Blog Posts

  • Heading off to College?

    Now that the A level results are out, many students are about to leave home. There are many articles out there giving advice on what…

  • Second Rate Entertainment

    I love second rate entertainers. I encountered a fine example whilst on holiday in Madeira last week. He had a residence in the hotel: 8:30…

  • Another (almost) True Story

    My short story  Another (almost) True Story appeared as the Monday 1st August edition of Daily Science Fiction

  • How Writers Write: Chaz Brenchley

    How Writers Write is a monthly series of guest posts where established writers invite you into their workspaces, reveal their work habits and share their…

  • The Scooped Out Man

    My short story The Scooped Out Man appeared as the Tuesday 14th June edition of Daily Science Fiction.  

  • Map AltGr to Alt on Linux

    All I wanted was to make my AltGr key to work the same as my Alt key… As my poor hands continue to struggle with…

  • How Writers Write: Eric Brown

    How Writers Write is a monthly series of guest posts where established writers invite you into their workspaces, reveal their work habits and share their…

  • RSI, Tendonitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome…

    I suppose it was inevitable that after so much time spent writing stories and articles and programming, I would suffer from Repetitive Strain Injury. I’ve…

  • How Writers Write: Chris Beckett

    How Writers Write is a monthly series of guest posts where established writers invite you into their workspaces, reveal their work habits and share their…

  • Goodbye Evernote, Hello Simplenote

    Simplenote launched a client for Linux at the end of March, 2016. As a longstanding Evernote premium user, frustrated initially by the fact there’s no…

  • How Writers Write: M. A. Griffin

    How Writers Write is a monthly series of guest posts where established writers invite you into their workspaces, reveal their work habits and share their…

  • Microbits. Really?

    The BBC likes to think it single handedly ignited the 80’s UK programming boom thanks to its BBC B micro. Well, maybe so. If you…