Finally there has been some movement on the Starweb book by Warren James Palmer, after so long we will get to see what happened to Moss, Jenifer and all the gang. In a previous post I talked about the Dyason series when the author was going to re release them under a kickstarter, well that…
I’m doing it again, I had a conversation with a friend today about magic systems and had just about decided to restart my NaNo project Dragon Lords. Then I read an excerpt from an upcoming book from a favourite author, this made me pick up my NaNo book 13th Earth – Before the Dawn, reading…
I never seem to remember when these start even though it would be good to participate as you can set your own goals so it wouldn’t have to be a mad dash to get 50k down in a month. But again I didn’t realise until a friend posted in a writers Facebook group. So now…
Where do you do your creative thinking? I have an office and this is where I should be doing my work but I made the mistake of filling my “man cave” with stuff! When I am in here supposed to be working I end up watching TV or browsing or playing games. Occasionally I do…
This is me…. I have a dream of being a well known published writer, of writing something and then earning enough that I can clear my debts and then finally write full time. I would love this, but to get to this point I would have to actually get off my ass and do some…
I love Fantasy and Science Fiction, at home the collection of books that I have would surpass most libraries and shops but I find myself becoming more and more disenfranchised with libraries and shops because the sections for these types of books are getting smaller and smaller. I know they have to stock according to…
I started watching Star Trek – Enterprise form the beginning again and although there have been a few episodes where there have been pre-warp civilisations the episode I am watching has Humans that are in a western like time period. Got me thinking of all the other ST episodes where there are things like this….
I went to Costa a few days ago and took my notepad, I wasn’t planning on doing anything much but ended up hand writing a flash fiction story while there, the most I have done in a cafe before now was notes. I was quite happy with the result. Once home I typed it up…
Warning spoilers may be ahead…. I went to see this film on Monday 27th Feb and watching the trailer beforehand I was expecting a shock horror type of film, I even thought from the trailers that there could be some alien overtones. I was wrong. The basic idea is a young executive is sent to…
I am at the moment trying to find the best time for me to do writing as part of a routine. It’s not so much when I am off as I can usually manage something then, it’s when I am back at work and I need to get into a routine of sorts. Although I…
