Author - markhatwood

There’s no question that my impulsiveness has been one of my main strengths in life. I’ve had new ideas and immediately grabbed them with both hands...

As I’ve said before here, one of the biggest issues with social media is that it feeds us more of what it thinks we like… to keep us engaged. So, if...

As many who ready my daily offers will know, I’ve been serialising my first novel Marcello’s Date each day for the last 4 months. I had...

As I write, I’m sitting on my bed with the rain pattering against the window with my well-walked dog lying beside me, full of food and sound asleep...

To answer my Godson’s growing pains yesterday, I recollected my Berlin days in the 90s. I’d just split with my girlfriend, had nowhere to live, no...

This morning, I had one of those rare, beautiful moments. I woke before anyone else and stared up at a star outside the window. That moment before...

Whist sitting beside my dying mother’s bedside last month, I reflected on her life and the change she inspired in others simply by her radiant smile:...

I was talking to my wife recently about the world’s many issues. In situations like this, the temptation is always to find someone to blame. Someone...

It’s extraordinary how life works out. Although I’m a great believer in walking though open doors, I still find myself having expectations of what’s...