The title of the post gives me an excuse to embed this, Back to the subject. What can you do when your characters refuse to play? What do I mean by that? Let me try to explain. I wanted to … Continued
Perhaps more pertinently, did you notice that I was away? It was just a short break, but I don’t mean to say that I actually went anywhere. I was stuck right here, you just couldn’t see me. My website crashed … Continued
When I was a small child, I was always told never to be boastful, never to shout about my successes. I’ve tried to live by this advice as much as possible, never show off or trumpet my achievements too much. … Continued
a writing update. I thought I’d talk about writing this week. Looking back over the past few posts, the last time I actually did that was on Feb 22nd, when I let you into the workings of a new project. … Continued
Way back in January, I told you about an idea that I had, and how I was going to develop it. If you don’t remember, or you’re new here, this is the link Anyhow, I’ve been rather busy with the … Continued
First of all I’d like to say thank you to Richard for the freedom to write about whatever takes my fancy, which in this case is about living forever (and mailing lists). Some months ago, I was commissioned by Linux … Continued
Here is the flash fiction. It’s a piece I wrote for a competition a while ago, it features in my short story collection, inspiringly called Flash Fiction, which has just received this review, The challenge for this piece was to … Continued
Finally, after a few months of depression and apathy, I feel ready to get back to some serious writing. Let’s start with a quote, “When a sister hates you, it really is the worst thing in the world.” That was … Continued