Watching some TV last night. Chris wanted to play guitar hero, but I got sucked into the repeat of "The Doctor's Wife", which is my favourite Who episode of the last season. When it finished, he was still messing about with the washing up, so he decided to flick to another channel, something I wouldn't start watching and not be able to tear ( Read more... )

It’s been many years since I’ve read Mary Norton’s “Borrowers” books, although when I was a child I loved this world of tiny people and their remarkable ingenuity, living beneath the houses of “human beans” and borrowing what they needed to survive. There’s always a danger that a film studio will take a much-loved book and make a hash of it, and ( Read more... )

It's my Grandad's birthday, and I forgot to buy him a card *blush* Going out to do that in a minute ( Read more... )

I have finished "Corpse Flight"! - yay! And only 700 words too long :) If anyone wants to beta and has time to do it before monday morning, please comment and I'll send you a copy ( Read more... )

*Yes, that is a deliberate typo*

For those who don't know, a brief history of Joey and the Killer Robots from the Future.

Terminator - lovelovelovelovelove The Terminator! One of the best movies ever, formative (and possibly bad) influence on my writer, just bliss. I can watch it over and over. (Kyle Reese was a major early crush too, so that ( Read more... )

22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you've never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not ( Read more... )

( The meme in full )

Local bowling alley/cinema is only having a Labyrinth singalong and fancy dress night!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=329942695660&ref=nf

I'm soooo there!

My dad took me to see Labyrinth in the cinema when it can out. Can I get a "squeee!"?

30 Day writing meme, day 2!

2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females ( Read more... )

I want to run to the postbox with a submission and get the Radio Times, but I'm waiting in because we're due to have a parcel delivered (I believe it's *something secret* for *somebody* ;). Only I'm not sure if the postmen are on strike. Apparently some are, some aren't, and you'll either get post, or you won't ( Read more... )