After much thought, the panel of judges (me) has come to a decision. The winner of my cover art competition is…….. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aimee Cox There’s just something about this picture and I can’t stop looking at it. Every time I do, I notice […]
Read more "Cover Art Competition – Winner announcement"My #whatthehaiku video tonight turned into a seven-haiku collection, so I thought I’d put it here as well. Life’s Intersection A crack and you know Though you shut out what you saw You can’t stay the sound It rips through your heart Screams your baby is taken Leaving you standing Surrounded, alone Callous […]
Read more "Life’s Intersection – a poem"If you remember back a while, you’ll know that I’ve been running a competition for some local young people to produce artwork for this website and for The Ardenna Crossing. I selected my two favourite images from these entries: Cover Art Competition – The Entries These were the two winners from Round 1. Cover Art Competition […]
Read more "Cover Art Competition – Final Round Entries"Thought I’d put out a little ‘state of the nation’ post. Firstly, to let everyone know where things stand and when they can expect some movement. Secondly, to figure all that out for myself. The Ardenna Crossing: Between Two Worlds The first novel in the series is completed and is at the 3rd draft stage. […]
Read more "The Ardenna Crossing – update"I wasn’t going to do a Monday Music this week, but then I started thinking about Richard Burton and decided that I wanted to put one out after all. So, for this week’s Monday Music, it’s all about WAR. What is it good for? Well, the odd decent piece of soundtrack as it happens. Here are […]
Read more "Monday Music 10 – 2018"A little while ago, I did one of my #whatthehaiku videos about Donna Hayward. It turned into quite a long poem comprising seven different haiku poems. I felt like I wanted to develop it a little bit and turn it into something else. I first thought about doing another sonnet to go with the ones […]
Read more "A Ditty for Donna"One of my favourite games of all time has to be Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. It was my introduction to the GTA franchise and, although I was slow to get into it, it soon became just about as addictive a game as I can remember. It was a massive world to explore. So far […]
Read more "Monday Music 9 – 2018"More and more names kept coming to mind as I researched this piece. Putting them in order was a real pain and I had to think about a number of different criteria on which I would rank them. This included the scope of what they did and the reasons behind their actions and sometimes by how […]
Read more "The Top 50 Greatest Villains in Space!"I was thinking back to an old video game this morning: Bioshock 2. Not that old, granted, but it seems like a lifetime ago that I played through it. The first Bioshock game was great but the sequel really pulled out all the stops and made for a really immersive (pardon the pun), creepy experience. […]
Read more "Monday Music 8 – 2018"So, a new trailer has just dropped for Cameron’s Twin Peaks Fan film project, Queen of Hearts, in the last couple of days. Here’s the link: The trailer takes us on a tour of Twin Peaks as we follow our Annie Blackburn through town on her way to… where? Cameron’s been to the Pacific Northwest […]
Read more "Queen of Hearts – New Trailer"Books, games, music, and life — filtered through the mind of a writer, drummer, and philosopher who thinks too deeply about all of it. If it moves something in your chest, I'm interested.
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