Thinking Murder at a Wake

Thinking Murder at a Wake

This post was originally published on murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com. I didn’t plan a post for this week because most of last week was spent sitting in on a family funeral wake in that bizarre state where you’re both ‘on duty’ and not doing...
New Stuff & Re-Newing Stuff

New Stuff & Re-Newing Stuff

This post was originally published on murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com. We celebrated the first work week of the Western new year by going back to one of our neighbourhood kopitiams (literally ‘coffee shop’ but more a collection of food stalls) which had...
Facing my LLM Dragons (on Crime Fiction in 2026)

Facing my LLM Dragons (on Crime Fiction in 2026)

This post was originally published on murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com. In this strange space between Christmas and the start of the new year, I’ve been finding it hard to focus productively. I know I need to let go of things to free up space in my life for new...
Down Time versus Down Moods

Down Time versus Down Moods

This post was originally published on murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com. Down time and down moods look very similar from the outside–low productivity, high junk food intake–but feel very different and leave me in a very different place. I’m currently in a...