The play is going really well, but audience numbers remain small. If you can recommend Peter Pan Man to anyone living in or around East Kilbride, 01355 261 000 25th May; Edinburgh 0131 650 4673 29th May; Dumfries 01387 253 383 1st June or Livingston ... Read more

PR is not a natural function for an author, however I've been doing my best to sell tickets on behalf of Theatre Broad, who are performing my play about JM Barrie, for several weeks now. It's a bit like having a baby, if you've ever done that, there ... Read more

Sublime! Can a reviewer say fairer? Last night's trip to Glasgow's Theatre Royal, home of Scottish Opera, to see the play that is credited with puting American drama on the world map was a real high spot in my theatre life. Long Day's Journey Into N... Read more

Writing plays is not for the rigid temperament. Take the one Theatre Broad are casting at present: JMB & M'Connachie. There's a lot of information about JM Barrie and I had to select, discard and select again to arrive at anything short enough. E... Read more

Having your play on tour adds a surreal take to the WIP expression. Theatre Broad are casting for a second Scottish tour of their evening: PETER PAN MAN and that includes my own work about Sir James Matthew Barrie with which they open the show. Alth... Read more

Resolutions lead to an overwhelming sense of failure - usually around day two, maybe three - if the open box of chocolates doesn't have any ginger flavoured ones in, so I don't give the brain any conscious signals that they've been made. Diet - havi... Read more

I've had an acceptance - and it was from the editors of our Christmas Writelinkers' Magazine. I saw David was appealing for submissions and thought 'Oh Well, there's nothing sitting on the machine. He'll get plenty from the other 600 members.' That ... Read more

Oh the pleasure of sitting with a book of historical fact accessibly written by an expert. I know, I need to be disciplined about this but after noting the writer's details, ISBN, Publisher etc, I'm truly lost. It is just so easy to read the next ch... Read more

Taking a break from the WIP, which is nearing completion, I sat down to watch the secret life of elephants and it was enchanting. Africa is sooooo beautiful. How about if those gathering testosterone charged males were on a housing estate somewh... Read more

I recently stood down as President of Edinburgh Writers' club after my third stint in that post. It's been a time of great joy, some sadness, much chaos and many new names and faces. In my President's report, I referred to a year in which we lo... Read more