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December 11, 2015
The thirteenth day of Christmas
On the thirteenth day of Christmas, my true love said to me … I don’t want to seem ungrateful but … The first partridge in a pear tree was … ahem … a surprise. No-one’s ever given me one of those before. What exactly do you expect me to do with a whole tree? Plant…
December 5, 2015
What’s wrong with “I don’t know”?
British politicians have just voted by a margin of 397 votes to 223 to bomb ISIS or Daesh terrorists in Syria. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I have to say that I really don’t know. On the one hand, bombing rarely solves anything. No matter how precise the weapons are, there…
November 29, 2015
Tennis and breasts
Now that is a strange thing. I have just watched the Great Britain team win the Davis Cup for the first time in a donkey’s age. In the midst of all the heroic sporting action, I found that I couldn’t take my eye off one spectator in particular. This one: Not to mention this one:…
November 25, 2015
Satellite Love
It’s confession time again. I have a new woman in my life. No, it’s not a symptom of some mid-life crisis. I am not trading in my dearly beloved Mem for a younger model. Or any kind of model. You see, I’ve changed my sat nav. Mavis has been a faithful companion for more than…
November 19, 2015
You are fabulous
You are fabulous. Have I told you that recently? You have incredible strength, bucketloads of wisdom and a great future ahead of you. You can achieve great things. How do I know that? We’ll come to that in a little while … First, I need to tell you about an epiphany I have just…
November 12, 2015
It’s a Wonderful Life
This is a true story. I have changed some of the details to protect the innocent and the not so innocent. Even though I hide behind a pen name, I have to respect some confidences here. I don’t want certain people to read this story and say “hey, that was me.” A lifetime ago I…
November 9, 2015
Taylor Swift and the riddle of Stonehenge
I bring good news of great joy. I think I have solved the mystery of Stonehenge. Oh, and the pyramids, Angkor Wat, the Great Wall of China, the moon landings and Taylor Swift. Welcome, my friends, to Will Once’s patented theory of everything. To be perfectly accurate, this is Will Once’s latest theory of everything.…
November 7, 2015
November update
Throw a stone into a pond and the ripples radiate outwards. Eventually the ripples stop and the water is smooth again. And that is where I have go to with my five day book promotion. Nothing much has happened in the last couple of days. I think we can safely say that normality has returned.…
October 24, 2015
To Know the Dark
Today is one of those days. It isn’t a normal day in the Once household, a humdrum day, your average nine to five. No, today is a red letter day. A shield day. A day that we will remember. Fetch me a chair and some smelling salts. I am publishing a new book today.…
October 15, 2015
After making love, how about a nice cup of tea?
It is now two days since the end of the free giveaway of Love, Death and Tea. Has it been a success? It depends on your definition of success, but I am happy with it. Here are the hard numbers: We spent $164 and seven euros on paid advertising We gave away 3,988 free copies…
