If you have been wondering why I haven’t posted much this year you may get a feel for why in a minute. Like many students I am always looking for a better way to reference things, and by better I mean less effort but still meeting the required standard of my institution (I chose that… [Read more…]
January 24, 2012
I haven’t had much time to do anything creative or even read a book so far this year. Luckily for me I had a partially formed Flash Fiction I started writing that I could modify and have a stab as this week’s Flash Fiction Friday. It is a bit short, but I think it works.… [Read more…]
January 7, 2012
This book is a feature length story based around Edward A. Grainger’s hard-bitten US Marshal Cash Laramie. I’ve seen the name Wayne Dundee before but have never read any of his work. I have to admit I was a bit worried about read a story about a character I enjoy that is written by a… [Read more…]
January 5, 2012
This is the first published novel by Adam Christopher. I’ve met Adam once and he is one of those genuine people, so it is no surprise that he got the chance to pitch for this novel due to impressing The Robot Overlords as a person as well as with his short stories (see the link… [Read more…]
December 24, 2011
I had not considered doing an interview before getting an email from Andy Remic saying that he was looking to advertise his new book Theme Planet. I initially dismissed the idea due to having no idea what questions I should ask, bug then I stopped being a cissy and decided to ask the questions I… [Read more…]
December 23, 2011
I’m crap at reflective practice so this is not an easy post for me. I am going to stick to my usual simplicity, so here I go. My favourite book of the year is surprisingly easy this year. Serial Killers Incorporated (SKINC) by Andy Remic. It may not be one of the most popular books… [Read more…]
December 21, 2011
This story is in response to a cue on the Flash Fiction Friday website. I’m not sure it works how I intended it to so I cut about half of it as it was rambling like a Tom Waits song. Which ties me in nicely to the fact that Tom Waits was mentioned in the post.… [Read more…]
December 13, 2011
One of the interesting people I follow on Twitter is an excellent gritty writer called Thomas Pluck. He is frequently giving a shout out to Flash Fiction Friday. It is a Ronseal name so I won’t insult you by explaining it. This week’s challenge was a road trip. I started thinking back to some of… [Read more…]
December 12, 2011
I recently enjoyed the first two volumes of Cash Laramie’s adventures and actually stated in my review of the second one that there needs to be more Miles Gideon, so I was a happy bunny to receive this book. Unlike the Cash books this is a single story and the story centres around his partner… [Read more…]
December 10, 2011
I have only recently read and reviewed Volume One of these adventures. I was excited to read more, but at the same time I had the usual trepidation I find on starting the second part of a series. They are rarely as good. I’m glad to say that this was one of the exceptions. If… [Read more…]
January 26, 2012
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