by Neil | Feb 23, 2016 | Writing
Putting this here so I can find it again easily.
by Neil | Dec 31, 2013 | Diary, Personal, Writing
Today I submitted a short story. It probably won’t get accepted, these things generally don’t first time, but that wasn’t really the point. As 2013 draws to a close, it was one of the ways I have of flipping this awful, dreadful, f***ing furnace of a year the bird....
by Neil | Dec 11, 2012 | Writing
Gareth L Powell tagged me in The Next Big Thing meme that has been going round the internet for a while now. The idea is that you answer some questions about your next book and then tag some other writers to do the same thing. Incidentally, Gareth’s post focuses on...
by Neil | Sep 17, 2012 | Diary, Writing
I’m back. There are blog posts that are easy to write and those that feel like you are picking your way slowly, carefully, through a swamp that may or may not contain something you don’t want to meet. This is one of the latter. So: Open Door… I didn’t make the grade....
by Neil | Aug 13, 2012 | Diary, Writing
I’m putting this here so I can find it again and as a reminder. I have always been a Burton fan from the moment I understood that the voice of the narrator on Jeff Wayne’s brilliant musical version of War of the Worlds was his. Listening to Bragg’s...
by Neil | Jul 15, 2012 | Diary, Writing
Let’s see… When last seen, I was head down for a Certain Deadline and this led to the inevitable radio silence that was May. I sneezed and June had zipped on by. While I was wiping my nose, half of July wandered out the door. So it goes… For the...
