Drabble to Win A Free Copy Of Game Night

I’m currently doing a blog tour to promote the publication of Game Night, in its entirety, on EN World in weekly instalments (you can start reading it here). I’ve just made the latest stop at Ian Sturrock’s Blog, where he first interviews me, and then launches a competition that has a free copy of Game [...]

Art or Memorabilia: A Case Against Modern Art

A lot of people are quite dismissive about modern art, typically arguing that artists should produce “paintings” of actual things: portraits, landscapes, still lives. When it comes to people like Michael Landy, who has just installed his Art Bin at the South London Gallery, public reaction is often quite dismissive.
So is Michael Landy an artist, [...]

Last Night’s Game…

After a hiatus caused by my lack of broadband before, over and through Christmas and New Year, we resumed gaming last week. It’s still going pretty well, albeit it with the occasional interesting visual effect.

This wasn’t actually the best one; the best one – which I missed with the camera – was when General Tangent [...]

I Will Be At Odyssey 2010 (a.k.a. Eastercon)

I’m very pleased to announce that not only will I be attending Odyssey 2010, this year’s Eastercon, but that I’ll be on a panel too: a discussion on “Humour in SF” that’s provisionally scheduled for 11am on the Monday morning. I’ll post again when I have more details of the panel, or if the time [...]

Why Snow Buggers Up 21st Century UK: A Theory

We (the UK) are currently in the grip of a meteorological disaster that has paralysed our entire country. Or to put it another way, a few inches of snow has fallen and everything’s consequently turned to shit. Roads are blocked, buses are cancelled, trains are delayed, and schools and businesses are closed – often because [...]

And The Result…

Great. Still strips out apostrophes. Still therefore totally useless. And as a bonus feature, the photo did not (see what I had to do there?) appear.
Bugger.

Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three

Well after nearly a month in which I havent blogged, due to a combination of being away, having no Internet access when I wasnt away, and not really having anything to say…
…I still havent anything to say.
But I do have a new WordPress client app on my iPhone to test.
And thats pretty much it. But [...]