Fantasy With a Hint of Asian Spices
Descartes (1637) statement, ‘I think, therefore I am,’ defined human subjectivity in a way none had before him. According to the pioneers of logic, the term ‘human’ was defined by the following logical equation: Animal + Speech = a speaking animal = human. According to Descartes statement, speech is not enough and indeed with the […]
Read More Cyborgs and CyberbodiesThe armchair detectives amongst you will have noticed that the blog is now carrying the website address. There is a perfectly good explanantion for that, which I don’t want to bore you with, but here it is in three words “Microsoft” “Got” “Greedy”. Well, that’s the main reason. The other reason is that whilst the […]
Read More www.trollking.co.ukThe people who know me best, know that my real name isn’t Noor A Jahangir. Relax, I ain’t about to reveal my secret identity just yet. That doesn’t happen until at least season 3 of my life story. But one of my sister’s suggested that the story about how I came by the pseudonym was […]
Read More What’s in a Name?You all know that I’m getting set to launch the print edition of The Changeling King, rocking the Paul Davies cover art. Being a bit of a tinkerer, I’ve redrafted the blurb (the bit on the back of the book) and thought I’d share it with you. As always, your comments are most welcome. So […]
Read More The New BlurbFacebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Authonomy, Google+, Smashwords. This is a list of my current online social networks. Now most of these networks are inter-connected in some shape or form. I write a blog post and it appears on Goodreads. I put up a link on my Facebook page and its copied on to my Twitter account, […]
Read More Social Network FatigueMy son turned 4 this week. I bought him a World War Hulk action figure (he’s a big Hulk fan). He played with it all day and went to sleep clutching it in his hand. But as my children get older, so do I (33 at the time of writing this post). Only a […]
Read More LegacyWhere’s what going? Fiction. What nepw mediums are going to evolve in the coming years to provide new ways of consuming stories? I’ve just finished playing through Mass Effect 2 on the PS3 and found myself thinking ‘that was a well told story’. A rare handful of games transcend the restriction of their medium to […]
Read More Where’s It Going?Ghosts Can Bleed is an eclectic collection of short stories and poems, in fantasy, horror and sf genres, by New Zealander, Tracie McBride. The titular story is about a chap called Maurice, who believes he is dead and is trying to convince his wife of this fact but all is not as it seems. The […]
Read More Review: Tracie McBride’s Ghosts Can BleedKnowing the why and what of dialogue is all good and well, but just as important is the how of weaving it into your narrative. Whether we like it or not, writers are influenced by what we watch or listen to, just as much as what we read. I know I am. Snappy dialogue from […]
Read More Sweet Talk – Writing Good Dialogue Part 2Jade Kerrion has announced her first release of 2015: East of the Sun, a short story from The Prometheus Saga. Readers and fans who have enjoyed Earth-Sim will almost certainly enjoy East of the Sun and the other short stories in The Prometheus Saga. Like tributaries of a river, branching through vast lands, the stories […]
Read More Book Announcement and Review: The Prometheus Saga