Das resolutions
So, the year is over. The last three months have fairly flown by; something about this autumn term of the 2012/2013 academic year has made it whizz by with barely a backwards glance. So, as with the rest of the…
The Beginning of All Things
So, things have settled down a bit here, both at work and at home. As such, I’ve now entered that phase of my writerly cycle I call ‘The Self-Flagellation Stage’. It’s pretty simple; after the times when my writerly output…
Asking the right questions
So, the Chuck Wendig has released another nugget of writerly knowledge and advice out into the world. Go on, go read, I’ll wait. *As an aside, if you aren’t already following the Mighty Wendingo on Twitter and, more importantly, his…
“Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics.”
This will, at some point, be appearing over at The Bloghole. But I thought that I would put it up here in the meantime. Enjoy: So, I’ve just finished reading Aaron Dembski-Bowden’s Helsreach. I knew, from about the first fifty…
In the Interim
My apologies for the silence of late. As you may know, a new crop of bright-eyed students began entering their establishments over the weekend. My job, for those who don’t know, is the adminstrator for an undergraduate programme at a…
Cringeworthy
I promised a post today, and by gum, I shall deliver a post. By gum. Really? Meh, why not. So, yesterday afternoon I tuned into Mr Jupitus in the Age of Steampunkon Radio 4. I did this not only out…
Procrastination – and a story!
So, I’ve not been hitting my targets of late. It’s tempting to blame this on circumstances (so I shall, to an extent). We have had friends staying on sofas and in spare rooms this past week and a half, making…
If We Had Only Taller Been
You knew a post a day couldn’t last, didn’t you? Today’s is going to be a short one, because frankly it speaks for itself, and far, far more eloquently and powerfully than I ever could. So, the landing site on…
The Great and Powerful Aquila
So, Warhammer. Oh come on, you knew it was going to happen eventually. I’m honestly surprised a full week of blogging (how weird was that, by the way) went by without a mention of Games Workshop’s two mighty properties. Fortunately,…
Don’t be a creeper
Yesterday, via Josh Reynolds’ blog, I wandered to a post and its addendum by John Scalzi on the subject of creeping, and more importantly, how not to be a creeper. By creeper, Mr Scalzi means those people – male, female,…