What is this blog all about?
The self-aggrandisement of these sections aside, what can I really say? I have been writing from an early age. I read a huge amount and tried to translate some of that into my own stuff but always got stuck in the same place. Then I discovered the typewriter. It helped me write a lot more and – more importantly – finish what I started. Then one day someone asked me what I would charge to do a small piece for her (or pieces) – mostly web-based text like the About and Home pages, an advertising piece or two and a couple of newsletters. I figured that if one person was willing to pay (and the pay was peanuts because “what did I know”) then perhaps other people would be willing to do so too. I stay with my wife and two kids in Durbanville, 30 clicks inland from Cape Town. I don’t have a picket fence and the dog isn’t called Rover, though I do have a goldfish named John that has exceeded all lifespan expectations. You could accuse me of genetic engineering but I’m not that clever.