THE SKINNER

Julie Crisp at Macmillan is rather pleased. Here's a sample from a recent email: Here's some rather good news for you. THE TECHNIC...

Well, Mr Sullivan has bin and gone and done it again! Wow!

Wednesday 25th I would say it’s a certainty that I’m going to end up with a sack load of chillies here. Previously I’ve preserved them in...

Wednesday 18th To start us off , here’s a picture of Yorgos, the boss of the Revans Bar, hard at work. He was trying to catch forty winks o...

Wednesday 11th It’s been hot and humid for a couple of weeks now, not the usual dry heat, and lately the sea has been as warm as bathwate...

Off to a pretty good start the week before last with 10,240 words done over four days. The following week started a bit crappily with lots o...

Some random thoughts on this subject... Living in another country, and in a small rural village like Papagianades, really forces you to t...

Let me give you a piece of advice. If you ever find yourself in Crete, in need of food, and a Cretan offers you potatoes from his garden, sn...

With the car’s fuel guage registering three-quarters of a tank we took Caroline’s parents to the airport. Over ensuing days we took one trip...

I recently received an email from one Jonathan Bauer, a relative of Jerry Bauer, who has died. He was the guy who took that first photograph...

So, Caroline’s parents came here for eighteen days and, a day or so before they arrived, the wind started blowing. Crete is famous for its w...

Just to show you where I'm sending these blogs from, here's a few pictures of me in the Revans Bar in Makrigialos: And here...

The image here is courtesy of Sue Carpenter, an SFX reader on Crete (who also got a letter in the previous issue). Thanks for this, Sue. ...

Well, the dog I couldn’t fix, but the chair here I could. You have to remember that before I became the big famous author (hollow laugh) I w...

Here's a picture sent by mobile ... can anyone read the note above?

I can’t remember whether or not I’ve commented on Karin Slaughter books before, but I certainly will now. In need of distraction I picked...

30C in Britain and Caroline’s dad, Gerry, texted to say he’s looking forward to coming out to Crete to cool off. Today Caroline texted him t...

I finally got round to reading this (I really needed the escape) and enjoyed it immensely. Mr Reynolds also got double royalties from me due...

We have a guy here who used to be a social worker in Britain and therefore accustomed to dealing with the socially challenged (scum). He exp...

So, despite all the shit that has hit the fan this week the work on the ruin is looking good. All the ‘sovar’ or rendering has been done ins...