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I’m not new to the concept of Cosplay and multi-media conventions. Last year I attended MCM Expo in London, along with Rob Curley and Stephen Downey, because our comic Jennifer Wilde was nominated for an Eagle Award. It’s one of the biggest cons of this type in the UK, and they got about 60,000+ people through the door. I thoroughly enjoyed the ( Read more... )

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Last night I heard from Amal El-Mohtar and Jessica P. Wick, the editors of Goblin Fruit, that they are buying my poem, "The Solace of Dark Places", for their Spring 2010 issue. I will also do a recording of the poem for the web site ( Read more... )

Another Thursday, another piece of fiction in exactly 140 characters. Today I'm feeling the science fiction vibe:

You gasp, "So close!", as your ship explodes. Only your words return from the dark. Your remains are scattered across stars, your true love.

I was watching an episode of Star Wars: Clone Wars recently, which is pretty decent juvenile ( Read more... )

During my blogging duties for the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild I posted the following piece, which I figured would be worth replicating here for those who follow this blog:

De Montfort University in Leicester is hosting a one-day seminar on TV screenwriting on Saturday 7th March 2009 at the Leicester City campus, and the focus will ( Read more... )

It's the first of October, so 2008 is already on the way out. The shops are groaning (and wailing) with Halloween gear, which makes me smile. I love seeing oozing eyeballs, skeletons, and ghosts for sale, and happy little children waving a zombie head at their parents and demanding, "Buy me the Wizened Skull of Lord Shambles!" The parents sigh ( Read more... )

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08/08/08 - pretty cool eh? Of course, it is just a made-up number, an arbitrary system to mark the days. There are plenty of other calendars where today is not special at all. It all depends on your point of view ( Read more... )