Who’s the best dressed man in space?

Whether it’s skin-tight lycra, someone else’s body armour or just a dressing gown, going into space is a monumental job and requires the appropriate attire. You need to balance comfort and ease of movement with functionality and the ability to withstand the harsh conditions on strange planets where you can easily stub your toe on a polystyrene […]

Thanks everyone

I’d like to thank everyone who keeps reading my posts. I’ve now reached 2000 visits and 1000 visitors from 40 countries around the world. My numbers have increased month upon month since June and I am looking forward to carrying on. The first draft of The Crossing is nearly done. I am just figuring out […]

Battle of the Battles (in Space)

Laser beams, thrusters, explosions that you shouldn’t hear. Just three of the things that make up a great battle in space. I’m going to look at a few of the big ones. I’m not going to put them in order or anything but I will give each one an overall grade. I had to think about […]

Ten great Time Travel narratives

I just finished watching 11.22.63, a very impressive show starring James Franco, all about someone travelling back in time to try to prevent the assassination of John F Kennedy. I didn’t have very much in the way of expectation for this but found myself more and more engrossed in the premise and how it was […]

Another milestone reached

Had another big day, putting another 5000 words on to the story. That takes me to 77,000 and over 3/4 done. Can’t believe how close I’m getting. Lots of drama to come.

Rewatching Blake’s 7 – Part 5

Before I start, I should state for the record that I’m not going to post this on the Firefly/Serenity Facebook group. I was told in no uncertain terms that Blake’s 7 has nothing to do with Firefly or Serenity. Hey, I thought there was a passing connection but who am I to say? The good […]

Another opportunity

Hi there, Got another afternoon to try to add to the story. Target: 3500 words.

Galactic Warlord by Douglas Hill

A trip back to my reading interests at age 9 I’ve had this sitting on my shelf for a while now. Despite the fact that it’s a slim 125 pages, I’ve been putting it off for a very specific reason. I read this when I was very young and have very fond memories of it. […]

New writing

Hi there, As promised, here is some of what I’ve been putting down over the past two days. Obviously, we’re getting into territory now where I could give stuff away that would ruin things, so I’ve had to think pretty hard about what to include. I haven’t edited it yet, so its still just a […]

Mission accomplished

Very happy to report that the last 48 hours have gone brilliantly, unless you happen to be certain crew members aboard the X5. My time in Reading has been incredibly productive with 14,000 words added to The Crossing. This takes me over the 2/3 mark and heading into the home straight. It’s been so lovely […]