Back at the coffee house for a couple of hours this morning to carry on with the story. I was very happy with Chapter 1 and where it ended up. Now I’m back into Paul’s world to see where he’s got to in the last few months #visitinghours Richard
Read more "Sunday Writing"Sorry, but I had to do a colossal name drop. I just had a Twitter conversation with Rian Johnson, director of Looper and Star Wars: Episode VIII. I didn’t get any information about The Last Jedi, but he did answer my question about his 2005 High School noir, Brick, which is the subject of my […]
Read more "Humble Brag"Most of you will have seen this already, so I apologise if I’m repeating myself. I’m just so excited. Today I became a genuine published writer when my article about 12 Angry Men was published on tasteofcinema.com. It’s got nearly 3000 likes on Facebook so far and loads of positive comments. Thanks to everyone who […]
Read more "News"To celebrate the USS Cygnus’ high position on my Top 50 spaceships list, I felt like giving you John Barry’s brilliant theme music from the film in which it features: The Black Hole. Enjoy. Richard Oh, and here’s the list in case you missed it. Top 50 Spaceships ever (plus mine!) | The Crossing https://richardaustinwriter.com/2017/01/26/top-50-spaceships-ever-plus-mine/
Read more "Monday Music 3 – 2017"Getting lots of traffic on this post as it appears to have been shared somewhere. Hello to all the new viewers. Please check out my book, The Ardenna Crossing: Between Two Worlds, available on Amazon now. https://amzn.eu/d/7XzbZZC The sequel will be out before Christmas. As previously mentioned, my lovely wife and in-laws gave me a […]
Read more "Top 50 Spaceships ever (plus mine!)"Yesterday’s writing took me back to the Brecon Beacons and for some reason put me in mind of this…
Read more "Monday Music 2 – 2017"Hi there, I don’t know why I bother setting up weekly things. I set myself up to fail by not delivering from week to week for one reason or another. There have been mitigating circumstances: holiday, work, doing my application for Taste of Cinema and so forth. However, when it comes down to it, I […]
Read more "Monday Music 1 – 2017 "Hi everyone. Just a quick note to wish you all a great day and say thanks to my lovely wife and in-laws for the present they’ve given me. They have agreed to pay for me to have someone do a high resolution design of the X5. You will soon be able to see my vision […]
Read more "Happy Boxing Day"Season 2 – Episode 1 – Redemption So, here I am, back on the Blake’s 7 odyssey and straight into Season 2. It’s been a while but I couldn’t resist any longer. This is easier than editing my book. We open with a picture of what looks like strange galaxies and then cut to the […]
Read more "Rewatching Blake’s 7 – Season 2 – Episode 1"In celebration of the Seahawks’ great win over Carolina last night, I decided to go with this for the week. Completely nothing to do with Science Fiction. Instead, we’re back to one of my favourite Bruce Willis films, The Last Boy Scout. I remember seeing it at the Warner Bros’ cinema in Manors, Newcastle with […]
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