Blog 5 – 6th September 2015
The wife is a robot, I have never seen anyone walk so much with no complaint, me and the kids are knackered halfway through the day and she is telling us to stop moaning and keep up. By teatime we are struggling to carry on  but she is fine, it’s inhuman 🙂 We were up…
Camp NaNo Update
Failed!!! Although to be fair I have been planning a new novel, I think the choosing to do this last minute was a bad idea, I need to make sure I need to have it planned out for the next one so I can get it done. The next one is in July so…
20th June 2017 – Writers Workout – Pound it out
“Whatever you say, say it with conviction” -Mark Twain It’s ok for your first draft to be crappy, I think I have taken this particular advice to heart… allot of my first drafts are terrible. But using the ethos of NaNoWriMo I use the first draft as just a way to get the story on…
British Fantasy Society – Writing Retreat
Each year the BFS holds a writing retreat at Gladstones Library and as it’s for a limited number you have to apply and then names are drawn out of a hat. I applied for last year’s retreat but did not manage to get a place. When I applied for this year I was so glad…
B Day
Well it’s time, Saturday is Batman day. Off to see it with a friend, cannot wait! Have to say the first batman was fantastic, then the franchise went downhill to that catastrophe Batman & Robin………. The reboot was a master-stroke, absolutely love Nolans version of Batman. It is a pity that this latest one is…
November Update
My last post was on Oct 9th and was full of plans and hope. that hasn’t come to pass as I am sure you are shocked to learn. Instead a combination of lack of planning (despite starting at a time that gave me plenty of time) not feeling 100% and other commitments I haven’t managed…
23rd June 2017 – Transformers – The Last Knight, a short review
Last night was the release of Transformers the Last Knight. Written by Art Marcum and Matt Holloway and directed by Michael Bay. This film covers a war between Humans and Transformers, Optimus is gone and the key to saving the future is buried in the past. This outing sees the return of Mark Whalberg as…
Shattered Worlds
Although my love of writing covers both Sci-Fi and Fantasy I want to create a universe in which to write all of my Sci-Fi stories. I have started planning the races and the worlds and some of the history. I will update some of it here and hopefully some of the stories. I have called…