I've finished posting all the bits of "Sacraments and Oystershells" and am now wondering what to do next. I'm tempted to self-publish SAOS on Kindle for the hell of it, but I'd also like to keep Sorcha's Stories going somehow. I suppose there's always the back catalogue of short stories, but I'm not too sure about some of them ( Read more... )

You may remember back in 2002, I wrote a book through NaNoWriMo. It's sat on my hard disk for years, and I've decided to release it into the wild as a web serial. It'll give me the chance to edit it a bit, and maybe, one day, publish the whole thing as an e-book.

First three chapters are up now at http://sorchamccall.blogspot.com/ and the table ( Read more... )

I spent most of yesterday, and will be spending as much as I can of today, trying to write an article for Ariadne magazine all about overlay journals, data publishing, and the main results and conclusions from the OJIMS project that I was managing last year ( Read more... )

Congratulations! Your recently accepted article, "SPECTRUM EFFICIENCY GAINS RESULTING FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ADAPTIVE TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL IN FIXED TERRESTRIAL LINKS AT 38 GHZ", is now available on the AGU Papers in Press site:

As part of the press hoopla surrounding my trip to Korea as part of the UK delegation for the International Conference on Women in Physics, I have to provide a quote for a press release. The quote should be about how I love physics, how excited I am about conference and how we need more female scientists ( Read more... )

Thanks for all your boredom-busting suggestions and general sympathy guys. You rock ( Read more... )

It doesn't pull any punches, this film. Right from the beginning you're thrown into a world that is scarily familiar, where the threat of terrorism pervades every interaction, and government notices everywhere exhort the viewer to "be aware".

But this isn't our world, yet. ( Cut in case of mild spoilers. I've tried to avoid them, but you never know )

Your wish is my command ( Read more... )

This one's for nearside

( In Avalon )

Points to keep reminding myself:

1) They're song lyrics, not poetry.
2) Perfection is not required for NaAlbWriMo, just quantity.

So, without further ado:

Dark eyed boyIn a dive called Talulah's they drink bathtub gin ( Read more... )