Sunday, May 30, 2010

Junior

I've added a page called Junior. It's a story I had published in Raw Edge magazine a few years ago. Sadly the magazine is no more. Hope you like it.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Ashes To Ashes

Spoiler warning. Do not read if you're following Ashes To Ashes or Lost and haven't seen the final episodes yet.

I liked the conclusion to A2A. I found it satisfying and it fitted within the internal logic of the series. I was sad, on behalf of her daughter, when Alex was revealed to be dead/dying, but I think that worked better than having her wake up completely recovered and well adjusted. I also think that Ray had a great development arc. He started as a despicable sexist, racist bully. By the end he was a sympathetic sexist, racist bully.

Like many good endings, there was still some ambiguity. Who was Keates? Was he Satan or, my preferred theory, another dying copper drawn to Gene’s world to work through his ‘issues’, who instead descended into evil insanity.

My wife stuck with Lost to the end (I gave up half way) and commented on the similarities in the resolutions. In Lost it was explained that the people stranded on the island had actually been killed in the original plane crash, but their experiences through the series were a process to reach some kind of personal resolution. I’m glad A2A got to transmission first.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Hello all

Some writers who I both envy and admire have started their own Blogs. I follow these regularly and suspect it must be a great way to improve their skills, even for those who are published and successful. I'm a great believer in stealing ideas, as long as they're good ones.

The main subject of this Blog will be my writing, but I'm sure I'll stray into talking about other people's work, what I saw on telly last night, and the fortunes of Birmingham City FC.

Hello and welcome.