oh my god! norwegian wood! as a movie! murakami’s most normal novel finally making it into film – where it should have been years ago. will they do it right? i am thinking so. by looks of it, it looks like it will be a beautiful film. of course, give the americans a few weeks [...]

Those who know me, know I used to review horror movies. B-grade ones. I have, therefore, a love of special effects done with gaffa tape and a pair of leftover polystyrene coffee cups. I’ve always had a spot in my heart preserved just for those mutant movies. CHUD. Basketcase. Brilliant stuff. Therefore, this videoclip made [...]

Good news! Well, for me. My book of poetry, I Am Not An Igloo is on its way. I’m kind of looking forward to it. I’ve collected up some of my favourite poems going back some ten-odd years. Plenty of them came from the old newsgroup, alt.life-sucks and others from various other roosts I’ve had [...]

check out jack martin's site: http://tainted-archive.blogspot.com for some western goodness. # my first book of poetry – coming soon! # be afraid! be very afraid! # just finished reading tom lloyd's next offering, "the ragged man" # new blog post: the ragged man – tom lloyd http://www.lateralbooks.com/?p=713 # Powered by Twitter Tools

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978267540 # finishing up "the ragged man" and then onto some i've had for ages! # http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=210584830489 # shower time! you NEED to know that. # tonight's status update: tired. the end. # john sandford's new book is in my hot mittens, too. # Powered by Twitter Tools

I’m in the process of pretty much upgrading the character’s world, so i needed some music which would give me an adequate swagger to the text. This is what’s helping me edit: New Kind of Kick – The Cramps (still buzzin’ my brains out) Nothing Dies Easy – New Model Army The One Who Got [...]

The site belongs to a Mister Kasey Klein and he’s got a bit of advice on his site which is of interest. I love the philosophy on what to cut, and what to chop out of a sentence to really make it pop, and it brings to mind a great deal of advice written on writing pulp fiction, or hardboiled crime. I love these styles of writing. They’re like old friends which you have to ring up now and then to be reminded of what you’ve left behind.

my wife hit level 70 in wow today. i'm only 68. :/ # we're both 70 now. good news! # new blog post: the grave thief – tom lloyd http://www.lateralbooks.com/?p=706 # Powered by Twitter Tools

customer of the day: “hi, can i help with anything today?” customer – best described as vaguely pretty in a tracksuit trailerpark kind of way: “look. i’m just not interested in you, okay?” i, holding up my wedding ring and a grin: “great! i’m not interested in you, either!” customer expression: priceless. i still didn’t [...]

apparently there ain’t no cure. we’ve been sitting here, in the television room, watching old doctor who episodes for some way to deal with davros, and also because there’s nothing else to do than watch him eat jelly babies. we considered calling him, but he’d never get here on time. i’ve been drinking a lot [...]