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Elric of Melniboné ≠ Geralt of Rivia

For a while, there seems to be have been some flack flying around claiming that Geralt is a direct clone of Elric. I’ve not paid it much mind, personally. I have been a long standing fan of Moorcock’s Eternal Champion books. I only got into the Witcher after watching the Netflix show, then buying WitcherContinue reading “Elric of Melniboné ≠ Geralt of Rivia”

Scare the Cat

Blake Snyder’s story beats have proved useful to me in the past in helping me structure a longer piece of fiction. In my current work in progress, I’m using them to structure a thriller of sorts. But I have been writing horror on the side too. Snyder’s structure doesn’t quite work for horror though. NotContinue reading “Scare the Cat”

The Lies We Writers Tell Ourselves

Tale Foundry released the second in a new series of writing tips a few days ago while I was being rained on in Northumbria. Having watched it, the Tale Foundry group hits on several lies that have snuck into my thinking in the past What do you think of this video? Anything they should haveContinue reading “The Lies We Writers Tell Ourselves”

NaNoWriMo GO!

National Novel Writing Month – Everyone is talking about it on Twitter and Facebook. It is November and now everyone is scrambling to make 1,667 words a day. Everyone, that is, except me. And why not me? Because I am making NaNoWriMo work for me rather than really participating in the event like some panickedContinue reading “NaNoWriMo GO!”

Don’t get it right…

I used to have a bit of a problem. No, wait! Dn’t go. I promise this isn’t some sort of horrendous personal issue or pictures of my weird junk! I swear. No, my problem was I had to make sure every paragraph, every sentence, every damn word… was perfect. Editing was what other people didContinue reading “Don’t get it right…”

Eye on the Eye of the World

I finished Eye of the World by Robert Jordan and reviewed it very recently. And THEN I bumped into some content on Youtube. Typical. Daniel Greene’s Review… Daniel Greene is a total Wheel of Time fanboy, but gives fair reviews. I really like his content on his Youtube channel. His review of Eye of theContinue reading “Eye on the Eye of the World”

Let’s Review: Eaters of the Dead

One of my favourite films of all time is ‘The 13th Warrior’ by the director responsible for Predator (the good one), Die Hard (the Christmas Movie) and The Hunt for Red October. 13th Warrior was his last movie before he ended up in prison for lying to the FBI. Regardless of that, I have alwaysContinue reading “Let’s Review: Eaters of the Dead”

NaNoWriMo Cometh!

The Importance of Realistic Goals National Novel Writing Month – those words often send a chill down the spine of any writer who has tried the challenge before. Thirty one days. Fifty thousand words. Sounds doable. Having done one of these challenges before, though, and not working a traditional 9-5 job (more like a 8-6Continue reading “NaNoWriMo Cometh!”

What I’m reading now & Bonus Updated Reading List

Having finished ‘Eye of the World’ by Robert Jordan, I went to the stacks that pass for bookshelves in my house and had so many different titles to choose from. There was The Great Hunt (Robert Jordan – Wheel of Time #2) The Dragon Reborn (Robert Jordan – Wheel of Time ~3) The Handmaid’s TaleContinue reading “What I’m reading now & Bonus Updated Reading List”

Finished. At Last.

Lets Review: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan Nearly eight hundred pages of description, dialogue, action, edge-of-the-seat tension and infected nightmares. And that list doesn’t even scratch the surface of what Jordan has offered. It has taken me just over three weeks to read this book with all of Life happening around meContinue reading “Finished. At Last.”