The Last Little Blue Envelope, sequel to 13 Little Blue Envelopes, will be out on APRIL 26th . . . and I have things to tell you about it. Exciting things. Things I think you will like. And here is one of them . . .
SURPRISE!
Namely, for two weeks, you will be able to read [...]

So, it appears that it has been about a month since I last blogged. It also appears that this is somewhat of a pattern. But there is a reason, my friends. I always have reasons.
I haven’t blogged much is that I’ve been busy writing. That’s the whole explanation.* It turns out there’s only so much [...]

Those of you who bravely made it through The Badger Diaries, parts one, two, three, four, and five may be wondering . . . “What happened after you left the castle?” Or you may not be. I don’t want to make any assumptions about what you do with your personal wondering time.
In any case, I [...]

The final installment of a gripping saga of one writer writing things and being in a castle.
23 February 2004
FEAR OF HOT CHOCOLATE
Went to Edinburgh again today. This trip was a DREAM compared to the last one. First, left earlier. Caught bus immediately. Was in the city by 10:15. Had coffee at a fantastic place called [...]

Part four of rollicking saga about books, and sitting, and writing too many things down, all within the confines of a castle.
19 February 2004
There is something about this place that occasionally makes we want to bang my head against my desk and just keep banging and banging until I lose consciousness. I can’t quite put [...]

Chapter three in a seemingly never-ending saga about an idiot in a castle.
15 February 2004
We’ve come to understand something. This is not so much a retreat as it is a psychological experiment. I’m completely serious about this. It’s more to get the experience of being unhooked. And it has kind of unhooked us all. Nigel [...]

This is the second installment of The Badger Diary . . . my never before published personal account of a month spent in a Scottish castle, writing 13 Little Blue Envelopes. You can read the first installment here.
February 12, con’t
5:55 PM
Minor adventure.
I had been fighting off the overwhelming desire to go to sleep [...]