Creative Writing
Introduction
Alan has written a dozen topical songs about
pharmaceutical development and performed them at company functions – to
considerable acclaim. More recently, he has written a song for a
charity benefit.
If his original hope of generating some direct income from such whimsical activity shows any sign that it might be fulfilled, this page will get its own tab restored in the sidebar!
Samples of Creative Writing
Songs
- The SciComm Function – a light-hearted look at scientific communications in the pharmaceutical industry
- Greg Curnoe – a call for safer cycling conditions
Light Verse
- Hin-Huffle Hates a Whose – Seussian verse on a question of English usage, published in Active Voice, the national newsletter of the Editors’ Association of Canada

