Breathlessly Back to Acadamie
The alarm rang at 5.30 this morning - yes, it’s Summer term. Having done a 58-hour week last week (some holiday) it’s hard to notice any difference. I left the house at 7.30, and caught the train into...
View ArticleBooks, Books, Everywhere…
At the last count, I have eleven of them scattered across my dining room table. Jestse de Vries’ Shine, The Language of the Night by Ursula K. Le Guin, Gothic Romanced by Fred Botting, Julian Symons’...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Synchronicity
I’m onto the last section of the first draft of my Text Analysis for Genre – just crime left to do now. The downside is that I’m already 400 words over target, despite cutting the SF section down to...
View ArticleBlackbird Update
It’s going to be a relatively short blog today. I’ve finally finished the last assignment for uni; I spent 45 hours last week –out of a 64 hour total– working on that damned essay, but now I’ve...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Film Evening
Those of you who read my blog regularly will know that I’ve been taking as one of my electives the Planning & Making A Film module, which includes a separate film blog. Last night came the big...
View ArticleFinal Stats on Hours Worked
The final stats for the academic year 2010-11… Awaaaaay back at the beginning of December, I blogged about keeping a track of how many hours I worked each day and on each subject; the four modules that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Workshopping at Alt.Fiction
As I posted about three weeks ago, I’ll be one of about a dozen or so writers conducting one hour workshops at Alt.Fiction on the 25th and 26th of June. Others include Dan Abnett, Tony Ballantyne, Paul...
View ArticleClik here to view.
More On Workshopping & AltFiction
Only three days now until I take my first workshop at AltFiction. If you’re interested to see who else is teaching what subjects at the event, read on. And full details are here. Saturday the 25th...
View ArticleThis Last Week
On Saturday, I indulged a little home-assembled time travel. I managed to blag a spare ticket from a friend to the 2011 Graduation Day, and a foretaste of what I may be doing in one year’s time –...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Your Brain Is Like A Battery
One of the most commonly asked questions that writers are asked is “Where Do You Get Your Ideas?” Cover for Damage Time by Chris Moore Before I answer that, I’m going to digress: Ideas are the easy...
View Article
