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I’ve recently been playing a video game called Kingdom Come: Deliverance. This is a role-playing adventure which prides itself on creating a “realistic” portrayal of life as a medieval peasant. And, to be honest, it’s bloody hard! (Read: I’m not very good at it). At the same time, it’s an enjoyable game and one that…
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If I could spend one day more with you, I know in my heart just what we’d do. We’d start with some tea—a pot for two, I’d pour it out, a whole cup for you. I’d bake you a cake, chocolate with cream, You’d lick the bowl ‘til it’s sparkling clean. Then it’s time for…
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Writing a novel can feel a bit like clutching at straws or… grasping at clouds? (Look, I had to make the picture relevant somehow). Following on from my last blog post about finding a publisher as a debut author, I wanted to link some of the resources I found helpful whilst I was on my…
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I’m going to talk about addiction, in the lightest way possible without, I hope, coming across as flippant. Disclaimer: I am in no way a mental health professional and the following is just my opinion. One of my main characters in Even Gods Are Blind, is going through a terrible time in his life. He…
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I’ve been playing video games for as long as I can remember. The earliest were floppy disks (showing my age) on our family PC – games such as Doom or Duke Nukem that I was undoubtedly too young to appreciate (and terrible at). Luckily, my skill has improved with age (I don’t die *quite* as…