There is no one way, no formula that can be applied. The first thing I need is a good idea. The second thing is a smartphone or a notebook to write it down before I forget it. Many good ideas have sidled out of my head never to be heard from again because I thought...

In my previous blog I discussed some of my favourite poems and why I like them. There are so many and they’re so varied. The longer ones get to develop the characters so you can identify with them. The short ones are very different. With them it’s the concept and the...

I’ve written over 400 poems and people often ask which are my favourites and why. It’s a hard question to answer because I have many and for different reasons. Silv’rilocks, for example, (Goldilocks at age 90) parodies the original in unexpected ways. First published...

My struggle with depression was long and difficult. It’s still there in the background but modern medicine has allowed me to get it pretty much under control. I married my beautiful wife Lynne in 2008 and her love and support have made my Loonyverse a much happier...

As I wrote last time, to relieve my depression I started to create an imaginary world that I could control — in contrast to the real world which was completely out of control. The world I created was one where anything could happen: penguins who hated eating fish,...