The author, his writing and more
How does our dependence on expertise and the use of certification to vet that expertise influence the emergence of new practices or the resurgence of more ancient ways of healing?
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
As I lay on the massage table, my shoulder being expertly kneaded back into shape, I spoke to my physiotherapist about Reiki.… Read more
Rather than founding history on an original sin, a more satisfactory perspective has the perceived separation of the individual from the world as the onset of modern times.
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
I like to imagine that there was a time when all living things were part of an indivisible whole.… Read more
It was years of cast-off story fragments and untold wild fantasies that finally formed the foundation on which to build my novels…
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
Throughout my life I’ve told myself stories, many of them messy fragments with neither a beginning nor an end.… Read more
Colourful People, the fourth book of the Boy & Girl Saga is now available in paperback, hard cover and electronic format. Also available are free samples: Chapter One & Chapter Two.
So what’s the novel about? Here’s a very brief summary.… Read more
So you don’t like fiction. Yet your lives are criss-crossed with stories of your own invention. Fiction has its advantages. It offers an intimate glimpse into unfamiliar perspectives like that of the Colourful People struggling with their gender identity.
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
The following questions and responses were inspired by reactions to my newsletter entitled, A touch of colour – a new novel in the making.… Read more
One of the most important riches of our world lies not in cultivating familiarity, but in courting that which is different…
A central feature of the familiar is that it is reassuring. The well-known face that greets you as you enter your office building.… Read more
He pressed forward through the throng driven to ask an urgent question, but doing so turned out to be much more of a challenge than he’d thought…. Read more of The Unanswered Question, a new Flash Fiction by Alan McCluskey.… Read more
In my novel freely inspired by Vincent Van Gogh – Bursting with Life! – what could be more natural than to weave paintings into the tissue of the story. In the extract below, the painting is from Van Gogh himself. The colourful photo above is a part of the cover of the novel and was painted by Henri, my two-year-old grandson.… Read more
For all it’s painful consequences, Covid 19 has revealed startling things about society. One is our relationship to experts and how their discourse is used in stories people tell. It raises questions about the misuse of opinions given as facts. This untethering from ‘reality’ could have dire consequences.… Read more
Secret Paths Editions has recently collaborated in the publication of work by a new author/artist, Eric Avertin. His first comic entitled Pépette la miette is now available (in French). Click here for more details about the artist and his work.… Read more