The Science in the Fiction

I’m reaching a point in the story now where my characters are about to end up in space, on a longer journey than has ever been attempted in history. Up until now, everything I have written has been grounded in reality: school, bus, underground bunker and wild in the mountains of Snowdonia. In about six […]

It’s that time again!

Saturday morning writing. Two and a bit hours – target: 1800 words. I’m in the middle of writing an escape scene, so hopefully the action nature of the scene will mean it spills out quite quick. I’ll be doing a long piece later on about research and how I’m approaching some of the more science […]

Thank you

A quick note to say thank you for the positive comments and messages of good luck that have been coming in from people. You all show a great deal of faith considering I haven’t finished anything yet. It’s Saturday morning which means it’s my time to add to what I’ve written so far. This has […]

A tribute to Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone

I used to read quite a bit when I was at school. Not all the time. Sometimes I flicked through the reading scheme books and said I’d read them when maybe I hadn’t made it all the way through, so that I could move up to a different colour. It’s not that I couldn’t read […]

Upcoming Competition Entry

Hi everyone, I’m going for it and entering a competition with some of my writing (one chapter plus a 1000 word summary). The closing date is 1st July. Looks like a really fair competition where all the entries get looked at with a view to publication. Now I just have to pick a chapter. Wish […]

New Sample

Hi everyone, I realised I haven’t put any samples on the website yet. So, I’m going to put a sample on the website, which is here. Enjoy. This is from Chapter 11 “Why me? Why are you telling this to me?” “I trust you. I do not know why other than that. Come […]

Characters and how they do stuff

Admittedly, I’m quite new to writing in a serious way. This is the longest thing I’ve ever written. I just hit 38,000 words and this is just one of the things I’ve noticed. Sometimes I skip ahead a bit and see what a character is about to say or do. It’s the most bizarre feeling. […]

Artwork

I’d like to share some artwork, done by a very talented girl in my Year 6 class. Her name is Darcie and she created this wonderful pastel drawing of Paul and Temperance. I haven’t written this scene yet but it’s not as far away as it used to be.

My Life with Science Fiction – Part 1

Back in the old days, when we used to go on holiday up to Scotland, we would be stuck in a car for hours. This was before my brother or I had personal cassette players or anything like that. No iPods back then. We had these: The accompaniment to these trips was always the […]