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…

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…

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,…
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,…

So, last night a line of narration popped into my head while I was heading off to bed. Seeing as how I am now one of those privileged millions who own an iPad, I decided to stay up and follow that first…
Look at this, three days of blogging in a row. Something is clearly wrong here… Fair warning – this is a post that has precious little to do with writing, at least directly, and is largely introspective. Don’t like it,…
So, what am I up to right now? Well, fortunately its the quiet period at work. The year’s graduates have graduated, the new cohort are yet to arrive, and all I have to worry about is getting all the course…
I had planned to bring you a selection of ‘Who am I?/What am I doing?’ posts, but I read a great article the other day so that jumped the queue. So, steampunk. For me, the steampunk aesthetic is very subjective….