In celebration of the fact that my wife and I managed to snag tickets to the sold-out-almost-immediately gig The Cure are playing at Christmas… The Lovecats also happens to … Read More
Thoughts on the New Doctor
My earliest memories of Doctor Who are of jelly babies and a long scarf so, naturally, Tom Baker is “my” Doctor. Fandom wasn’t as big a business back then as it is now … Read More
Metrics Monday – 10th November 2014
Deep into revisions this week which means a lower word count – 4,051 words. That sounds pretty good but I spent over 14 hours writing to get that. The beginning of … Read More
I admit it. I don’t like editing.
I finally started going through my editor’s changes to Glitch Mitchell and the Unseen Planet today. Basically, I couldn’t think of an excuse not to. Leah (working title) has gone to its editor, the Glitch cover is progressing … Read More
Images from a Writing Retreat (2014)
All of these photos came from the Stanley Hotel Horror Writers retreat I attended a couple of weeks ago. Hard to believe it’s already been two weeks. Creepy Stanley Hotel … Read More
“The world is watching”
As a follow up from the Daisy Chainsaw video from a couple of weeks ago, here’s a track by Queen Adreena (or Queenadreena if you prefer). A pretty representative track … Read More
Metrics Monday – 3rd November 2014
Two updates this week as I missed last week due to my trip to The Stanley Hotel. First up, October 20th-26th A slow start to the week and then the … Read More
Thoughts on a Writing Retreat (2014)
The first Stanley Hotel Writers Retreat was fantastic. Lots of friendly people, good food, a great location and a nice selection of trips and events for anyone who wanted time … Read More
“Back to life, back to reality”
‘Nuff said [“Back to life, back to reality” by Philip Harris first appeared on Solitary Mindset on 29th October 2014]
The Stanley Hotel Writers Retreat
In a few hours , I’ll be flying to The Stanley Hotel in Colorado for a five day horror writing retreat. The Stanley is the hotel that inspired Stephen King … Read More