Beyond Plotting vs Pantsing (to Plot-Plotting vs Pants-Plotting
On why there's more to plotting than simply plotting...
My Dream Campaign
The game I'd like to gamesmaster...
The Parable of the Chieftain Tank
How your opinions on the safety or otherwise of 4x4s/SUVs reveal a lot about how you view the world and the other people who live in it
Digital Having and Digital Have-Notting
On how ownership of a smartphone is now a prerequisite for participating in society
Curating Your Social Media Feed
a.k.a. How I made Bluesky work for me
Land Of The Free?
A tongue-in-cheek look at the USA’s freedom and liberty from an Englishman’s point of view (a.k.a. the shit that Americans put up with that simply would not fly this side of the Pond)
If I Were Prime Minister
The four ignored laws I'd enforce on my first day in office
The Shit Roman Villa
A short story...
On Editing
My experience and thoughts of the editing process
Surprisingly Late Scientific Discoveries
Or how my 1970s children's science book lied to me!
The Best Dream I Ever Had
Or How I Didn't Actually Appear On Masterchef
Refill Shops
How they work, why you should try them
How I Plot Novels
My spreadsheet based toolkit for plotting a novel
To Writers Group Or Not To Writers Group
On why a writers’ support group might be what you’re looking for
Life Hacks Of 1955
What a "gadgets" guide from 1955 can tell us about how society and consumption has changed since then
National Identity, Regional Identity, and Actual Identity
On how you can feel like a foreigner in your own country
The Impossibly High Hurdle For Self-Driving Cars
Why human factors and perceptions of acceptable risks may keep self-driving cars off the roads
Separating the F from the SF in SF/F
On defining a difference between science-fiction and fantasy
Cool Bombs
Self-contain nuggets of wonder that can bring fiction alive
On How Plot Construction Reverses Cause and Effect
A simple plot-building trick in which you create your plot backwards