by Neil | May 26, 2011 | Diary, Writing
Ideas can flash from anywhere. I mentioned before that I was blocked on the idea front for a while and my relief that these are now starting to bubble up again. Thing about ideas is that you can’t control when they occur but that moment of clarity that it is a) an...
by Neil | May 25, 2011 | Personal
There are books that make writing fiction (or writing anything) sound like a deep and mysterious art practiced by a higher form of intellectual being. Frequently, such material is written by someone you have never heard of with a handful of credits from a list of...
by Neil | May 20, 2011 | Comment, Diary, London
Social media bleeds into meatspace far too often in London. Try as I do, I still fall foul of the repeated error, usually on my way into work half asleep, of seeing people I know through either twitter or blogging and reacting as if I know them in the real world when...
by Neil | May 17, 2011 | Diary, Writing
It’s been something of a relief to me that in recent weeks I have started to have new ideas. It’s something of a dirty little secret but over the last twelve months I’ve really not devoted any time to this* as I wound up tying myself in knots trying...
by Neil | May 16, 2011 | Comedy, Video
Some humour for you, this Monday morning. The Star Wars satire doing the internet rounds right now is this. But for me this will always be the best: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MMAoOPa0Pg] Enjoy.
