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February 23, 2010
Past, Present, Future
No idea who I should credit this piece of art to, but it's great: Eisenhorn and his merry band, past and present. Aaron D-B found it for me, so a big round of applause for him.
Speaking of AD-B, if you're done with this view of past and present, and you're interested in finding out how the future is shaping up, you may want to zip over to his blog and check out his horoscopes.
February 21, 2010
Dear Ryan (part three)
Dear Ryan
I know this letter is a little overdue - my apologies.
We were talking about writing. One thing I've found gets recommended an awful lot by professional writerly types is the process of setting your completed work aside and then coming back to it after an interval, so you can examine it with fresh eyes. This sounds like a damn fine idea to me, but I seldom get to practise it because deadlines are so tight. I don't finish a manuscript and then put it in a drawer for six months to matu...
I know this letter is a little overdue - my apologies.
We were talking about writing. One thing I've found gets recommended an awful lot by professional writerly types is the process of setting your completed work aside and then coming back to it after an interval, so you can examine it with fresh eyes. This sounds like a damn fine idea to me, but I seldom get to practise it because deadlines are so tight. I don't finish a manuscript and then put it in a drawer for six months to matu...
February 20, 2010
Three Funky and Fun Things To Do On Saturday
1. Put on some comfortable clothes, relax, and then read and enjoy the loveliness of this little trail here. Then wash it down with this perfectly formed review.
2. Hie yourself over to Aaron Dembski-Bowden's blog and enjoy the ass off his recent post about the Black Library Live/Horus Summit.
3. Dash to your local newsagent or vendor and buy a copy of today's Guardian. The Review section has a particularly good feature where some very famous writers give their top ten writing tips. It's great ...
2. Hie yourself over to Aaron Dembski-Bowden's blog and enjoy the ass off his recent post about the Black Library Live/Horus Summit.
3. Dash to your local newsagent or vendor and buy a copy of today's Guardian. The Review section has a particularly good feature where some very famous writers give their top ten writing tips. It's great ...
February 19, 2010
Sci-FiNow...now!
SciFiNow, that splendid journal of SF, fantasy, horror and cult TV, interviewed me this week for their next issue, but before I could even blink, the interview was already up on their website. I tell you, it's like living in the future. I say it here, it comes out there.
Also, this just in: IGN's 8.5 review of Guardians of the Galaxy. Take heed! Spoiler warnings!
Also, this just in: IGN's 8.5 review of Guardians of the Galaxy. Take heed! Spoiler warnings!
February 16, 2010
Also in the weekend post...
...a makes-it-all-worthwhile review, which can be found here.
Things To Do At The Weekend #2: Forget Things
I forget names. We'll come back to that, though it's important. Who are you again?
I was going to go Blog-Zing crazy yesterday with stuff about BLL, but after my first post I realised I was tired and firing on about one-and-a-half cylinders, so it was time to sit down. Sorry about that. Still, that first post got bundles of great comments out of you, some of which reminded me about the forgetting names thing I've been meaning to mention.
Here's one dude I do know the name of. Russ welcomes you ...
I was going to go Blog-Zing crazy yesterday with stuff about BLL, but after my first post I realised I was tired and firing on about one-and-a-half cylinders, so it was time to sit down. Sorry about that. Still, that first post got bundles of great comments out of you, some of which reminded me about the forgetting names thing I've been meaning to mention.
Here's one dude I do know the name of. Russ welcomes you ...
February 15, 2010
Things To Do For The Weekend #1: Plot Overthrow Of Imperium
What a great weekend. Normal blogging service will be resumed as soon as possible, but before that, I want to share some of the fun that was Black Library Live AND the latest Horus Heresy planning summit.
Let's start with a shot of the chamber known as The High Lords Of Terra. This is one of the key sanctum sanctorum rooms in GW headquarters, where we gathered on Friday for our Horus Heresy Summit. And, yes, it's got a giant aquila across the windows
In the second shot, some of the High Lords b...
Let's start with a shot of the chamber known as The High Lords Of Terra. This is one of the key sanctum sanctorum rooms in GW headquarters, where we gathered on Friday for our Horus Heresy Summit. And, yes, it's got a giant aquila across the windows
In the second shot, some of the High Lords b...
February 11, 2010
(BL) Live and kicking!
The long-anticipated Black Library Live day coming up this Saturday, so see you there if you're going. Warning: the event may cause a slight hiatus in blog posts (by which I mean a slight hiatus by my new regular-as-fibre standards) depending upon hotel internet access. I'll be thinking of things to blog at the very least.
Before I dash away now, here's another rather lovely comics review (follow the link and scroll down to click Nova/Guardians of the Galaxy on The Pull List). It's nice when s...
Before I dash away now, here's another rather lovely comics review (follow the link and scroll down to click Nova/Guardians of the Galaxy on The Pull List). It's nice when s...
February 9, 2010
Clickety-clack (again!)
Once again, Marvel deadlines have kept me too busy to write the next part of "Dear Ryan". That's coming soon. In the meantime, big thanks to Dju, my French translator, for passing along the following news item. It would appear that a certain someone has run mad again...
Irishman urinated on French bread in protest at Henry handball, court told (ROSCOMMON, IRELAND)
A drunken unemployed plasterer who was found urinating on the French loaves section of a large supermarket in protest at the...
Irishman urinated on French bread in protest at Henry handball, court told (ROSCOMMON, IRELAND)
A drunken unemployed plasterer who was found urinating on the French loaves section of a large supermarket in protest at the...
February 6, 2010
Dear Ryan (part two)
Dear Ryan
I'm back, and this time I've brought a bag full of the bleeding obvious.
If you want to write, you've got to write (yeah, don't groan, I said today was Bring A Bag Of The Bleeding Obvious To Work Day, didn't I?). It's as simple as that. If you want to be an actor, or a rock star, and you can't get a part in a play, or an audition for a band, then there are mitigating circumstances for you not acting or rock-starring. Except for "I haven't got a pen", there are no excuses for not writ...
I'm back, and this time I've brought a bag full of the bleeding obvious.
If you want to write, you've got to write (yeah, don't groan, I said today was Bring A Bag Of The Bleeding Obvious To Work Day, didn't I?). It's as simple as that. If you want to be an actor, or a rock star, and you can't get a part in a play, or an audition for a band, then there are mitigating circumstances for you not acting or rock-starring. Except for "I haven't got a pen", there are no excuses for not writ...
