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How to Start Playing D&D for the Total Noob (aka: Me) • Part 2

So, based on the last post I did, you’ve got your setting, you’ve got some friends,…
We Need More Lesbian Knights

In the wake of being made redundant, hopefully scoring a new job with greater prospects, and forever waiting…
Martian Language is Already Being Developed!

Nagin Cox is a first-generation Martian. As a spacecraft engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cox…
Body Positive Panda Feelings

As men and women of all ages suffer self-deprecating thoughts about their physical appearance, it’s easy…
Dragon Age: Inquisition – Worst Wedding Ever

The creative development given to marrying Cullen was weaker than a fart in the breeze.
Getting published: part three

I’m procrastinating by writing this post, let me just put that out there. Click here to read…
Getting Published: part two

Belatedly following on from my last publishing post, about how I met an agent willing to…
Getting Published: Part One

FIRST DATE WITH AN AGENT I’ve done it. I’ve started the journey to publishing my novel,…
Art I Couldn’t Resist From Artist Alley

MCM London Comic Con is already behind us, but as per, it’s Artist Alley I always…
Weather Report: The Basilisk in Your Pasta

The South West of England will continue to see frequent and unpredictable bursts of heavy showers…
Meddling in Muggle Theatre

I applied to be a writer for Hogwarts is Here a couple of years ago, and…
What is Narrative Style? The Condensed Answer

This is something budding writers often ask me. “But what is narrative style? Why is it…
A Writer’s Guide to Building a Steampunk World

FOREWORD: I’m currently moving a lot of my articles from Squidoo over to my blog as…
The Restaurant Owner Who Paid My Tube Fairs

If you follow me on Twitter then you’ll know that this weekend I was working as…
Building strong narratives in the post-apocalyptic genre

I always appreciated—and what I appreciate even more now, in the wake of dozens of…