"Essential Horror Movies: Matinee Monsters to Cult Classics" by Michael Mallory is a wonderful coffee table book, with a great range of classic-must-see horror movies, from the start of film making to the modern day. It contains excellent photos, concise descriptions of film plots, and reasons why they deserve to be in the book. Yes …
“Pete and the Persian Bottle” publishing update
For those of you who are wondering what happened to the children's book, I am in the process of completing the final edit (fingers crossed) and preparing the manuscript for printing/e-book. It has been recommended that I assign a more "catchy" title to the piece. I have some options and am keen on your feedback. …
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David Bowie is…
It may sound like a bizarre thing to say, but I never expected David Bowie to die. He was always a distant, but near, constant presence in my life - for as long as I remember. From watching those early video clips on shows like "Countdown" to downloading "Black Star" a couple of days ago, …
2016 Reading Goals
You can't help but notice the social media push to get us all to commit to a 2016 reading goal. "How many books do you aim to read in 2016?", "What titles do you intend to read in 2016?" and alike. I have also come across a variety of reading-goal setting tools to help us …

