Blog Posts

  • The Model Railway Men

    I stumbled across the ebook versions of the Model Railway Men novels on Amazon and bought them for old times sake. I loved the Model…

  • Six Tips on Writing Speech

    A pupil recently asked me about writing speech in stories…

  • The Manchester Arena

    I turned on the television on Tuesday morning to see a chicken being cooked. Two breathlessly enthusiastic Americans were discussing the flavours; the tenderness; exactly…

  • Silence

    My friend asked me to cover her duties as organist over Easter whilst she was trekking in Nepal. (I say trekking, she’s checking on the…

  • MyKitaab Podcast

    The mission of the MyKitaab podcast series is to help answer the question “I have written a book, how do I get it published in…

  • Microcosms

    Microcosms

    42 short shorts by Tony Ballantyne and Eric Brown

  • The Human Way

    The Human Way

    The Human Way: Analog March/April 2017

  • Six Reasons why Maintaining a Blog will make You a Better Writer

    It will make you write regularly It will make you finish something – you’re not a writer if you’re only producing half finished stories It…

  • WordPress Pharma Hack

    Someone kindly emailed me to point out that my writing site had been hacked. Links for Cialis were now appearing scattered throughout the text. A…

  • Martin Carthy

    I wondered about going to see Martin Carthy last night at the Band on the Wall I’d heard that his voice isn’t what it was,…

  • My Top Ten Scientists

    The first in a new series on Concatenation.  I found this a really interesting article to write. Follow the link: http://www.concatenation.org/science/ballantyne_scientist.html

  • Remembrance Sunday

    I played at two services this Sunday. Every year, I forget about what happens at the second service. Before the last post is played, a…