Day 21 Best workplace romance Of all the romances in a work environment, I have to go for Sawyer and Juliet on TV’s Lost. I love the storyline of the two of them working together in The Dharma Initiative, and how they find a life together. Well played and unexpected, with a big emotional payoff […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 21 – Best Workplace Romance"Day 17 Best ‘Unrequited Love’ Story Very recent, this one; but something that’s really stuck with me ever since I saw it. I didn’t expect to be as taken with Netflix’s 3 Body Problem as I was, but when I watched it, I was hooked. I found the story of Will and Jin to be […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 17 – Best ‘unrequited love’ Story"Hi all, Letting you know that you can get your (virtual) hands on my debut novel, The Ardenna Crossing: Between Two Worlds completely free this weekend. From Friday to Sunday, the Kindle version of Paul Armstrong’s story will be free on Amazon. Here is the link… https://amzn.eu/d/2YQiEO7 Happy reading, Richard
Read more "Get The Ardenna Crossing *free* this weekend"Hi all, After a long, long slog, nearly six years since I wrote the first lines of this sequel, I’m very pleased to say that the first draft is done and the next stage is here. The Ardenna Crossing: A Thousand White Fragments Paul and the crew of the Ardenna have been taken through the […]
Read more "Ardenna Crossing 2 Update – First Draft Complete"Richard is making progress on his book “A Thousand White Fragments,” having added 169 words and aiming for 8 more chapters. Despite facing challenges, he is determined to complete the book by February, promising an exciting and unpredictable story. He plans to seek feedback after a thorough review.
Read more "Ardenna Crossing 2 – update"Hi all, A very generous donation of £15 to the cause from Cameron, a former student of mine. He requested a poem about the X-Files. I had a bit of a marathon a while back but stalled halfway through Season 2. that means it’s been an awful long time since I eatched anything beyond that. […]
Read more "AD Skinner – an X-Files poem for Cameron"Hi everyone, At school, I have been doing another writing project with this year’s Year 6 class, producing another fantasy gamebook in the style of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. Building on last year’s project, I started with a new class back in September. We used a map from Azgaar’s Fantasy Map Generator, then invented […]
Read more "Seeds of Salvation – New book available now!"Got the chance to read some of The Ardenna Crossing this evening… to an audience! This was part of the Surrey New Writers Festival which took place today at the University of Surrey. Here I am, expertly photographed by my six-year-old daughter. There were some really talented writers there sharing their work, including some excellent […]
Read more "A Chance to Perform"Wow! What a piece of news. Seeing Anya Taylor-Joy at the London Premiere of Dune Part 2, along with the confirmation that she plays a secret role in the film, is very exciting news. March 1st is creeping up and there’s not long to wait now before seeing the conclusion of Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of […]
Read more "Casting Dune 2 – Anya Taylor-Joy – initial reaction"Hello everyone. I had a chance to add some action to my sequel a couple of weeks ago and again today. It feels good to be getting somewhere at last after a long time in the wilderness agonising about the plot and where it was going. Now I’m back in the flow again, throwing Paul […]
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