I have a secret to share.  I actually love the TV show, River Monsters.  For those who have never seen this program it's about a marine...

My lunch breaks at work mostly comprise of eating while flicking through Google news to find out what's going on around the world, foll...

Look at this skull; what do you see? I see a Dragon. I see horns on both its beaked nose and above its eyes - and I'm not the only perso...

My 8 year old neice lost a tooth the other week. As usual she placed the tooth under her pillow and went to sleep dreaming of the tooth fair...

Something a little different today. I thought I'd go with the topic of Assassins this week, to help inspiration for a new short story of...

My thoughts on this topic: I read a blog not so long ago about whether or not your protagonist should appear pleasing to the eye - ie, shoul...

I made a discovery last night. That discovery was the fact that I would never be able to write a piece of serious Sci-Fi. I like Sci-fi, but...

I've always been a bit of a traditionalist, and my taste in art has never been an exception - until today. I've always liked art tha...

Well, after my discovery on Friday of Jason Chan and his fantastic piece, I decided to go home and attempt my own piece. As dipicted in my n...

This week, continuing on with last week's theme of 'dreamscapes', comes a newly discovered artist to my gallery. Christophe Vach...

One word and one word alone inspired today's post. That word? Awesome ! Why? Okay, allow me to explain. Who out there has heard and ever...

I originally saw this picture on a blog that I follow, and I instantly fell in love with it. It's available to download as a wallpaper b...

Hi everyone. As promised, here is the first draft of the opening chapter for my new novel. Feel free to leave feedback if you want (every li...

We set ourselves a little project the other week. We had to take a poem or the lyrics of a song, and convert it into a short story. I'm ...

I had a pleasent surprise last night. Working away on my current piece, I decided to do a word count. I usually do this periodically to know...

I was lucky enough to have a whole week of holiday last week. I spent a week in the sunny West Country known as Devon – even though it was a...