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Samsung Galaxy SII – extra instructions

When I wrote the original guide – how-to transfer photos from the Samsung Galaxy SII mobile phone to the computer – I left out the steps that happen on your computer because there are now so many versions of Windows floating around. Since then I’ve had a number of people emailing me for help on […]

Review no.10 for Vokhtah – Yes!

I have not been doing much promotion at all recently, especially for Vokhtah, so I was delighted to see that it had a new review. There is always an element of fear in that moment before you start reading a new review, and I admit, I wondered if this would be the one where a […]

The list: 100 Great Science Fiction Stories by Women

Reblogged from It Doesn't Have To Be Right...: Now let the arguing begin... The list below contains 100 pieces of short fiction - short stories, novelettes and novellas - by women writers, published between 1927 and 2012. Each author appears only once. The stories are by no means the best by each writer. In most […]

Storify, Stalkers and Terms of Service

Reblogged from Whatever: Posting (with permission) an e-mail I got from an occasional Whatever commenter, because this seems something worth pointing people's attention to. For reasons that will become clear, I'm trimming out the person's name, although I know who it is and I find them to be credible. At the time of the posting […]

29,750

I just caught that number out of the corner of my eye, and decided I couldn’t let this milestone slip past without mention! That 29,750 is the number of views my blog has had to-date. A big chunk of the almost 20K views I’ve had in 2013 I owe to the Samsung Galaxy SII post. […]

The week that was, or wow I’m wrecked…

I know weeks don’t normally start or end on a Wednesday, but since beginning my new course, Wednesday has become the pivotal point of my week. I’ve just come home from my regular Wednesday class – 9.30 to 3.30, except for today which was 9.30 to 4.30 – and my brain feels like a broken […]

Chatting with author Christie Meierz

I’ve been a sci-fi fan since my late teens – that’s a long, long time – but I’m relatively new to SFR. SFR stands for Science Fiction Romance, and is a sub-genre that fuses sci-fi and romance into an interesting new whole. However getting the balance right is not always easy, or successful. Christie Meierz […]

Ghost in the Machine – by C.E. Kilgore

I’ve just posted this review on Goodreads to complete my commitment to R4R [read-for-review] the book. I’ve agonized over this review and I don’t think I’ll be doing any more R4R’s. I’ve turned comments off. Ghost in the Machine – Goodreads review – 3/5 Expectations can have a profound effect on how someone reacts to […]

If only novels could come with soundtracks!

I have forgotten most of the music theory I learned as a child, but I’ve never forgotten the meaning of 3-4 time because that is waltz time, and waltzes have made me want to dance for decades. Oddly enough, 3-4 time is also synonymous with lullabies, where the music is as soothing as a heart-beat. […]

Need a name for an evil corporation!

My research for Innerscape is coming along nicely, but now I need a name for the evil multinational that developed the food which had such a terrible effect on Miira and other refugees like her. I can’t use the name of a real company, much as I would like to, so I have to make […]