Wands, Warp-drives and Women
Image via Wikipedia Given I have one of those sexless names, I should be clear from the off I’m a bloke, not a bird. Drew as in Andrew, not as in Barrymore. So this blog is by special permission (thanks Sarah). I shall shortly be found over at blokes-on-the-blog once I’m all set up, and [...]
Pay attention @StephenFry Dr Who = Food for the Soul
(Spoiler alert – for the final episode, Series 5 Episode 13, Big Bang) I’m addicted to story and I’m not at all ashamed of it. Story is too often looked down, as being of minor interest in proper, grown up literary fiction. Graham Greene, for instance, used to try to divide his novels into what [...]
Writing like a Human – James Tiptree Jr – Ada Lovelace Day
When you are reading a story, do you think it’s possible to tell whether the writer is a man or a woman? Some people believe that you can – and that is why I love the science fiction stories of James Tiptree Junior. I first sought them out when I read the Joanna Russ book, [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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