Monthly Archives: October 2019

I went to see the sea

I promised myself that once I had finished all my new editions, updated my website, etc, etc (all those things a writer is supposed to do that isn’t writing), I would go and stand on a beach and look at … Continue reading

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How to focus when writing

Last Wednesday I sat down for the first time in four months to do some Real Writing.  Having spent the summer working on my website, my brand, my new editions and a million other admin-type things, it was a relief … Continue reading

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Book Review: Blue Mars

Finishing the Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy is a mark of honour, rather like being able to say you’ve read War and Peace or all seven volumes of Proust.  With ten years between each volume, I can’t say this series … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Star Trek

The title of this post makes it look as if I’m about to review the entire Star Trek universe.  And by golly, it’s an enormous universe!  The original series, the next generation, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise.  Not to mention the movies, … Continue reading

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