Back in 2019 (yes, I am aware I’ve told this story before), I started a journey. It began as a piece of… well, not fan fiction, for it was an original piece of work, but it was a story for my website. I developed it during quiet periods at work, and at home. I was […]
I want to introduce you to my publishers, namely the good people of Jumpmaster Press! Jumpmaster Press have a huge selection of sci-fi and fantasy stories from a wide range of authors, including Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actor Armin Shimerman. Jumpmaster Press have given me an opportunity and they have helped me to hone […]
That’s the idea behind the forums, which can be found here. Well, ok, maybe not unlimited – I mean, we’re bound to disagree, and I welcome robust discussions! If you are interested, sign up – but by all means browse first to see if there are topics of interest, and feel free to create topics […]
I figured it wouldn’t hurt to put all the ways and means of contacting/interacting with me in one, easy to find place – in case the social media links weren’t obvious enough. An important project is The Coalition of the Brave. New contributors are always welcome. You can catch me on Facebook. You’ll definitely catch […]
I recently posted about the idea that former US president Donald Trump is being persecuted, and why I believe that idea is preposterous. I wrote that post because Citizen Tom decided to dissect a comment I’d made elsewhere. Tom duly responded to that post, but it’s the comments on Tom’s post that I am more […]
So… this is sort of meta? WordPress has a daily prompt feature, and sometimes I’ve used it, though a lot of the prompts I use are inspired by suggestions/web-browsing. I’m rather glad to have largely avoided the WordPress Prompt, because I’ve noticed a lot of repetition of late. In particular, there’s the ‘list’. ‘List 30 […]
In the wake of what is the fourth arrest/arraignment/indictment/whatever of Donald Trump (I think it’s the fourth, there seems to be a new case every week), I have seen posts that would have us believe Trump is a victim, that his fight is for justice, and for the common man. Everyone is of course entitled […]
The humble toilet. A familiar sight across many households, and something we are all quite familiar with (I certainly should be, considering I sell the things!). We all know what goes on when we use a toilet, and whilst we don’t openly discuss the, ah, unpleasantries, they are a fact of life, natural bodily functions, […]
As I write this, the England Women’s national team is engaged in a penalty shootout with Nigeria, in the Round of 16 at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. They would go on to win the shootout 4-2, and book their place in the quarter-finals. An England team winning a penalty shootout […]
This is the question posed by my friend Ariel Lynn, of Writing Radiation. She posed it as a comment on a previous prompt, which was about music at work. The answer is… none! Well ok, the answer is ‘mostly none’. You see, I do a fair bit of my writing (be it for stories or […]
Wow. This time last year, my family and I were in Menorca. The weather there was usually above 30C every day. Even here in the UK, we had a few occasions where the weather touched 40C in August, and it was generally quite hot all summer long. Flash-forward to this latest Meerkat Muse, and things […]
Now, you may be thinking ‘I know all about that lovable cartoon character’, but what if I told you I was writing about a completely different Timon? You see, Timon is the name of an individual who lived waaaaaaaaay back in Ancient Greece. It’s believed he was alive at some stage between 431 BC and […]
Lest the descriptions and pictures in this post be called ‘food porn’, let it be said there’s a faintly serious edge to this prompt, and it is inspired by something I wrote virtually two decades ago. Frivolous lawsuits can a source of amusement, but they can also be irritating. It turns out their very existence […]
Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day back on the 5th of August was ‘antihero’, and I think by now we all know of antihero characters across fiction! The most obvious example I can think of would be the popular comic-book character Venom, who has gone from outright to villain, to a protagonist who operates largely out […]
Are we now winding down summer? I hope not. Let's have one final hot burst please.
It's another sweaty one folks!
I recently posted about the idea that former US president Donald Trump is being persecuted, and why I believe that idea is preposterous. I wrote that post because Citizen Tom decided to dissect a comment I’d made elsewhere. Tom duly responded to that post, but it’s the comments on Tom’s post that I am more […]
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