Today is 21st October, CE, or for the more old-fashioned, Anno Domini. Our years are counted from someone long ago’s approximation of the date Jesus Christ was born. (Tom Holland’s interesting novel “Olympiad” traces modern dating back via the birth of Jesus and the founding of Rome...
It seems a long time since I posted anything about the continent of Ragaris, or the novels about life and murder there that I am hoping to inflict on the world. There is news. As far as writing goes – I am still seeking to publish Ragaris...
I’ve finally finished reading a box-set SF trilogy given me a while ago by a friend. The Void trilogy by Peter F Hamilton (a British writer apparently of some renown) is really one long story in three volumes, but is part of an overall sequence...
It is now two months since I arrogantly launched myself onto the internet with the following three stated objectives: – to publicise my novel and my invented world; to enjoy self-expression; to glorify God. The story so far: the site People have been very nice about the...
A few days ago, some very depressing news was released to the media. (Some of you may be ahead of me here.) I refer, of course, to George RR Martin’s announcement that the release of the sixth book in his sequence “Song of Ice and...
(Before I begin, Ian Paul, formerly of St John's College, Nottingham, has a thoughtful post on IS, Syria and the just war on his www.psephizo.com blog. I don't think I agree with Ian on everything, but he writes a very good and thoughtful blog.) WARNING: The...