Fight for Your Library

Last Friday, I spent two hours at Burnley Central Library as a Living Library Book. I was titled, Muslim Author. Most of the two hours were spent talking to Ben Kenyon from the Burnley Express and then to Mary, one of the librarians. The sub-zero temperatures and icy roads had kept away most of the […]

End of a Decade

The more you put something off, the harder it gets to just do it. As usual, my creative output has been hampered by the complexities and demands of the day job, which though rewarding, is quite time-consuming and burdensome on the mind. That said, I have been reading a lot of fiction and also managed […]

The Burning Need

Week 1 of my MA course is just about over, with only a presentation to deliver tomorrow. I’ve learnt about the dominant political theories of neo-liberalism and socialism, the grand narrative of the Eurocentric Project and a critical understanding of modernism and post-modernism. Next week I start working on my assignment. Throughout this week I’ve […]

Write about what you know about

Write about what you know about is an old writing maxim that I’ve quoted in the past. There will come a time though when your personal experience and knowledge will run dry or, the lack of, will cause you to falter in progressing further. This is normally when you would head over to the library […]

Review – Terry Goodkind’s Wizard’s First Rule

Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is the first book in the Sword of Truth series. I almost didn’t read this book thanks to the mediocre tv adaptation, Legend of the Seeker. Luckily, I got past my bias and read the thing. The book follows the adventures of […]

What’s Important?

I read today’s Daily Kick by David Farland and felt something shift minutely in me. No, its got nothing to do with the functions of my intestines. The post was about protecting your writing time, but he also touched on priorities; family being number one. I realise that I spend what little free time I […]

9 – by Shane Acker

I just finished watching 9 on dvd. The movie is directed by Shane Acker and produced by Tim Burton. 9 is an animated fantasy adventure set in a parallel, futuristic past. Humanity has been destroyed by the machines they built. Just before the apocalypse, a scientist animates 9 ‘sackboy’ styled puppets and gives them a […]

Hello world!

There’s been some changes with the way my blog is brought to you. Microsoft are transferring their Live Spaces blogging facility to the care of WordPress, hence all future blogs will originate here. But there is a huge plus with using WordPress, and that is the freedom offered by all the different tools that are […]

Ebooks vs Print: Experiences, not Nostalgia

This is a blog posting about another blog posting, about an article that was written about a Nielsen Bookscan Report, which featured in an article on Bookseller. Confused? Good. Now read on. Ebooks have been the subject of interest for many a blog this past year. The Sony E-Reader has been with us for […]

The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

Dear Readers, I thought I’d start this edition off with a little musing on one of my dreams from last night. I was dressed in regular clothing in a white-washed, in-door complex. I had a large assault-rifle type of gun in my hands and a bunch of other people, male and female, white, black, thin, […]