for anyone interested and on Wattpad my four part short story Dark Horizons is now on Wattpad: Dark Horizons on Wattpad Simon 🙂
Dark Horizons on Wattpad
Creating my Own Universe
I've been thinking about creating cover art and (hopefully) book covers for some time. The big thing with this is how to go about it, I couldn't work it out and I'm quite a creative person. That was until I read this from Christoper Doll:Â Drawing a spaceship a day Now, while I'm not drawing a... Continue Reading →
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Short Stories
Over the last couple of years I've written a number of short and not so short stories and trying to give them the visibility they deserve is a bit hard when they're hidden behind a menu system on my blog page. So I've put as many of them as I can find on this post and I'm going to pin it on my page. Many of them aren't finished, but you know - Rome wasn't built in a day and all that.
NaNoWriMo Progress – Day 11
Hello there bloggies it's the 11th day of NaNoWriMo and as you can tell I've not been here much. I thought a quick well placed post on progress and to say hi might be in order, just so you know I'm still about. I've been able to keep up with reading posts either but I'm... Continue Reading →
Blog Orbit – Blog Date November 2019
Hello bloggies, happy November! I cannot believe that we're now racing towards Christmas. Halloween is done, this is now guy Fawkes Day / night and it's insane how quickly this year has gone.So - what's going on? Well... a bit of insanity actually. I decided I was going to take part in NaNoWriMo, long story... Continue Reading →
The Ghost Called Bob #5
After three years of my little Halloween stories - I thought Bob's story should carry on! r Bob got up to more tricks in year two more frolics in year three , he was back again last year. And he's back again! The night draw in once more the last browned and wind blown leaves remain... Continue Reading →
The Sci-Fi Files – The Shark Tag
This Sci-Fi files tales takes us back to the ocean depths to something that happened when a casual beach walker found a tag that had been attached to a 3 metre Great White shark. When the data on it was analysed it revealed that on Christmas Eve 2003 the shark dived to a depth of... Continue Reading →
Word Prompt Story – Fusion
Word prompt stories - I'm going to try and look for a word prompt daily (haha don't laugh) and see if I can create something short and sweet to write around it. As it's me I'll probably try and put a science fiction spin on it. For all you reading it, this is a challenge... Continue Reading →
AD Astra – As good as promised, or a lot of empty void?
When I saw the trailer for this film - I had to go see it. I can cannot stress how I really, really wanted to like this film. I had in my mind an Interstellar - esque feel with an original story line. I had no idea what to expect really. What follows is a... Continue Reading →
Digital Art with InkScape – The Spooky Scene
As it's Halloween month I thought I would create some seasonal drawings. This pumpkin drawing is a simple and quick little sketch that quite cool. Layers Use the layer tool to create different layers for all the different drawing elements, this will help greatly in putting everything in the right order. Find it under Layer... Continue Reading →
Word Prompt Story – Project
Word prompt stories - I'm going to try and look for a word prompt daily (haha don't laugh) and see if I can create something short and sweet to write around it. As it's me I'll probably try and put a science fiction spin on it. For all you reading it, this is a challenge... Continue Reading →
Enigmatic Episodes – The Black Knight
What is the Black Knight? Why should anyone care? According to conspiracy theorists, it's very important and everyone should care. The Black Knight is said to be a 13,000 year old satellite from an alien race that's been sending signals to Earth for all this time. It's purpose and origins totally unknown. The story is... Continue Reading →
Inktober – Ancient
I've hear about this Inktober thing for years now and I've never thought about taking part. While I'm not really taking part fully I thought I might dive in some days.Today's prompt was Ancient so I thought I would draw the Colosseum.
The Clone Soldier
This is my entry for October's Blog Battle - the theme or word for this month is Clone. Awake. Consciousness returning to her. A flood a memories invading their thoughts as if for the first time. Time ebbed on and the light came and went, the room, the bed all familiar. The smell of the... Continue Reading →
HiRISE Watches Curiosity
HiRISE Watches Curiosity Journey Across the Clay Unit No ownership claimed on image - Credit NASA / JPL https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/
