Music, 2018 style
So, Spotify has an Unwrapped feature that summarises your listening for the last year, if it’s your bag to learn that sort of thing. This is mine: My taste in music hasn’t really changed much in the last… oof, about…
Heading north of the border
After much deliberation, my wife and I have decided to move to Scotland. This was a pretty big decision, but one I’m happy to have made. Edinburgh is an incredible city that I have loved every time I have visited…
Launch day: The Best of Penny Dread Tales, out now!
So, it’s been a while since I could announce something like this… Yes, today is launch day for The Best of Penny Dread Tales, an anthology collecting the best stories that have appeared in the four preceding Penny Dread Tales…
2014, Take 2
As you may have read, I ended 2013 on something of a Bolshy note. Evidently, given that this is my first post of 2014, Something Has Gone Wrong. That something, predictably, was a tidal wave of work problems, that destroyed any…
2014 – Bring it, bitches
I was going to do a summation post for 2013, but, frankly, that would have been depressing for me, and boring for you. Suffice to say, on the writing side 2013 has been a colossally poor year, with several major…
Reality is Cooler than Fiction
So, a little while ago I read a biography of Thomas, Lord Cochrane: And a fine biography it is too (a little light on analysis, perhaps, but I’m reading it mostly for the inspiration). Its blurb, jacket quote, and reviews all…
Update!
So, it’s been a while, even by my standards. A lot has been going on, only some of which I shall bore you with. The paid-employment has been… busy, to say the least, over the summer, although it has settled…
Kingdom of Pride
So, I’m watching Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven, and I’ve taken to thinking. Apologies in advance, but this is probably going to be one of those TL;DR posts. And, of course, spoilers ahead. I am a huge Ridley Scott fan. Or,…
Weather of apocalyptic proportions
So, that was a wild one! For those of you not in the south of England, last night it felt like this chap paid a visit to our green and pleasant land: It thundered and, boy, did it lightning. Around…
Back in the saddle
Howdy, y’all. Hmm. Seems this post might have a Western flavour to it. Reckon I’ll try to keep that to a minimum. ————— So, once again I return to this unfortunate, neglected blog of mine. Quite a bit has happened…