Fantasy With a Hint of Asian Spices
I know this blog is supposed to be about writing, but I’m allowed to talk about what inspires me right? At the moment, its videogames that seem to be inspiring me, so shut up and let me talk. Okay, I’ve spent some time to read up on the latest announcement that have come out of […]
Read More Gamescon News: PS3One of the most beloved characters for fans of the late David Gemmell’s writing is the axeman, Druss. Druss first appeared in Legend, a book that has not only captured the imagination of fantasy readers, but has converted would-be critics of the fantasy genre, to wanting to read more. The origins of Druss are revealed […]
Read More The Birth of a Legend, David Gemmell Short StorySir Oliver Tressilian is the elder son of a man remembered by people as a foul-tempered despot and some of that bias has passed on to his son. Sir Oliver has paid of his father’s debts and made his fortune by privateering in the name of the Queen, piracy by a gentler name. Now he […]
Read More Goodreads | Noor Jahangir’s review of The Sea-HawkThis past weekend, I finished my editing mark up of Draft 1 of Adventures of Some Kid, and thus began working on Draft 2. I’ve had a bit of a break from writing these past few weeks, burying instead my head in books. Even writers need a break now and then even if writing is […]
Read More Reading and Writing HabitsPerhaps the most well known work by Rafael Sabatini, this book recieved the big screen treatment several times, including the 1935 version starring Errol Flynn. The book was orignally published in 1922 and is set in the historical background of the 1600s, opening with the Battle of Sedgemoor and ending with the Glorius Revolution in […]
Read More Goodreads | Captain Blood by Rafael SabatiniOnce again the lines are blurring between my different identities, and by that I mean in every sense. Today I was approached by a former mentor and a former employer to begin a task that requires all my past and current experiences to merge together. The task is to tutor a group of Pakistani scholars […]
Read More The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain: by Maria Rosa MenocalWriting is really busy at the moment but I’ve found time to start a new hobby (in addition to reading books and playing videogames). Originally, the idea was to find my wife something to help distract her from the tedium of housework and child-rearing. See expressed an interest in art so I went out an […]
Read More Islamic Art – Windows LiveThere seems to be a growing sense of resentment amongst authors and agents toward the publishing industries heavy handed approach in dealing with writers. There are a few articles and a couple of blogs on the Bookseller website that voice these concerns, including Tom Holland, the chair of the Society of Authors. This leads […]
Read More The author’s lot | theBookseller.comThis was Orson Scott Card’s first sf and wow, what a debut. Ender’s Game puts Card in the same league as George Orwell, H G Wells and Philip K Dick. This guy was writing about people using UI (Minority Report interface, what you use on iPhone and Android) in 1977, and had kids dumping their […]
Read More Ender’s Game (Ender’s Saga, #1)Poetry Workshop To mark the annual occasion of the Islamic Night of Ascension, I led a creative writing workshop (as part of my day job) with a group of Year 6 students (erm, aged 10?) from two Burnley primary schools, St Peter’s and St Johns. The group was a mixture of boys and girls […]
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