Camp NaNo 2015

June 25th, 2015

Not sure it can happen, but I am going to try with voice recognition software.

Going to be based on a dream I had.

The Doomsday Collection

June 18th, 2015

Due to head injuries I think that for now the work on polishing the Doomsday Collection will have to wait 🙁

I am still hoping to have physical copies out this year but will will just have to wait and see!

Scudding – Picture a Story

June 11th, 2015

Scudding Sky

Picture a story is a writing exercise for fellow writers – I post my photos, images and drawings as inspiration. Try looking at the picture and then setting yourself a timer or maybe plan a short story around it.

Concussion

June 4th, 2015

I hit my head whilst dancing at an event – on going issues hopefully be back to normal soon.

What a Pudding – Picture a Story

May 28th, 2015

Picture a story is a writing challenge. Use the image below to kick start a story.

Pink hair, cloak and christmas pudding hat, Alaric's New Year walk in the Forest of Dean

Pink hair, cloak and Christmas Pudding hat – what is he up to?

Stranger on the Bridge – Picture a Story

May 20th, 2015

Picture a story is a writing challenge that I post for other writers and myself – now get writing! 😉

The wonders cross the bridge

Where are they going? Who are they?

Catch Up with the Challenges

May 15th, 2015

So the kids ideas I have been generating and working on and comic book progress are over on Orange Monster.

And I also have a page for the concept sketches for The Punk’s Universe 🙂 Here.

NaPiBoWriWee 2015

May 4th, 2015

The beginning of may always sees one of the madnesses that is the writing and creative challenges that I love so much. This time it is National Picture Book Writing Week where the idea is to write a picture book a day for seven days – it is intense but productive 🙂

I tend to follow this on with a month of illustration type stuff – the last few years I have focused on the comic book stuff and may well do that again this year 🙂

Scripting Success :D

April 30th, 2015

I completed this years script and worked a lot on previous scripts – applied for comic book fairs and got my comic book script questions answered by Neil Gaiman – this is SUCCESS 😀

Story Starters

April 23rd, 2015

These are beginnings of stories you can use to get yourself writing 🙂

1) The lights blinked and flickered in the night, the bustle of the city had a greasy feel to it

2) It was the bowls club annual, there would be a tournament followed by lemonade and then a meal in the club house

3) Severed hands and feet kept turning up all over the city

4) The young monk knelt on the dusty step, already the sun was pulsing white over head, he gave the child the frozen bottle

5) The square peaked cap state on his head, he was red flushed and happy