by Neil | Dec 31, 2008 | Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Short Stories, Writing
OK, this is the last list for a while. Probably. As was the case last year I read a ton of really good short stories mainly, it has to be noted, in magazines rather than anthologies. This is a reversal of the previous year where I was pretty much blown away by Joe...by Neil | Dec 31, 2008 | 1980s, Entertainment, Random, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Video, Writing
As 2008 slides into the past and we say hello to 2009 I’m going to travel back to London in a couple of hours. Once I’m back I will be posting my best of 2008 for short stories but in the interim here’s a wonderful piece of 1980’s television...by Neil | Dec 30, 2008 | Fiction, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Urban Fantasy, Writing
So yesterday I got done on Chapter 9. I’ve bid farewell to eighteenth century Boston, I’ve blown up parts of London and the body count is already impressively high. I’ve made changes to the structure of the story, I’m adding in stronger...by Neil | Dec 29, 2008 | Books, Comment, Fiction, Horror, Neil Gaiman, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Science Fiction, Writing
This is the time of year where I go a bit list crazy. This time up it’s the return of the infamous Books What I Read in…, last year we stopped at five but this year I’ve done ten as my reading levels have been a little higher and I just...by Neil | Dec 28, 2008 | Family, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place
Time is not linear, it’s a bendy, twisty, scraggly ball of string type thingy or so Whovians will expound at length given half a chance. However, I am convinced there is some truth in this. How else to explain the loss of three days as if by magic? Christmas Day...