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Trying to be a nicer person online

Posted 6th April 2013 at 12:52 AM by I, Brian

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...
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Rewriting and editing still

Posted 4th April 2013 at 10:33 PM by I, Brian

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...
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Feeling positive about writing

Posted 1st April 2013 at 11:44 PM by I, Brian

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...
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Compton’s dummy lands safely at Blyth International Airport…

Posted 29th March 2013 at 10:33 PM by Gary Compton
Updated 30th March 2013 at 09:50 AM by Gary Compton

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!...
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Interview: Actor David Jackson (Gan From Blakes 7)

Posted 29th March 2013 at 09:24 PM by J-WO (An on-line decline and fall...)

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...
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