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If it’s for my Daughter I’d even Defeat a Demon Lord
An enjoyable excursion into a world of adventurers where top ranking adventurer Dale, becomes guardian to the recently orphaned Latina. Continue reading
Commemorating Kafka
Just to mention that today, 3rd July 2019 is the 136th anniversary for one of my favourite writers: Franz Kafka who was born in 1883, into a middle-class family in Prague – then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. By background he … Continue reading
The UK and Brexit
Nothing can prepare you for the intricacies and myths propounded on this subject (many by people that should know a lot better). What is needed is imaginative thinking that directs the trivial into productive channels while simultaneously dealing with the … Continue reading
Posted in General, Trivia, Writing
Tagged Brexit skit, fairy, Men for the Stars, nosey parker, vampire, Window Lights
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My First Newsletter
I’m starting my first newsletter. Sign up and earn a free download. Plus: you’ll be notified (monthly) on blog updates, book deals, free PDF downloads and news of upcoming titles, and you’ll also get a flavour of SF from Up North … Continue reading
Posted in General, Trivia, Writing
Tagged Angel in my Heart, Dragon Shard, Newsletter, The Turning Stone
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DC Comics: Mystery in Space and other SF
It’s exactly ten years since I started to write. My first novel reached first draft in between the 2008/09 Championship play-off finals (as a result of which Burnley FC were propelled into the Premier League) and the start of the … Continue reading
Dryads gets to draft
Dryads, the last of my Nymph collection, has finally got to draft stage at 33,000 words. For those with a fictional frame of mind, Dryads is set in a place not dissimilar to medieval England – it has a Soke, … Continue reading
Memories of Doris Lessing
While I was trawling my archives for notes I’d made on Sufism in Burnley (in vain so far), an unpolished, unpublished draft post on Doris Lessing came to my attention – I was conscious I hadn’t said all I wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Philosophy, Trivia
Tagged Dark Fantasy, Doris Lessing, Erisse of the Illyany, Idries Shah, Space Fiction, Sufism, Tengrism
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An Office Life 4: Form Design
Form Design (by hand) One of the main issues in running a manual reporting system was form design. While at school, I’d taken price in my mathematical, logical approach to… well things. The thing is, this wasn’t adequate preparation for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bell Woven, Form Design, General Administration, Looms, Newmarket Street Colne, Textiles, Typist Pool, Woven Labels
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Why are there no Aliens near Earth?
Man is a competitive, destructive species. This is one of the prerequisites of survival. Continue reading
An Office Life 3: Office Routine + Jacquard Looms
Office Routine It often seems the case that once you master a technique, you want to apply it everywhere. Harry – I started off calling him Mr. Braithwaite; even though he told me Harry was fine, I always felt more … Continue reading
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Tagged Bell Woven, Looms, Newmarket Street Colne, Textiles, Woven Labels
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