Giving Thanks
It’s not my holiday today, of course, though I’ve sent good wishes to my US friends winging across the Atlantic for years. I can get behind most holidays where good food is the order of the day—though I admit I Read more
Author: Anna Butler
Selling My Soul. Or perhaps, penguins.
. I’m about to start on a new venture. Something I’ve thought about for months, but – as always – that I’ve procrastinated about actually starting. Book sales throughout this year have been astonishingly good. I published The God’s Eye, Read more
Getting Out Of The Doldrums
Getting out of the doldrums Before I start this month’s topic, how many of you love words like ‘doldrums’? Words you don’t come across every day, words a little more esoteric and with a lot of history behind them. All Read more
Writing’s Clear Blue Skies
Well, whoever thought I’d be writing another monthly post for Love Bytes and we’d all still reeling under the impact of Covid-19? Yes, the most severe restrictions are being lifted, but many of us are still isolating, or Read more
Life In The Time Of Corona
(with apologies to Gabriel García Márquez, of course) Well, how are you all doing? I hope everyone is keeping safe and well, and the worst thing facing you is lockdown ennui. I’m lucky when it comes to Read more
Coping with the lockdown
Odd, isn’t it, that not one apocalyptic or dystopian book or movie ever mentions mankind’s most obsessive, pressing concern when disaster strikes, and that’s “OMG! Zombie attack! Alien invasion! Meteorite hits Earth! Plague! Breakdown of society! Do I have Read more