You write a best selling novel that sweeps the world. You are feted and adored as a creative wunderkind, speaking to your generation. The press adores you. Readers hang on your every word. Everyone is beating a path to your door. Including Hollywood. They come a-calling, and buy the rights Continue Reading
"Manhattan in Reverse" – Peter F Hamilton
Britain’s premier writer of grand epic sci-fi has returned with his first collection of short stories since 1998’s A Second Chance at Eden. Of course calling any of the stories ‘short’ isn’t entirely accurate; the first story in the collection, ‘Watching Trees Grow’ goes for almost 90 pages, and the Continue Reading
Albums covers you would rather forget
So I thought this might be a fun way to start the year! I have lots of great ideas for very cool topics, and while those percolate away, in the interim, I thought you’d enjoy checking out album covers of people with unique ideas on how to sell a record.
I love my Scandinavian pop!
It’s 1976, and along with the rest of Australia I had fallen hopelessly, irrevocably (in my case anyway) in love with Swedish superstars ABBA. I loved how they looked, how they talked (with that delightful clipped accent), and most of all, of course, I loved their crisp, bright pop melodies, Continue Reading
Flashing pretty lights! The year in review.
BROWN PAPER KITTENS TIED UP WITH STRING…To finish off a fun year, I’d like to share my favourite pop culture moments off the year. Since I go to see so many movies, concerts, musicals, and buy so many books and CDs, picking the favourites is a challenge but here, after Continue Reading
Once upon a Time
Once Upon a Time is, quite simply, brilliant. I had high hopes for this show which seemed to promise LOST-like intrigue with a postmodern take on fairytales, and it has delivered in spades. It bounces back and forth between the fairy tale characters as we know and love them, and Continue Reading
Aspirational writing: one day I will write
Like so many things that fall victim to our modern action-packed lifestyles, writing can all too easily be consigned to the wish list of life. Though I live to write, and I am practically super glued to my blogs and the novel I am working on, I have been guilty Continue Reading
First trailer for The Hobbit released!
It appears that shooting on the Peter Jackson helmed The Hobbit movies is much more advanced that I thought. In fact enough footage has been shot that they have put together an awesomely great trailer that recalls the wonder and excitement I felt as I watched each of the dazzlingly Continue Reading
On the twelfth day of Christmas… I watched this year’s Warehouse 13 episode "The Greatest Gift"
What a fantastically fun episode! If there’s one thing that a Warehouse 13 episode deliver in spades normally it’s fun. But how much more fun that even those stellar heights was this episode that managed to be heartwarming, comic, and seriously reality-threatening all at once. There’s was just enough schmaltz Continue Reading
On the eleventh day of Christmas… I was given a Kobo e-reader and joined the e-book revolution
Today I powered up the Kobo e-reader I was given for Christmas by my partner and behold it is very good. Now just in case you’re thinking I jumped the gun completely as far as Christmas is concerned (which wouldn’t be an unreasonable assumption given my love of instant gratification), Continue Reading