In real life, I'm fun and friendly and love socialising. I can walk into strange social situations, meet complete strangers, get an idea of when I'm not wanted and when an ear is more welcome than a mouth.

Online, I am cold, emotionless, and the bitter cynical part of me finds expression all too easily. Normally, I am happy to demonstrate I have an opinion about things I do not have any real grounding in.

I suspect the difference is partly the lack of direct engagement...

Well, I've now reached another big scene I need to work on - Teresa's highlighted enough problems with it that I'll need to rewrite it, which is a headache if the previous scenes are anything to go by.

However, I've learned now that the way to do this is to shattered the scene, take all the bits I need, and try and rewrite them together.

Any pieces I like but have to leave out I can reuse elsewhere in the book or sequels. Or just bin if not salvageable. Usually they get...

Well, it's been an interesting month from a writing perspective!

Firstly, I pushed my first chapters to Teresa Edgerton for editing. I asked her to be merciless, and she was.

I knew my first chapters didn't feel right but I wasn't sure how - I experimented with a few things and made excuses for a few things, so as the very slow pace (slow build up is good!).

Teresa suitably ripped it apart.

I'll be honest, it was a bit of a shock to see how bad...

Okay so I spat my dummy out a month ago and apparently it was spotted by astronauts at the International Space Station.

The wife says I was menstrual which according to my mother, it runs in the family. The male Compton’s, allegedly, have an occurrence like this every 54 years.

So, it’s a medical fact. Phew I thought I was nuts.

I remember once taking the micky out of someone who did the same and thinking what a silly billy. I would never do that!...

Last month was science fiction month at Leicester Space Museum and I snapped at the chance of a chat with actor David Jackson who played Oleg Gan in Blakes 7. It proved to be a very pleasant--and occasionally eye-opening!!!--interview...