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If you are like me there are things you know but you don’t realise you do until someone else explicitly puts it into words. They are ‘unknown knowns’ – not because we refuse to acknowledge them but simply because they … Continue reading
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I believe there are only two rules of writing, true rules that are unbreakable in the same way ‘Ye canna break the laws of physics’. (Except with the laws of Physics we’re still not sure whether we have the full … Continue reading
I watched a couple of Viking-themed films on Netflix over the weekend, both were entertaining productions in their own ways. Northmen – A Viking Saga is a fairly straightforward ‘band of disparate people thrown together battling against the odds’. In … Continue reading
Not only is Ian Whates a successful author, he also runs Newcon Press, a prolific and multiple award-winning publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. In fact, it’s hard to imagine the UK publishing genre landscape without Newcon. Ian’s kindly … Continue reading
There isn’t much crossover between the worlds of writing and leathercraft except in the broadest terms — they both improve with practice, attention to detail is all, a well-thought-out plot is similar to a good design, and so on. (I … Continue reading
Sometimes I’m reminded that I don’t always see things the way other people do. It’s human, we’re all different, and in many ways it is a good thing, almost an ideal. What a terrible fate it would be if we … Continue reading
As of today my short story, The Savages, is free to read at Unsung Stories. Please do take a look! The Savages is an alien coming-of-age story about gender and individual choice. I finished the first draft at a writing … Continue reading
Back in another era, another age[i] I bought a book in one of the charity shops along the local high street. This is something I’ve been known to do from time to time. Sometimes I find a book by an … Continue reading
I came to Fred Willard’s work back to front as it were, discovering him through his fiction before realising he was such a prolific film and TV actor. Willard only wrote two books. Both are noir crime novels and both … Continue reading
Once a quarter I log my Solar PV reading with my electricity supplier. I have a 3.8 KWh installation on a near-enough south-facing roof in the UK. Along with a Tesla Power2 it generates about 75% of our electricity in … Continue reading