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The (Election) Night Lingers…. (and other stories)
Posted on May 8, 2015 5 Comments
It’s Election night and we are gutted already, but we are staying up to see in the (possibly less than) Brave New World. In the meantime, it feels like as good a time as any to announce that I have taken the plunge as an Indie author and published my first book. It’s a (short) […]
Some advice for writers
Posted on April 28, 2015 2 Comments
Start by imagining a trance soundtrack. Something like the backdrop to that speech about wearing sunscreen. You can play the original in the background, if you want to. Then I can explain. WRITE Don’t listen to other writers. Or listen to them fine and then ignore it all later. Or listen to them and take them very seriously and […]
Getting overcarried
Posted on April 24, 2015 1 Comment
Today I got overcarried. That is a word; not a spelling mistake. It’s a word I’d never come across before today and having it happen to me has renewed my faith in human nature. What happened was that I missed my stop on the train to work. I should get off at Leicester, where I […]
What’s Your First Draft Like? – Cally Taylor
Posted on April 24, 2015 2 Comments
Originally posted on Rebecca Bradley:
Today I’m really pleased to welcome Cally Taylor onto the blog. Cally lives in Bristol with her partner and young son. Born in Worcester, she studied for a degree in Psychology at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle. Her debut psychological thriller THE ACCIDENT was published in the UK by Avon…
STARCROSS: online screening
Posted on April 9, 2015 Leave a Comment
I was very lucky last year to be asked to be involved in some really cool projects. One of the best of these was STARCROSS, a short film I wrote for director Ash Morris. Ash often says ‘I’m just a lad from Stoke.’ Well, he’s a very talented lad from Stoke. He used Kickstarter to fund […]
The righteous block?
Posted on March 1, 2015 6 Comments
I’ve had a couple of incidents this week on the Internet that have really quite upset me and I guess that’s what has inspired this blogpost. I’m not going to name names. This isn’t about shaming anyone involved, nor about continuing the arguments that have moved me to write this. I’m interested generally in Internet […]
A cat of one’s own
Posted on January 26, 2015 Leave a Comment
As per my previous post about my plans for 2015, I have started to use my YouTube channel far more seriously. I even recorded a vlog, which is something I’ve never done before, and my cat (The Dream Tiger) was determined not to be left out! This is what inspired me to repost my #catstory […]
The Dream Tiger and the Shed
Posted on January 26, 2015 Leave a Comment
Originally posted on transcendental swimming:
Last night, the most extraordinary thing happened to me. It was so odd that I was driven this morning to try to capture the moment for others. I tweeted the story, but I am collating it here to keep it all in one place, and in a readable order. Apologies…
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