Wednesday 9 March 2016

My Top 5 Beatles Albums: In Memory Of Sir George Martin

Very sadly, I just heard the news about the legend that was, still is, George Martin. If you don't know who this great man was, Google him, because the music he created and produced provided the soundtrack to my childhood. I've had plenty of people say to me, especially when I used to turn up to high school in Beatles band tees 'How do you know the Beatles? You're not old enough. Fine, if you're 'such a fan', what's you favorite song?' Which amazed me because the Beatles are, and always will be, ageless, and I was practically drip-fed their music on one side by my mum and drip-fed Pink Floyd on the other by my dad. Apparently having a cultured childhood makes you an 'indie hipster'.

Defeating the Undefeated: Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm

Ronda Rousey, mixed martial artist, judoka and first woman to win Bronze in Judo at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, suffered her first ever defeat at the hands – or more accurately, foot – of boxer, Holly Holm on November the 14th.

Confessions of An Aspiring Author

25 Turns, Pivots, and Twists to Complicate Your Story
as inspired by Chuck Wendig



I was doing some writer-y things today when I got stuck on a certain part of my writing: my plotline.

I was wondering what road to take, how many bends that road needed to have and when should I throw in the first steep turn. So, I did what most teenagers and most aspiring writers do when the going gets tough: I googled it.

And it was so that I stumbled across a blog post by one of my most adored online bloggers who writes about writing: Chuck Wendig.

The Silent Hills Problem

When P.T was released in August 2014, the gaming world imploded. Let’s Players tripped over each other in a rush to be the first to shudder at its creepiness, people forced their friends to play it in a weird game of chicken, and we all generally wondered what it was all about, hooked in by its compellingly terrifying L-shaped corridor (and the thing in the sink). Until the end, and that trailer. Del Toro. Kojima. Silent Hills. The second impact.