A very nice man named Styre, on the OG forums, had this to say about my story in Short Trips Transmissions: Policy to Invade — Ian Mond — I love the seventh Doctor, and I love when he brings down entire companies and/or governments from within, so I’m predisposed to like this story, but it’s …

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Just finished reading The Deep Blue Good-By, the first Travis McGee novel by John D MacDonald.  Not only is a great read – and very brutal for something written in 1962 – it’s also filled with philosophy.  McGee isn’t just a guy who finds things, he’s also a thinker. Here’s a really evocative bit about …

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Look, I know I’ve got a number of LJ friends who don’t care very much for sport.  But I adore it.  I was never very good at cricket or football at school, but thankfully that was never a problem with my school mates.  So my love for all things sport was never tainted by my …

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This is what I wrote on Outpost Gallifrey about my short story, Policy to Invade, which appeared in the lovely Doctor Who Short Trips collection – Transmissions.  I’m posting it here, rather than linking it, because I know some of you may not have access to the forum. PURPOSE 1. To describe, in excruciating and mind bogglingly boring …

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… is rubbish. While there is live sport going on in Beijing at the moment, the fools at Seven are showing repeats of the swimming this morning.  Why?!?!? And what about last night where they deigned to show us five minutes of the basketball match between Oz and Croatia.  And then, because we were being …

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