The pan has been hot for four hours straight now. Nina lifts the lid and stirs again. Making sure it’s a deep, important stir. All of the bottom of the pan is scraped, every molecule of curry moved. It’s an key moment and when she steps back she exhales realising she hasn’t been breathing while [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Nina – Part 1
Posted in Fiction, Long, Nina on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Nines – The Trailer
Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There is a trailer competition going on for the film The Nines. I have decided to enter, and have decided to go down the route of subverting the genre. Here is the original trailer of a new film called the nines: Let me know what you think.
How people choose your book
Posted in Articles on September 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
When you’re writing your novel there are sometimes moments when you find yourself dreaming of your book lying in a bookshop. It’s a nice thought for the aspiring author but the aspiring author should always think of how important the bookshop is. Think about how you choose a book when you are in a book [...]
You move your hand
Posted in Fiction, Short on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You move your hand and realise that there’s something on it. It’s spider’s web. You break it. It must have got on you when you walked near that tree. The web isn’t just on your hand. It was stretching up to your shoulder. It’s in your hair. Your hand is up to your hair instantly [...]
The Voice of God – Part 4
Posted in Fiction, Long, Voice of God on September 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
[This is Part 4 of 4 in the 4 part short story The Voice of God. If you're interested then you may want to read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 first.] “How,” cried out Frank, “how can I help you?” “You have to wake up,” replied God. Frank considered this for a moment. [...]
A chill breeze
Posted in Fiction, Short on September 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A chill breeze slides over the back of your neck. The tiny hairs stand shivering to attention. They’re shaking because they’re afraid. Something is happening. You get up from your seat and start to walk around the room. Nothing has changed in here for years. You notice some dust on the clock and for a [...]
The Voice of God – Part 3
Posted in Fiction, Long, Voice of God on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
[This is Part 3 of 4 in the 4 part short story The Voice of God. If you're interested then you may want to read Part 1 and Part 2 first.] As the rats wriggled through the gaps into the monastery buildings proper Frank couldn’t help but laugh. It wasn’t that he didn’t think this [...]
Home publicity is killing the music industry
Posted in Articles on September 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The music industry thinks that we the customers are to blame for their falling sales. But actually a lot of their problems are due to them failing to embrace a new business model. Or even to a certain extent them working out what that new business model is. But there is another problem. There are [...]
Unlikely Exam Questions – No. 1
Posted in Thoughts, Unlikely Exam on September 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If during the last days of the Versailles they had had access to bran flakes would that have made it more or less decadent? Discuss.
Ballet
Posted in Fiction, Short on September 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Once upon a time there was a little girl called Molly. And Molly wanted to be a ballerina more than anything in the entire world. She had tried begging, she had tried refusing to finish her supper and she had tried having a full-blown tantrum, but none of these had made Aunt Gertrude change her [...]
