Category: blether
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A face for radio
This writing thing has led to many odd things but, in what is probably the strangest, today I find myself on a podcast. Speculative Spaces Podcast. Local great person, Beth Faulds, has started doing a podcast where she chats to writers (local at present but she’d love to branch out so if you know anyone…
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You, sir, are a rumplefyke.
It was Eastercon at the weekend and, before the happy memories fade, I’ll try to get a few of them down. 1) Being very busy. This was certainly one of the most jam-packed conventions I’ve been to. There were many points on the programme where I would have happily gone to multiple items. I…
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The Eastercon Of Doing Things
It has been a while since I last posted and, with Eastercon fast gambolling towards me I felt I really ought to do an update. Not much to say on the writing front. Much writing is ongoing but no new acceptances. I am building up a nice pile of stories which are either out for…
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2013, the year of the Purple Patch
It being the traditional time of the year for a bit of retrospection I think it is time to take stock and be amazed. I’ve always played with writing but a couple of years ago I decided to step it up and show stuff to the Glasgow Science Fiction Writer’s Circle. Lots of work later…
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World Fantasy Con, or How To Drink Your Way To Fame
I’m on the train leaving Brighton and World Fantasy Con. This is my first Fantasy Con and the po-faced nature of some of the publicity had made me worry it was a bit staid. I could not have been more wrong. I had a brilliant time. Every day was busy and every night long and…