allistertimmsApr 18, 20201 min readOn the Nature of Things in My House In these uncertain days, I keep thinking about where my belief in anything comes from: From the atom to the empyrean, from the time out...
allistertimmsApr 18, 20204 min read“Money’s Too Tight To Mention” I have a way with words. And I have a way with money. Actually, that’s not entirely true: Money has always had its way with me. I realize...
allistertimmsApr 18, 20202 min readUnstylish council Since I’m having a hard time writing, I’m going back to basics, entering into a Homo Ludens stage, so I’m going to gas-up this blog....
allistertimmsNov 2, 20191 min readTradition & My Individual BookHere's a list of The Killing Moon's influences, the books and writers who form, let's say, the hyphae that webs its dark earth: Homer’s...
allistertimmsNov 2, 20191 min readIn Praise of Ruins Gushing a bit here, but why not. I'm so thrilled by the artwork for The Killing Moon. Daniele Serra is such an amazing artist. His work...
allistertimmsNov 2, 20191 min readTo The Lighthouse Keeper of darkness, not light. This is what I think when I think about lighthouses. In fact, I'm working on a novella right now that is...
allistertimmsNov 2, 20191 min readTreesThis line from a Ted Hughes poem "Trees" is the kind of animism and frisson that fuels my own writing: "Trees, it is your own...
allistertimmsNov 1, 20195 min readWhat's He Building in There? The American writer James Salter wrote: “There is no complete life. There are only fragments.” The inception of my novel, The Killing...
allistertimmsNov 1, 20191 min readGet Your Excerpt Here PS Publishing is running an excerpt from The Killing Moon on its Website. Read and get what the Irish Writer William Trevor refers to as...
allistertimmsOct 30, 20191 min readJust in Time for Halloween!My novel, The Killing Moon, is to be published on Halloween by PS Publishing (https://www.pspublishing.co.uk). It just got a mention in...
allistertimmsJun 16, 20191 min readTake Me To the River It's Father's Day and I got a very nice surprise The new PS Publishing newsletter (https://preview.mailerlite.com/a3m3t6) mentions The...
allistertimmsFeb 7, 20191 min readSeparation is the Thing “Separation” by W.S. Merwin Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color. I...
allistertimmsFeb 2, 20192 min readYou Know You Want It!Why do I feel this sense of cognitive dissonance when it comes to promoting myself? It’s a bit like the bee stuck in its own honey. But...
allistertimmsFeb 2, 20191 min readNews from nowhereThe initial blog. The hand on the curtain ready to move it aside and step onto the flood-lit stage. The nervous animal at the lip of its...
