Archive for June, 2006

Those world champion religious fundamentalists are at it again. Texan Leo Canales jr is spearheading a movement to change the commonly accepted English-language greeting of ‘Hello’. You see, Leo is concerned that every time we greet someone we utter that most heinous of words – hell. Oh, the humanity! So Leo has suggested that...
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If anyone is interested in reading even more about me and RealmShift (as if you could get enough!) there’s another interview at Lulu.com, where RealmShift is produced. It was an interview I did a few weeks ago and now they’ve posted it on their blog and in their monthly newsletter. Check it out here.
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I was recently interviewed about all things RealmShift over at Dredlox.com, a Community News site with a focus on its family of members. If you’re interested to read the interview, click here. Check out the Dredlox site anyway, and sign up if you like what you see. As site Admin Dredlox says, “I encourage...
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I’m normally all flippant about… well, everything really. However, I read something in the paper this morning that struck me as being one of those absolutely simple, yet utterly relevant quotes. Words can be very powerful things – it says so in the sidebar to the right and that guy should know. The person...
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Have you ever noticed those signs out the front of churches that try to lure people in with witty phrases? They annoy the hell out of me. They come in one of only two styles: the really bad pun or the holy superiority complex. This comes down, I suppose, to the basic fact that...
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It’s official. The funniest joke in the world was written by Spike Milligan. As if a poll was needed to establish that. Spike Milligan. Five years ago an academic from the University of Hertfordshire in England, Richard Wiseman, conducted an online survey. Three hundred thousand people from around the world took part and voted...
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RealmShift is classified as a dark fantasy novel. It’s also a thriller and an action adventure story, but primarily, by genre, it’s dark fantasy. Subsequently I often get asked, What is dark fantasy exactly? It’s actually a very difficult thing to define accurately. I recently stumbled across the blog of fantasy and horror writer...
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You all know how much I hate the current Hollywood trend of remaking classics because they’re a guaranteed money-spinner. Especially when they remake them really badly, which they usually do. Well, there’s been a lot of press about the release of the new Omen today, particularly as it’s being released on 06/06/06. Or more...
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I get an awful lot of spam. Most comes via my “day job” website (www.abactive.com), which is set up with contact details. Such is the nature of having a business advertise on the web. I tend to get spam from plenty of other places too. I try not to get too upset about it....
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