Failing Better
I’m finally surfacing again after doing a full-time job at the same time as producing The Just So Stories for the last couple of months. There’ll be a full update about me-me-me shortly, but in the meantime, why not feast your eyes upon the new trailer for upcoming British horror flick Stormhouse: Stormhouse is written […]
If you haven’t seen this yet, watch it now, because there be spoilers ahead. I’ll wait. Right. So, what’s so good about that then, eh? It’s just a zombie attack done backwards, right? Wrong. It’s a fucking masterpiece of emotional film-making, is what. Let me talk you through it. Fade in close on an eye. […]
Contains spoilers for the first few episodes of Lost and Firefly. Denis McGrath is off to Los Angeles. Possibly for good. And his blog, in its current format at least, is going into the long archive. So as we bid him farewell or au revoir, I want to share something that he brought to my […]
originally posted 10 May 2004 — I generally eat at table. Apparently that’s quite unusual these days. I was raised to have dinner with the family. We would sit down and eat together at the end of the day, and talk about things. My day at school, mum’s day at work, the state of the […]
So, there’s this TV show, right? About a character called Doctor Who. You can tell it’s about a character called “Doctor Who” because the show is called “Doctor Who” and in the credits for the first eighteen years or so, the character is called “Doctor Who”. (Or sometimes Dr. Who. But I think we can […]
At least, not in the way that we understand the word. During my research for Oliver Twist, I came across something that gave me pause. To wit, that Nancy is often referred to in reviews and literary criticism as being a prostitute. Thing is, though, I read the book several times. And I was buggered […]
There are lots of useful blogs and books and videos about how to start your journey as a writer. I’m not going to write about that. What I’m going to do here is recommend a bunch of useful things which will make your life easier, that aren’t exactly about writing itself, or how to make a […]
originally posted 11th April 2004 — So I attended the Game Developers Conference in San Jose a couple of weeks ago. We know a lot about engendering emotion through novels and films. While telling a story in a game uses different methods of presentation (via cut-scenes and in-game dialogue, for example), we don’t need new […]
I went running with the bulls in Pamplona this year. If you’re not aware of this particular pastime, it’s like this: Six bulls run through the streets of the town.You run in front of them, until they catch up.Then you run alongside them and let them pass.That’s it. It’s known in Spain as the encierro, […]