About

Were this a novel, I suppose this page would serve as foreword.

Who am I?

Why I Write?

Why so Purple?

About the Website

It was in the quiet wake of the great pestilence, when time was shackled and stood still, when people were imprisoned by an edict of solitude. Therein, I conceived of a place—a hermitage—built not by mortar nor stone but by words and coded cant. I made it be a library, a place to trace and revisit my notes on writing and wizardry. That humble abode grew into what you behold now.

I erected this edifice to liberate myself from three vices of the modern web:

  1. To evade the argus-eyed gaze of social media’s cyclopean surveillance.
  2. To elude the squalling squibs of lousy ads and the propagation of odious ideas.
  3. To escape the mesmeric pleasures that prey on your weakened volition.

Verily, I find it difficult to define what this website may be. It’s not a book blog although I do review books. Not a writer’s portfolio, although I do self-publish my works on here. And certainly not a plain weblog either, although, again, I do share essays and update a micro-blog. Let’s call it a literary website.

What You can Expect

The title of the site states it clearly,

As you can read on every page, I’m a full time writer not. My schedule is awash with excess tasks and other responsibilities. And I cannot yet commit all my time to literary labour. My lettered yield is yet sporadic, but I wish to gift a tale with every turn of the moon. Later perhaps, every week. So, if you savour this style of writing, I can promise to continue with my relentlessly purple prose and perfumed poetry, and provide you with the weirdest of fiction, free of charge.