So, my girlfriend suggested an idea for a series of regular posts on this here website: I’m quite a visual person (despite having literally zero talent in any of the visual arts. Seriously – my stick men are out of…
In the words of the mighty, oft-quoted Chuck Wendig: Trouble is, I find it difficult to let shitty words lie. This is a scenario surely experienced by many (I’ll dare to say most) writers: You sit down to write, and…
Just a quick one today; you’ll have to find your internet-based amusements elsewhere, I’m afraid. For myself and the missus, today is about getting things back into shape. We’re chucking out the tree and setting the living room to rights…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…