Cartographically challenged ~ Tallis Steelyard (aka Jim Webster) on tour with THREE new books…

Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map, make it… oh wait, I’m supposed to do what? Seriously though folks, if you have ever wanted to have a side hustle that paid you enough to make it worth it – then you’ll totally get this story by Jim Webster. Many thanks to Sue Vincent for sharing it.

Sue Vincent's Daily Echo

People will remember that I do sometimes lecture at the University here in Port Naain, and over the years I must have taught numerous young people. Perhaps I ought to merely say that they were exposed to my wit and erudition. I’m not sure whether many of them learned anything. Still, there were some whom I felt would go a long way in life. Indeed I always felt that Illus Wheelburn was one of my more promising students.

But he expressed some dissatisfaction with the life of a poet. Frankly he felt that he couldn’t cope with the slow, irrevocable slide into penury. But still he was a genuine creative artist and needed to express himself. He wrote a little, published less, and in point of fact survived because people asked him to write letters for them. Not so much because of his eloquence as because he has nice handwriting…

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