I am belligerently positive about a lot of things and TV drama is one of them. We’re in the opening years of what’s either the second golden age of TV drama or a Silver Age which will be even better. And thematically appropiate given just how much fun The Flash has been in its first …
This year was defined by a parade of pleasant gaming surprises for me. Until Dawn, Dying Light and Submerged were all wonderful gaming experiences with very little in common besides that enjoyment. Dying Light was way more narratively chewy and interesting than it first looked, Until Dawn was a magnificent, variable outcome classic horror movie …
Cast of Wonders, Marguerite’s award winning YA podcast and the fourth arm of the Escape Artists fleet, has just reopened to submissions! The new guidelines tell you everything you need to know and are here. And the Christmas episode, Marley and Cratchit by David Steffen and read by my dad, Ian Stuart, is available here.
This was a pretty interesting year for movies. For me it was the year I realized that Amazon Prime and Netflix are great for trawling for fun but ultra low budget movies, slightly past due blockbusters and interesting middle ground stuff. I saw a lot of movies through them, including Parallels, The Reconstruction of William …
Happy almost end of a solar orbit! As the year draws to a close I’ll be putting up my Best Ofs of 2015. At the top of each post will be a link to the Pinterest board connected to them, every cover and title will be an Amazon buy link so if something sounds fun, …
Today’s post comes to us from Harry Illingworth. An associate agent at the DHH Literary Agency and Marketing and Communications Manager for Goldsboro Books, Harry is an endlessly enthusiastic Agent with a keen eye for what he wants. And here he is: I’m Harry Illingworth, Associate Agent at D H H Literary Agency, and I’m on …
One of the things I’m proudest of this year is breaking into audiobook narration, and that’s entirely thanks to Ghostwoods Books. Ghostwoods do great work, including a genuinely brilliant anthology of Lovecraftian fiction called Cthulhu Lives! Edited with huge care and attention by Salomé Jones, it’s a collection of stories that explore the exact sort …
One of the genuinely brilliant parts of my job is that I get to talk to some incredible people. This week is no exception. I’m the guest host on the next couple of episodes of Writer’s Roundtable, joining the force of nature that is Dave Robison. First up, this week, is the 20 minute spotlight …
Podcasting: Writer’s Roundtable with Dave Robison and David Nickle
Happy New Comics Day! Every week I review stuff over at Travelling Man’s blog. Here are six of the things that have caught my eye recently. Any of those catch your eye? Here’s the UK List of Comic Stores and here’s Comixology. They’l help you out. Also if you want to …
A couple of days ago I ran a review of the excellent The Last Witness by KJ Parker. I also interviewed Parker about the novel, art fraud and how that connects to good fantasy worldbuilding. How did you find writing to novella length? Did it change your style or process at all? I would …