Hi there, One more post for my birthday.  Here’s a little taster from Book 2, which I am currently working on. The black car sat idling by the roadside, a figure discernible at the steering wheel. Ruby strained to see through to the back seat but the angle was not good enough and she had […]

Hi there, Check out the link to my latest article on tasteofcinema.com It’s all about great ‘body snatcher’ films from the 1950s to the present day. http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/10-great-body-snatcher-movies-that-are-worth-your-time/

Hi everyone, I’m very excited. I’ve got the title of my next Taste of Cinema article and it’s all about the films of David Lynch.  I’m going to be writing a piece ordering all his feature films from worst to best.  I’m really looking forward to this one as it gives me the chance to […]

After spending last week writing my ‘body snatchers’ article for Taste of Cinema, this week I’m back in Starbucks for three hours of work on Paul and Tempe’s adventures on the X5. Target: 2300 words.

So, today was World Book Day.  Last year, I borrowed my brother’s Obi Wan Kenobi outfit. (complete with boots which were way too big for me). This year I decided to keep it much more simple: So, I came as Dr. Alan Grant from Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park, complete with my inflatable buddy.  All stuff […]

Terribly sad news about the passing of Bill Paxton today. He’s been a constant in my movie-going experience since I was very young. I’ll always remember his roles in Weird Science and Appllo 13 but mostly as Simon in True Lies and Hudson in Aliens. Everything I read about him backs up what I thought […]

  Decided to do something different for a change of pace.  I was walking the boy down to the park yesterday and happened upon some big rolls of pipework.  It reminded me of something so I took a photo and set to work on Photoshop.  My skills with this are not exactly great, but I […]