Quite by accident, I stumbled upon yet another way to make the antagonist of my novel series even more of a bastard. This is important to me; that he is presented as the best type of villain – the cold and calculating, hands-on, go-getter type of alpha male. He’s self-righteous and completely convinced of his …
Monthly Archive: March 2012
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Mar 24
In Defence of Mass Effect 3
I’ve been with Mass Effect since the begging. For all its gameplay and technical foibles over the three games, the one thing that forgave all the shortcomings was the story. I remember looking at every scrap of information that crossed my screen in the original; going so far as to read up on codex entries …
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Mar 20
Where to find inspiration
I’ve been to a few writer’s festivals. I’ve sat in on author Q and A sessions. I’ve even helped host a few online chats between Matthew Reilly and his fans. Throughout all this, one question is by far the most asked – particularly by budding authors of their idols: Where do you get your inspiration? …
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Mar 19
Moving onto Part 3
It doesn’t really matter what creative field you’re in; progress always feels great. It doesn’t matter how much progress you actually make (although solving a big problem is always better!) so long as you’re moving forward. I moved forward on Friday mostly by comparing what I’d already planned for book 2 against the cycle of …
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Mar 13
John Carter Review
Having not read any Edgar Rice Burroughs novels (yet), I went into my John Carter screening having seen only one trailer and having also read about how some fans did a trailer remix because they were unhappy with Disney’s edit. I didn’t watch this re-edited trailer, but I got the idea that the movie was …
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