Tag Archives: opinion

Pointless list of wonderfulness…

Posted on April 16, 2018 by

Like most people who blog, I read a lot of blogs. I probably don’t read as many blogs as I should, as I am forever saving a link to my bookmarks and never quite getting back to them. Or, on Mondays, … Continue reading →

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Odd Moments Of Wonderfulness…

Posted on April 3, 2018 by

We all need the odd moment of wonderfulness to brighten our days. Sometimes it’s a geeky little meme that just makes us smile or a quote from a favourite author that amuses us. On a rainy Tuesday after a rainy (and … Continue reading →

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Obsessions…

Posted on January 10, 2018 by

Writers in my experience have a tendance towards the obsessive end of the spectrum. We obsess about our stories. We obsess about our characters. We obsess about individual sentences. On occasion, we obsess about an individual word… Sometimes we obsess about where … Continue reading →

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Geekgasm’s in the Nerdverse…

Posted on January 2, 2018 by

Geek culture has moved ever more mainstream in the last decade or so. The internet has helped enormously with this. The ongoing wave of Marvel, DC movies and tv shows has fed it. The gamer generation has given birth to … Continue reading →

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To Blog Or Not To Blog..?

Posted on November 24, 2017 by

That’s not really the question… but if you can’t steal from the old hack of Stratford on Avon then who can you steal from… This then is a bit of an odd blog post, because it’s a blog post about … Continue reading →

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30 Days of NaNoWriMo: Day 16

Posted on November 15, 2017 by

The best-laid plans of mice and men, and all that… Sixteen days in and the observant among you may have noticed it been eight days since my last update. Simply put doing the blog and trying to keep up with the word count … Continue reading →

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The Lurking Fear: The Complete Lovecraft #37

Posted on November 13, 2017 by

Old tentacle hugger has inspired a lot of writers over the years. He’s also inspired an awful lot of bands. There is definitely something about Lovecraft and musicians. Not that I can claim to be above the occasional musical reference in these blog posts, … Continue reading →

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