Constraints, Creativity and Doorways that Aren’t There — Doorways are fascinating things, aren’t they? Especially doorways that aren’t there. The Door into Summer, that very famous wardrobe, The Secret Garden, that Looking Glass and what Alice found there.

🎧 It Doesn’t Pay to Leave the Evidence Lying Around — For the audio, click here: The Celtic Chameleon, in Her Own Words Alison Tennent, The Celtic Chameleon, in her own words.celticchameleon.substack.com Like a tired reveller, the summer morning was weary yet winsome. Lackadaisical tourists strolled sweatily from coffee shop to sultry boulevard, gasping for the reinvigoration of cool ocean breezes.

🎧 It is the tale, but also she who tells it — As we all know, the robowhine is a revolting travesty. And we all know how I feel about it, so I won’t keep going on about the grotesque distortion of our work that was foisted upon us under the guise of a robot reader “trial”, which they always fully intended…

My Foray Into Newsbreak — I Tried it So You Don’t Have To — The Story So Far Back in Feburary, on the back of yet another Medium mishap that made me wonder if the Sword of Damocles was finally going to fall, I finally stopped faffing around and set up a Substack site — which is going rather well — and at the same time I thought…

Saudade — thinking of time and people passed — In a house where I once lived with my young children, the scent of jasmine would creep over the hill behind my bedroom, bringing with it the wind and the air of sweet saudade. That house and marriage are lost to memory now. Sometimes at night though, when the wind…

The Six Hundred Deleted Drafts Retaliation — Like you, I often save a few words or lines here and elsewhere, or sometimes partially completed articles — to remind myself of what seems like a great idea at the time. But I regularly cull my Medium drafts, though sometimes they do get away from me. At my worst…

For Asking Rational and Inconvenient Questions — Back in February, I wrote this little piece. Old Lady Shouts at the Cloud In which the author confirms that Chat GPT is almost — but not quite — uselesscelticchameleon.medium.com The article explains that imnsho Chat GPT is hopelessly biased, almost useless, refuses to stop obfuscating and repeating irrelevant drivel, and obstinately ignores the terms men and women unless compelled, and after much argument.

It’s Not Just Animals Who Pay the Price — One or two of you might know I am — or was — an ethical vegan. I don’t really want to talk about that, but I suppose I have to, in order to write this piece. Let’s get some of the more obvious questions out of the way. Yes, of…

Along with many others, I invested in Substack a few weeks ago. Something Different - and a Question for Substack Readers and Writers Those who are kind enough to read my work have probably already realised that I am nicheless. With apologies to the…celticchameleon.substack.com I didn’t invest because I think it will make me money — in fact I rather doubt it. I invested because it’s a home for both great writing and free speech — something the world sorely needs more…