English civil war revolutionary dialogue
How would a girl revolutionary in a story set in the English civil war react if she feared that the pro-democracy Parliamentary army had lost the war?
In the story, she sees a wounded soldier of the Parliamentary army whose uniform …
August 31, 2010
Organise your writing part 3
This post explains how to correlate or link up the writing that you have saved by printing, it with the copy that you have saved on your computer or portable storage device.
It’s a continuation of my previous posts …
Organise your writing part 2
This post takes a closer look at the two methods of organising your writing, it explains in depth the advantages and disadvantages of each, and it’s a continuation of my previous post organise your writing.
Why is it a better …
Organise your writing
This system that I use for organising scenes and chapters in a story or novel might be useful for other writers who are writing a story that is pretty long.
It assumes that you print a copy of your writing as …
May 19, 2010
English civil war story: writing a treachery and violence scene
This post looks at writing a scene for a story about the English civil war that involves treachery and violence between the intelligence agencies of the Royalist forces and the Parliamentary forces
I’m pretty convinced that each army in the English …
March 30, 2010
English civil war use of English
This article discusses some of the problems that arise with the use of English when writing the dialogue for a short story or novel that is set in the English civil war period of the 1640s, or is set in …
March 23, 2010
Civil war scenarios
This English civil war scenario, an episode from a short story which I’m writing, recounts how an officer in the Parliamentary army (what might nowadays be called the ‘pro-democracy Parliamentary army’) somewhat brutally recruits men for the army by subjecting …
February 25, 2010
On public library cards, tea pots, and Mossad
Since the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad apparently used forged British identity documents for the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai, I have decided to take greater care of my valuable identity documents – especially my public library card. …
February 7, 2010
The chat room
The theme of this draft short story or maybe novel is the relationship between internet chat rooms and government intelligence agencies; the basic plot is that a surfer discovers a sinister chat room which the intelligence agencies aren’t aware of.
If …
January 23, 2010
Missing person story
These photos were taken for a missing person story, which as a photojournalist I supplied to a British local newspaper.
They are of the missing person herself, her partner or lover, and some of the people and things in her life.
Photo …
April 21, 2009
Lost in translation
The French sentence ‘je n’sais quo’, which of course translates to ‘I don’t know what,’ is typically used to indicate that something has a certain indefinable quality, so indefinable that it’s impossible to, well, define it..
Let’s be serious for …
April 16, 2009
Computer spectacular
My new computer is transparent, you can see inside it. I think the idea is, you can see how it works. But is it really possible to see how a computer works, and even if you can, is it …
March 15, 2009
Laser printer health and safety
For health and safety reasons, a laser printer like this should only be placed in a suitable location
It weighs about 140 pounds, which is about the weight of a lightweight to medium-weight person….
Laser printer size compatability
One reason why there are so many laser printers on the market is because some buyers demand a small ‘footprint’, or the amount of space that the laser printer takes up
Smaller laser printers are sometimes called ‘desktop’ laser printers because …
Buying a laser printer
It can be quite difficult to choose a laser printer; this article describes some of the factors that might influence your choice of printer but they aren’t the only factors to consider; personal circumstances and personal attitudes can also influence …