One of the reasons that I enjoy writing and generally creating art, is knowing that I’ve made something that wasn’t there before, and wouldn’t exist without me. Most of the time the things that I’m driven to make are things that I can imagine enjoying, and I’m pretty sure this Read more…
Twenty four and a half years ago, my Dad had to make a special trip into town to make sure that he could get me a copy of the N64 game “The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time” for Christmas[1]My expectations were high based on what I’d seen about Read more…
I often submit jokes to the BBC Radio Scotland topical comedy show “Breaking the News”, and although I’ve had some jokes featured (as you can see from my British Comedy Guide profile) I also produce a lot that don’t make it. I thought it might be interesting and helpful to Read more…
A few years ago, I used the NHS Couch to 5k programme to start running.It worked really well for me, and soon I was heading along to my local parkrun. I was happy with how I’d progressed – even with my long legs it felt like an achievement to have Read more…
One thing that caught my attention at Wimbledon a while ago was John Isner[1]Who you might remember from the world’s longest tennis professional tennis match back in 2010 breaking the record for number of aces served (winning the point without his opponent being able to return the serve) in the Read more…
Recently, my glasses were knocked off my face, and when I put them back on, I could immediately tell that something was wrong. Somehow they’d bent so that they no longer sat comfortably on my ears and nose. Luckily, I’d been in this situation before and knew that I could Read more…
I wasn’t a particularly rebellious kid. In fact, my teenage rebellion mostly consisted of responding to lots of my Mum’s questions with a grunted “I’unno”[1]Saying “I don’t know” was clearly too much effort for me then, so I mushed it all together into something that was less of a word, Read more…
I’m experimenting with posting different things, to try to decide what to focus on. This is a scene (or maybe a fraction of a scene) from a much longer story that I’ve got planned. I hope you enjoy it, and find it intriguing – let me know in the comments! Read more…
As I did for March, I’d like to share some ideas that I had over the past month that I doubt I’ll ever do anything with. Please feel free to take them and use them – just attribute me if you do! The Turing Test This story idea came from Read more…
I am not a politician. There’s lots of reasons for this, but one of them is that that I have a tendency to just believe the last thing that I heard[1]This is apparently a common memory bias known as the “availability bias”. I’m more likely to flip flop on particular Read more…
