Writing Oh, for the Rainbow! I've been a fan of the musical Wicked for a good long time -- I've seen the show three times and listened the soundtrack countless more. I must confess, however,
Writing Being Evil Has a Place It's International Fanworks Day again! Last year, I used it as a kick in the behind to get me into finally posting some of the fanfic I'd been working on,
Writing Fallin’ to Pieces This post contains spoilers for Life is Strange. When I started writing Piece by Piece, it was supposed to be a shortish Max/Dana story with Kate as a strong
Fanfic Life in Pieces This series is another spin-off from my Echo Park anthology. It consists of two parallel stories in the same timeline but from the perspective of different characters. Piece by Piece
Writing Broken Bond This post contains spoilers for the Chronicles of Alsea. The Chronicles of Alsea rapidly became one of my favourite book series after first coming across them over the Christmas holiday
Writing Piece by Piece This post contains spoilers for Life is Strange. This will be the penultimate story in my Echo Park anthology, and I wanted to try my hand at a new ship,
Writing Oranges and Lemons This post contains spoilers for Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight. So, I was re-reading the Buffy season eight comics, and I was reminded of certain… annoyances. In particular, the
Writing Oxygen This post contains spoilers for Life is Strange. I've posted the antepenultimate story in my Echo Park anthology, and this time it’s about Maximum Victory. Rather than trying to
Fanfic Chemistry This post contains spoilers for Life is Strange. This series is a spin-off from one of the stories in my Echo Park anthology. It’s set in the alternate timeline
Writing Heads I've just posted another story from my Echo Park anthology, which is an entirely unnecessary crossover with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Rather than chasing down Skye, Phil Coulson's S.H.
Podcasts Alice Isn’t Dead So, I’m kinda late to the podcast party. I dimly remember looking at them when the phenomenon first took off, deciding that they were mostly like talk radio, and
Writing Satellite News This post contains spoilers for Life is Strange. I’ve posted another story in my Echo Park anthology. Having played with stories following each of the endings to the game,
Fanfic Flash Gordon This post contains spoilers for Life is Strange. I've posted the first chapter of a new story in my Portland Ninja series, itself a spinoff of my Echo Park anthology.
Fanfic Tell All Your Friends This post contains spoilers for Life is Strange. I’ve posted another story in my Echo Park anthology. This is another Kate/Victoria fic, but unlike Bug it takes place
Fanfic We Can’t Rewind This post contains spoilers for Life is Strange. I’ve posted another story in my Echo Park anthology. This one has the title which basically inspired the series in the
Fanfic The Portland Ninja This post contains spoilers for Life is Strange. So, one of my readers left a comment on a one-shot story in the Echo Park series, saying that they hoped I’
Fanfic Seven Days in the Sun This post contains spoilers for Life is Strange. I've posted another fanfic in my “Echo Park” anthology. The idea for Max & Chloe taking a trip to Disney World came
Politics Why I’m Voting Labour When I still lived in Oxford, I had the luxury of voting for the party I most closely identified with, as it was a seat held by the Lib Dems
Politics Whatever you do, VOTE! Decisions are made by the people who show up. If you don’t vote[1] then you give up your right to complain about what the government does until the
Food Summertime, and the salad is easy… Salad days are here again! Of course, this being a British summer, it's anyone's guess how long it's going to last. Still, it's the perfect excuse for a big bowl
Fanfic 21st Century Meltdown This post contains spoilers for Life is Strange. I've posted another fanfic in my “Echo Park” anthology. The genesis of this story was the idea of Kate wanting to get
Fanfic Buck Rogers This post contains spoilers for Life is Strange. Buck Rogers was the breakout single for Feeder, so I didn’t want it to end up being nothing but a title
Food Mac ‘n’ Cheese Everyone loves mac ‘n’ cheese (except the people who don’t.) It’s quick and easy, and an excellent comfort food. And, yes, it’s still quick and easy even
Fanfic Standing on the Edge I wrote in my post about the Echo Park anthology about how I started writing fanfic for Life is Strange almost immediately after completing my first play-through. This story is
Fanfic Bug This piece of fanfic is definitely an entry in my Echo Park anthology where the song and the story have pretty much nothing to do with each other. To be