Well. Here we go again. Another year kicks off. As it’s the 16th of January, the traditional end of Hogmany in Scotland, I thought I would bring you all up to speed on whats been going on and the plans for the year ahead. Despite the ominous online silence, there …
Which was of course George Orwells’ name for the UK in his novel Nineteen Eighty Four. As I watched the Iraq War Inquiry on the rolling news last night I began to ponder the first crime that the protagonist of Orwells’ novel, Winston, commited. Not withstanding the multitude of ‘Thoughtcrimes’, …
Friday the 27th of November has thus far proved to be the darkest day of the year. On this bleak day we gathered to pay our final respects to a close friend and loved one, Colin McNicholl or simply ‘Col’ (06/01/76 – 19/11/09). I’m not sure if the phrase ‘good …
Evening folks, just a quick one tonight. The first part of ‘The High Watchtower’ is now available to view if you’re a Newsletter subscriber. For everyone else, it’ll be available to view around this time tomorrow (20th July). If you want to subscribe to the newsletter you can find the …
Well, here we are again. I’m taking a small break from writing ‘The High Watchtower’ and noticed I hadn’t done a Blog entry for a while, so I thought it might make a nice change of pace. In addition to the forthcoming story, there are a couple of other things …
Some further musings on the subject of reincarnation. As has been mentioned elsewhere, the process of reincarnation is one of the most important underlying concepts of the Unified Terran Community setting. When I was researching the subject, to help me decide how I wanted it to work in the alternate …
An end to an extremely lazy day. After overcoming an episode of clinical lethargy late in the afternoon, I managed to make a decent start into the first draft of the first Travellers Tale. It will be up on the site within the next day or two, all going according …
I’ve been thinking a bit more about the Traveller’s Tales idea I mentioned in the last Blog entry. After consideration, I’m going to do a few of those as well. The Unified Terran Community setting has grown considerably beyond my initial conception and, I suppose, I hate to see anything …
Today was quite busy, I’ve put up another short story, this one called ‘Sinainn’. It explains a bit of why Cailte is the way he is. Really it’s just the bare bones and its a bit clunky, but the seed is there. The next background article, which is nearing completion, …
I have a few bits and pieces to be getting on with today. I need to finalise a few details of the background for the next part in the UTC story arc. Basically, I need to make sure the various supplementary bits of writing are all consistent with the latest …