

The Golden Age of Independent Publishing
Markets of various kinds all around the world are being transformed by the rise of the internet, and the world of publishing is no...


The Creative Fertility of the Mind
Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand. -Ezra Pound (1885 – 1972) As you would know...

'Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child' 1
The nature of the Doctor, the shape of the story and the social context - these are the three pillars upon which Doctor Who is built....

Marvel vs DC Round 3
I’ve said earlier that there was one way for DC to go which might work in terms of out-creating Marvel: go ‘super-grim’, in an effort to...

The Context of 'Doctor Who' 9
Nine years passed between the failed television movie in 1996 and the beginning of a new series of Doctor Who. When it was announced that...


Writing and Goals
Obviously you’ve got goals for your writing - right? Not just the goal of penning a best-seller and being able to retire on the profits,...

The Context of 'Doctor Who' 8
So the three pillars which had supported Doctor Who for so long had been undermined to the point where the show had finally been...

Passion in Austen
Passion? Austen? What does that even mean? Passion in terms of a love between heroine and hero, and how it is presented to the reader by...

The Context of 'Doctor Who' 7
When Sylvester McCoy took over as the Doctor in 1987, it is difficult to fathom the producer’s thinking. Doctor Who was continuing to...

Reassessing Bond
Before James Bond became the most successful cinematic series in history, he was the protagonist of twelve novels set during the time of...