Recent content by Pips

"Is it time for feminists to step off our hobby?" No. It's our hobby too.

I'd love to disagree with the assertion that people only self-publish because their work is terrible, but I'd probably have people yelling bias if I did! Self-publishing is working for me, and my books are adult or YA fantasy. Alright, my sales are small, but I'm not promoting my books, so...

Joe Abercrombie's "Before They Are Hanged" and the sequels would be awesome films, but possibly too bloody for anything other than an adult audience. Also, P.G. Janssen's "Darkness Visible" would make a great movie. It's set in Victorian London, so you'd get the Sherlock Holmes vibe, but it's...

It wasn't the worst film I've seen by a long shot, but it dragged, the plot seemed artificially long and silly and it just lacked flair. Shame, really, since I liked the others.

I don't see a problem with this at all. The family gave permission, and so did he. Death is a natural process, and one which we used to be a lot more familiar with than we are now. In pre-modern times most people would have seen at least one relative die by the time they reached their teens...

I tend to be rather scathing of fanfiction. If you want to be a writer, come up with your own original characters and settings rather than ripping off someone else's work. However, I do see the the attraction of playing in someone else's sandbox occasionally, and when you're really making use of...

Red. Because otherwise I wouldn't have any haemoglobin and I would die...

I've had a few... Fell out of an attic as a child - bounced, not even a bruise. Got pulled under by a strong undertow, nearly drowned less than six feet from the beach, which would have just sucked. Fell off a balcony, hit a stair rail on the way down, thought I'd broken my spine, but...

But that's not a relevant comparison: This film is not about the actual Norse Gods, and it isn't a story about the original myths. It's about comic book characters partially based on the Norse Gods. Of course it would be offensive to stick a white actor into a film supposedly accurately...

I think this racist argument is very sad. Idris Elba did a lot with a small part, and he was one of my favourite characters in the film. I would be glad to see him involved in the Avengers. Not to mention that golden eyes and armour do absolutely NO harm to his looks... Plus, it's not...

A response from a publisher. They asked for more of my work a few months back, but I've yet to hear a yes or no from them. *bites nails*

I know it's a joke, and a novelty item, but I'm still extraordinarily cross about this. A BLANK book can not only get published but can get onto the bestseller list and make a huge amount of money, and yet I can't even get a publisher to look at my novels because the economy is bad and they...

Whilst I do think it's true that certain kinds of films are more likely to win Oscars than others, I feel that Bob was being grossly unfair on this film. I went to the midnight show of The King's Speech with a friend. We were the only people in the theatre and we sat and laughed our asses off...

I used to really like the James Barclay (author) forums, http://www.jamesbarclay.com/forum/, because they were full of like-minded fantasy readers. However, those forums have been pretty much dead for a long time now. Everyone just sort of drifted off. :( The Iron Maiden fanclub forum isn't...

1. The feel of hot, fresh photocopies. 2. When my cats are being cute/awesome (thankfully this happens a lot, as it's my main source of happiness). 3. When I'm working on a story and I come up with a line or image which makes me laugh out loud as I'm writing it.