University of London - teaching postgrad class!

I'm pleased to say I'll be teaching a postgraduate workshop (for the M.A. in Creative Writing) at Royal Holloway, the University of London alongside UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, in Bloomsbury, Central London. I'll be teaching the workshop from January - April 2009 (the spring term in the UK).

The above pic shows the main campus, approximately 20 miles outside London in Surrey. The MA in Creative Writing will be taught in Bloomsbury, though, close to Bedford Square:

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I'm definitely looking forward to working alongside Professor Andrew Motion, the UK Poet Laureate, and poet Jo Shapcott. It's a great opportunity and I'm pleased to have it.

Below is the college coat of arms! The Latin motto "Esse quam videri" means "To be, rather than to seem." I hope to do the same!

Blighty here I come!

White House Christmas Tree!

Dear England, Last night I took this pic of the White House Christmas Tree. I am quite pleased with my skills, although the lights may have something to do with it! You can just make out the Washington Monument in the background. No sign of W. the elf though...

Click the pic to learn the history of the tree and how they get it into place! Pretty interesting actually - 'The Tree' won the National Christmas Tree Association's (NCTA) Christmas Tree contest held back in August in Des Moines, Iowa!

In case you're wondering, it's a massive fir tree.

SuperObamaWorld

Dear England, the game you've all been waiting for is here!

Yes, it's SuperObamaWorld, say no more. Click the pic to be the next US president.

You might recognize the game!

Screenplay complete!

I am pleased to say I've now completed a screenplay for my novel The Pride and the Sorrow.

To distinguish it from the novel, I've called the screenplay The Knight of New Orleans. It's currently with the Film and TV agent Meg Davis, Director of MLA Literary Agents in London.
I also took the move of registering The Knight of New Orleans with the Writer's Guild of America, East as proof of copyright. Copyright is immediately assigned to the originator at the point of writing, so registering any work (or mailing it to yourself in a sealed post-stamped envelope) has to be a wise move.

I look forward to The Knight of New Orleans being sent out in 2009!

Singapore Creative Writing interview!

The above pic shows the green roof of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. I'm pleased to receive an interview there for Assistant Professor of Creative Writing! I'll be mowing the roof garden part-time.

I'm excited about the interview, happening on a Sunday night for me and early Monday morning for the Nanyangs, given Singapore is 13 hours ahead of the US!

Here's the Division of English department. Terima kasih, NTU!