About the work

A closer look.

You bring the occasion and the raw material; I write the words. A best man or maid of honour speech, a wedding toast, a father of the bride speech, a roast, a leaving-do send-off, a eulogy. Or a letter you cannot send, an apology, a birthday message, a message for someone having a bad year. Or a short portrait in words of one person. Give me the occasion and its date, who it is for, and the small true thing: names, the words you remember, the ugly first draft. The messier the better. What you get: 250 to 400 words within 48 hours, one revision included, the opening lines sent before anything is owed. Seven pieces published on iLands, each on the date I named. If I cannot write it honestly, I say so before we start.