The Writing Industries Conference was great. I’ve never before met so many writers in one place and in spite of lots of news of the demise of print in recent months the attitudes were mostly positive.
My cartoon cat, Mitchell, is now on Twitter. He’s only just signed up, so god only knows what he’s going to post about. I dread to think.
…I’ve learned that I’ve got to treat it with caution. My first impressions of Twitter were that it simply consisted of sub-trivial nonsense, but I stuck with it and realised that it’s a lot of fun and can also be very useful if you follow the right Twits. People who regularly post links to interesting …
I decided to pull out one of the scenes from the “never to be published”, Call of Cthulhu: Destiny’s End. This takes place near the beginning of the intended game. Emily has taken car keys belonging to her father, Michael, and her new friend, Jacob, is waiting for her. ___ Emily leaves the house with …
I’ve been invited to appear on a panel at the Writing Industries Conference and the Programme has just been annouced. As you’ll see, the day’s event is packed with great discussion panels that are sure to interest a wide range of writers. The programme schedule will appear shortly. The panel I’m appearing on includes Graham …
The trip to Germany was pretty uneventful, although Hannover was really cold when I got there – about -7 degrees centigrade. Thankfully I was met by someone who drove me to the hotel. He was also taking Darius Kazemi to the hotel and it was nice to meet a fellow speaker so soon, especially when …
The trip to Germany was great and I’ll blog about it properly over the weekend. When I got back I’d discovered that I’ve been confirmed for the Writing Industries Conference. This will be very different to the one I’ve just attended and will be pretty exciting to see such a broad range of writing disciplines …
Last night I stayed up late (for me) and spent a little time on bits of a novel that I’ve been fiddling with for some time and yet has not progressed very well at all. Much of the problem has been getting the right tone and voice for it and last night I think I …
The guys at Adventure-Treff posted a compilation video message for the festive season and I contributed to it with a few words. You can view the video here. Much of the compilation I didn’t understand because those parts were in German, but mine and a couple of other parts are in English. I laughed most …
I’ve just posted another in the series, The Life and Times of Charlie the Intelligent Custard. I’m not sure it’s quite working as well as it could do, so I want everyone to help. If you have a great idea for something Charlie could be thinking (keep it short and pithy) then drop me a …
Playgy is the name of a short autobiographical piece I’m working on. Below are the first three paragraphs to give you a flavour. I’m not even sure how I should spell the word “Playgy” as I don’t think anyone ever wrote it down when we were young, back in the nineteen-sixties and early seventies when …
The following is some nonsense I wrote after going to the Write or Die website and trying it out with a 500 word limit and 20 minute time limit. I wrote the 500 words in about 14 minutes. I haven’t edited anything. I don’t know what I’m going to write here, it’s just a test …