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The Incremental Growth of Lucy, and Some Random Thoughts
Found an hour and a bit of time last night, and poured just over 700 words into Project Lucy. Nice! Good words too, which makes me feel quite happy given that a sustainable target when writing 1st draft is supposed to be about 500 words/hour. Now, for some random...
Today’s Gauntlet Fuel…
...is mostly for Peter M Ball, but too good not to share. You may remember this song from about 10 years ago, but I bet you don't remember the GODDAMN MAD MAX FILM CLIP. Awesome.
Brilliant
The Medieval Ski-Glove Smack-Down
So yeah, Gauntlet, steely fists etc. I have officially succeeded in getting a whole bunch of little things done by procrastinating on the one big scary task, which I count as a partial win due to achieving stuff. But with no excuses left, I have embarked upon my...
From the depths of Gauntlet 2011
Working every night, and not faffing around online. Being in the right mindset is good, and consistent productivity is a good feeling. Have polished up and sent out a formidable phalanx of short story submissions...struck at the trunk stories with a vengeance, in...
Because I haven’t broken anyone’s brain lately
new review at ScaryMinds
The good folk at Scary Minds have just reviewed issue #2 of Jason Paulos' comic "EEEK!". My story "The Harvest" appears in this issue, of which the reviewer says: "Our first story kicks off a duo of Science Fiction orientated nasties that will have most readers...
The Gauntlet is DOWN
The origins of the Gauntlet are somewhat lost to the mists of time, but sometime after Clarion South 2007, a bunch of us survivors slapped the bejesus out of each other with virtual metal gloves, challenging one another to write like one possessed, cranking out a...
From the mind of a deep thinker
If a rebellious commoner in revolutionary France wore happy pants, would he be a Comic Sans Culottes?
Confessions of a double-spacer
Oh yes, I'll admit it. I'm a dirty double-spacer, and everytime I hit a full stop, it's automatically followed with a rapid tap-tap! of that big key on the bottom. I've been typing like this since forever, the practise instilled into me during typing class at high...
Because January is video game month
Some time ago, I came to the realisation that, if I wanted to be a professional writer, I was going to have to sacrifice my one great love, the humble video game. Given that I favour time-sucking strategy games and RPGs, this was a wise decision. However, all work and...
Review – “gunning for a tinkerman”, Aurealis #44
A review of Aurealis Magazine #44 has just been posted over at Suz's Space, covering the issue which contains my 2nd jesusman story, "gunning for a tinkerman". She says: "All of these stories were top quality. There were a couple that stood out and screamed “write a...