X-Men: First Class – the whipped horse is reborn

June 20, 2011 Jeremy 0

After the debacle that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, you’d be forgiven for thinking that perhaps the X-Men franchise was best left to lie for a while. Never let it be said however that Hollywood is unwilling to beat a dead horse; out come the whips to give us X-Men: First Class. Except somewhere along the way, they actually made a classy, fun, interesting film.

Getting published

May 5, 2011 Jeremy 0

My friend George Ivanoff, for his blog Literary Clutter, has asked me to write several hundred words on my first paid publication. My story “Such […]

End of NaNoWriMo

December 2, 2010 Jeremy 0

So, I didn’t make 50,000. I didn’t because I got half way through the month, at roughly 18,000 words, and realised I wasn’t writing the […]

Research

November 21, 2010 Jeremy 0

If I take anything from NaNoWriMo – more on that in a moment – it should be that I should write what I know, at […]

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Day 14: Almost half way

November 15, 2010 Jeremy 0

The last two days I’ve not written a word. I struggle to find a reason beyond just “I can’t be bothered”. Admittedly the first day […]

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Day 12: Struggling

November 13, 2010 Jeremy 0

While yesterday the words flowed reasonably easily, today… not so much. And I face the second of my two night shifts. My brain is oh […]