by Neil | Oct 12, 2007 | Fiction, Free Online Fiction, Friday Flash Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Regular readers: Sorry this is so late but I’m having a bit of a shocker. It’s also a bit raw as a result. I’ll post the pretty graphic image that illustrates my Bad Day later. You know to frame it: My Bad Day. Hope you enjoy, sorry if it sucks. A...by Neil | Oct 11, 2007 | Entertainment, Film, Guillermo del Toro, Movies, Pan's Labyrinth, Review
I finally got round to watching this after it sitting in a box in my house for months. It was well worth the wait. Mark Kermode called it the best film of 2006, I rarely agree with Mark but on this one he was dead right – it wasn’t just the best film of...by Neil | Oct 8, 2007 | Fiction, Free Online Fiction, Neil Gaiman, Not Friday Flash Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Writing
Last week I tried to be organised and to write my Friday Flash Fiction before Friday. And I did. I also then forgot it, having been none to impressed with it in the first place, and so I had to write a brand new one that became “A Bit of a Pickle”. Anyway...by Neil | Oct 7, 2007 | Fiction, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Writing
After a week or so of deliberation I have decided to participate in National Novel Writing Month in November. Inspired by StrugglingWriter who is also participating and swung in no small way by the involvement of a certain fantasy writer I occasionally blog about. The...by Neil | Oct 7, 2007 | genetic engineering, Science, Science Fiction, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Thoughts
I came across this link on an expected announcement by Craig Venter yesterday: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/oct/06/genetics.climatechange As he prepares to bring artificially designed life into the world, without any wider philisophical debate as to the...