Escape Room Concept
I was once hired to write a concept for a “panic room escape” just as Escape Rooms were becoming a new thing. I wrote the following brief: A gothic setting with a backstory to…
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Writing & Reviews
Articles from the portfolio and blog.
Transcription Services
On and off during my career I’ve been asked to transcribe handwritten notes and paid for my services. I am trained in touch-typing but I’ve also used speech-to-text (STT) tools…
Read moreReview: The Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics
I bought The Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics last month looking for a good chunk of zombie apocalypse escapism. A unique collection of a dozen or so zombie stories, some long, some…
Read moreReview: WE3
I read this graphic novel about a year ago, before I started this blog. It’s a short, well written simple story which seems inspired by those Homeward Bound type of stories, but…
Read moreReview: The Economic Naturalist: Why Economics Explains Almost Everything
I just finished reading The Economic Naturalist: Why Economics Explains Almost Everything . I read it in part because I’m interested in big picture ideas and why things are the…
Read moreReview: Beam Me Up, Jesus
I picked up this book, by Jim Gerard (who is apparently a comedian) expecting a witty, well-researched, ‘Louis Theroux’ look into end-times rapture pop culture – the cousin of…
Read moreReview: The End of America
I picked up this book in the Borders sell off, it wasn’t one I was desperate to read, but it piqued my interest. End of America, the: Letters of Warning to a Young Patriot , by…
Read moreReview: The Men Who Stare at Goats
I was a little curious when I saw the title of the movie come out and when I spotted this book on sale I decided to pick it up and satisfy my curiosity. As it is, I’ve now read…
Read moreReview: The Morello Letters
I recently finished reading The Morello Letters from Monster Publishing. Jon Snow, who is featured in the book as one of the recipients of RM Morello’s letters is quoted on the…
Read moreReview: World War Z by Max Brooks
I recently finished reading this book so I thought I’d share my opinion. Now I must declare my bias, I really like zombie stories, but I tend to go for the movie/graphic novel…
Read moreReview: Charles Mackay’s Extrodinary Popular Delusions & The Madness of Crowds
“A modern-day interpretation of a finance classic” That was a long title for a short book. It’s not the actual Charles Mackay work, it’s a modernised version written by journalist…
Read moreReview: Zot! The Complete Black and White Collection
Zot! is another one of those classics that I missed at the time when it wasn’t a classic, it was new. Thankfully, a couple of years ago Scott McCloud brought out the complete…
Read moreReview: Maus
Last year I read Watchmen for the first time. I read it before watching the movie because I didn’t want my perception of the novel to be influenced by the movie, I wanted to…
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