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 […]
Read more "It’s that time again!"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 […]
Read more "Thank you"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 […]
Read more "A tribute to Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone"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 […]
Read more "Upcoming Competition Entry"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 […]
Read more "New Sample"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. […]
Read more "Characters and how they do stuff"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.
Read more "Artwork"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 […]
Read more "My Life with Science Fiction – Part 1"Books, games, music, and life — filtered through the mind of a writer, drummer, and philosopher who thinks too deeply about all of it. If it moves something in your chest, I'm interested.
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