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Glitz, Glamour and Crime at the Sykehouse Festival
For All Mankind
A plaque sits on the Moon, attached to the descent stage of the Lunar Excursion Module Eagle. It reads "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon July 1969, AD. We came in peace for all mankind." I was nine years old when Apollo 11 landed, utterly inspired that night by... Continue Reading →
A Wicked Problem for Writers
Coming away from watching Wicked the movie (part 1) I chewed over the decision to break the film into two halves. As I'm also well into the second half of writing my next novel these thoughts have some relevance to fiction writers too. The first part of Wicked contains the most crowd-pleasing songs, opening with... Continue Reading →