The summer solstice has been and gone, and now the days are getting shorter. But not for a while, not worth talking about. Here in Australia the year is coming to a close. School’s out until February, everyone is on … Continued
Finally! My very own copy of the extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey arrived! I spent a happy afternoon watching the movie and I’ve had some time to think about it. These things are all about editing, are … Continued
Some time ago a crit partner remarked ‘I don’t believe that’ on a passage in a book where I said that two thousand years after a massive, destructive war, much of the early part of that society’s history was lost … Continued
“The autumn wind was murderous cold. Small gray clouds raced like mountain hares above a drab and muddy billowing of land. Leafless limbs clattered in complaint against the onslaught of wind.” The wonderful use of evocative language is just one … Continued