People talk about writing as though it is some noble…

  • Pressing the Button

    The decision follows me into the evening more often than I’d like. By that point, the thing is finished. Or finished enough, which is as finished as most things ever…

  • Nearly

    I am about a week away from finishing the whole thing, which is usually when I start noticing jobs that suddenly seem urgent.