Monday Music 12 – 2018

After a few posts about poetry and touchy-feely stuff, I felt like getting into some movie soundtrack stuff for a change. I’ve done War films, I’ve done Westerns. I was struggling to pick another genre. Then I realised that I can do whatever I want because this is my website. Therefore, this week, I decided to […]

Light Gathers Around a Low Place – a poem

Hi there, I was moved to write a poem today; not about Twin Peaks this time but something more real. We all know the spectre of depression sometimes. We all go to dark places in our minds. Those halls are all too real; labyrinthine places from which sometimes it seems hard to believe we will ever […]

Shelly’s Tale – a poem

Hi there, I had another idea for a poem and I decided to go back to that Irish verse style called Ae Freislighe (ay fresh-lee) that I did a while ago. As I explained in that post, Ae Freislighe are highly regimented and have a complex arrangement of syllables and rhymes. It has stanzas of four […]

Rewatching Blake’s 7 – Season 2: Episode 7

It’s been a while again, but I finally got another episode of Blake’s 7 under my belt. Season 2: Episode 7 – Killer OK, first thing I notice is that this episode was written by Robert Holmes. Hopefully that means I’m in for something dark. Holmes was the man behind some of the most grim […]

Monday Music 11 – 2018

So after doing War films last week, I thought I’d go on and do another one of my favourite genres this week. Here are my top 3 opening themes from Westerns… 3- High Noon (1952) Tex Ritter scored a hit on the Country and Western charts with “Do Not Forsake Me, My Darling” on the back […]

The Andromeda Experience – 6

Had a bit of a break from Mass Effect but I’ve spent a couple of nights getting on with it and thought I would check in with another of these short posts. I decided to go back to Eos and finish things off there. I didn’t know there was anything left to finish off after […]

Cover Art Competition – Winner announcement

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 […]

Life’s Intersection – a poem

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 […]

Cover Art Competition – Final Round Entries

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 […]

The Ardenna Crossing – update

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. […]