Mike Crowl's Random Notes

The cover of the latest edition of Stephen King's On Writing I've just re-read Stephen King's book  On Writing  for the third ti...

  First published in Column 8 on the 14 th October, 1992   Some articles in newspapers are published to fill an inconvenient gap. But how...

 One of the arguments - mostly with myself - that I've had over the years I've been writing fiction, is: do I outline or do I write ...

  First published in Column 8 on the 7 th October, 1992 It had to come some time. And I know I’ll be shot down for daring to talk about a...

First published in Column 8 on the 23 rd Sept, 1992 While it’s good to read that Bobby Fischer, the all-time marvel of world chess champi...

 Some time ago m y son alerted me to an oddity: I grew up in a house numbered 7. At one time my grandparents and their seven children lived ...

This one came from 2021 and first appeared on Facebook: This is a bit late, since Marley's birthday was back in late May, but at his req...

First published in Column 8 on the 16 th Sept 1992 Struggling my way late on Sunday afternoon towards the deadline of writing a column on...

First published in Column 8 on the 9 th September, 1992 Most people will have seen those unbelievable television ads in which a man lifts...

First published in Column 8 on the 2 nd Sept, 1992 My dictionary defines moratorium as an agreed suspension of activity, and if ever we ...

First published in Column 8 on the 18 th August, 1993 Whenever I watch a game of rugby – you’ll note that I’ve finally learnt how to spel...