About the author

by | Jul 15, 2024 | Writing

The upcoming third edition of Objectivity is going to (finally) include an ‘about the author’ page at the back of the book, and to that end, I’ve updated the ‘about the author’ section on this website to reflect what that will end up...

The best-laid plans of mice and men

by | Jun 11, 2024 | Writing

I’d almost forgotten that, back in January 2023, I took a stab at having the third edition of Objectivity done and dusted by the end of the year. Okay, so it’s June 2024 – that obviously didn’t happen, but I’m still working on it, and...

Bitterly Covid

by | Jun 2, 2023 | Miscellaneous

Suppose I should make record of this here, if just for my benefit, so I remember when it happened (and also because I don’t make nearly enough use of this platform). We were tasked with performing stocktake at my day job on Friday, 26th May 2023, and at or...

Third edition

by | Jan 29, 2023 | Writing

Oh, how the passage of time does a number on me (dare I say, us all?) As the days, weeks, months and years so effortlessly fleet on by, I can’t help but find writing so fascinating a craft. How I can put something down (ostensibly, something I genuinely like),...

Wow, you’ve written a book!

by | May 8, 2021 | Writing

It’s a funny thing when people say this. They talk it up like writing a book is some kind of accomplishment; like I should be proud of what I’ve done and hold my head high. But… why? At the end of the day, it’s a Word document; money takes care...

Oh so humble beginnings

by | Oct 29, 2020 | Writing

I must admit to being quite pleased, really. The origination of this website, smchapman.com, has to be considered a pretty substantial first step. And, as I’ve well alluded to in my first novel, Objectivity (with regards to lovely Steph), the first step in which every...