I thought I’d go back to the one thing I’m qualified to talk about this week, and cover off another aspect of writing fighting. I love a good joint … [Read more...]

  I’ve made plenty of mistakes in the past and I’m sure there are plenty more to come. They’ve ranged from the trivial (huh, no underpants … [Read more...]

Alternate blog title: 'Blunt force trauma, your friend and mine!' I watch too much television. As I've gotten busier with writing and work again … [Read more...]

In fiction, especially genre fiction, knives are often seen as a hassle. An inconvenient sign that the bad guy is really bad. The protagonists are … [Read more...]

Before I get into this post I'd like to request a restart of 2016. One where there are no terrorist attacks in Jakarta or anywhere else. One where we … [Read more...]

  I don't know if you've ever written something out in its entirety, then scrapped it and started again but I've done that with this post a … [Read more...]

  I’ve had a big problem for the last six months or so. I would start writing things, but not finish them. I made a half dozen attempts at new … [Read more...]

Hi everyone, I'm afraid this is a recycled blog post from a while back in my writing career. It's by FAR the most popular thing I ever wrote on my … [Read more...]

Like some of the other writers at ELEW I've been thinking a lot about etiquette this month and I've decided I’d like to address a side of writing … [Read more...]

When I was young I had two career ambitions: writer and friendly werewolf. I put the writer thing down to watching my Dad tap away at his ancient blue … [Read more...]

Writing is a strange business. On the face of it writers exist in a world of dreams, both in terms of what we come up with for our stories and in the … [Read more...]