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Howdy guys! Well, the fruits of one part of my labour are up and running. Iron Grip: Shards is a new, fictional blog I am running with a colleague. It’s a fantasy-esque storyline set in the wartorn plains of Atelia. Meanwhile, my less definable writing (the good, the bad, and the ugly) is up at...  

I recently read Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. It was an excellent book, carefully structured, interesting, imaginative and with a real heart. The most noticeable thing about it is the way the first half of each story is broken by the start of the next story, until the central story, after which...  

Guys, many many apologies for disappearing off the face of the internet for a while. I’ve been insanely busy with work-related stuff. Anyway, I’m implementing a weekly posting system, so you shall be getting at least one post a week (Tuesdays). As for the work related stuff — well, it’s creative...  

Photo by MJ Mac One of the things that interests me a lot about writing is the way language use has changed and evolved over time. It is only relatively recently that most people are literate. Language has often been used to separate and dominate certain classes, races or groups of people. The...  

Yes - the observant among you will have noticed the move to an even more minimalist layout. Along side that, I finally got around to upgrading my version of wordpress. Enjoy - and let me know what you think!