April 15th, 2009
I adore Moleskines. I love them for writing, but I struggle to be satisfied with them for sketching. So the once quiet hunt for the ideal sketchbook recently took a turn for the better.
What’s wrong with Molesknes for sketching? The very uniform and predictable paper – which is either a little too heavy or a [...]
June 17th, 2008
Commercial Audiobook distribution is flawed. At one time they were only available on cassette tape (remember those?), now it is CD plus some online distribution using DRM (Digital Rights Management) to prevent piracy. Each of these systems is flawed because they cross the boundaries between books and music.
Readers read books (I know, it’s obvious, but [...]
May 7th, 2008
Chicago airport, Monday, May 5, 2008. Spotted Scott Sigler’s INFECTED novel in the bookstore adjacent to the eating/seating area. What’s delightful in this shot is how INFECTED gets priority placement over Stephen King’s Duma Key. I’d rate that as a result, Scott!
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February 28th, 2008
The above is a shot of what is sat on the corner of my desk right now – and it brings me joy. Despite only relatively recently discovering this hefty tome, I can quite honestly say it is the single most important tool for writing after a pen and paper – I place this book [...]
February 22nd, 2008
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December 13th, 2007
This plugin makes it easy to embed Mevio.com video uploads into your WordPress blog posts.
This is version 1.1 release. It is based on the YouTube Brackets plugin, tweaked for the special needs of the extensive Mevio video embed code. Currently it has only been tested on Wordpress 2.6.2, please report any issues with any other [...]
November 12th, 2007
The idea behind Table Rappers originally developed as a television screenplay sometime around 2002.
At that time, the characters and their world were developed, a television series ‘bible’ created, and second draft screenplays for the first two episodes written.
It is difficult enough for established and experienced writers to break their ideas into production, so after several years of collecting rejection slips and some programmes in a similar genre appearing on both main UK TV channels, I decided to mothball the project for a little while.
September 15th, 2007
One of the biggest blocks to creative writing is the word processor. “Hang on! Surely you aren’t suggesting we go back to the days of quill and parchment?” I hear you cry. No, not quite, but you’re along the right lines.
Writing is re-writing. 10% inspiration, 90% perspiration. And I suspect there are more along similar [...]
December 24th, 2006
After posting the rough watercolour sketch of the volcanic rocks in the sea at Pedra Furada, Madeira (last post, below), I plucked up the courage to put up the rest of the drawings and sketches I did while out there, on my Flickr account.
These works are highly personal, produced [...]
