Penny Plain

Philip HarrisEvents

Last night Ann and I spent a very entertaining evening at a puppet show. Yes…a puppet show. I know that doesn’t sound very rock n roll but these are post-apocalyptic puppets … Read More

Scott Bury’s Editing Tips

Philip HarrisLinks, Writing Advice

Scott Bury has posted some great tips on editing on his blog – well worth a read. I’ve certainly been guilty of all those things are one point or another.

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Philip HarrisEvents

I guess I should know better than to make plans by now. A friend I hadn’t seen for several years dropped by my office yesterday with some tickets to see … Read More

F Bomb Continued

Philip HarrisStories

So Long, and Thanks for All the Brains

Mostly day job and shopping yesterday but I did manage to scrape together a surprisingly productive hour of creativity and add another 727 words to F Bomb. That brings the … Read More

F Bomb

Philip HarrisStories

No zombies, but I did manage to get back to writing yesterday and I started a new story – F Bomb. An hour and a half of writing resulted 966 words … Read More

Doing the Santa Shuffle

Philip HarrisMusic, Running

Yesterday was our last race for 2011 – The Santa Shuffle. It’s a 5km fun run round Stanley Park and the seawall and this year was the third time we’d … Read More

She Wants Peter Murphy

Philip HarrisEvents, Music

At some point this blog will stop being about events I’ve attended. But not today. I got into Goth music by accident in my late teens and it quickly became … Read More

Chuck Palahniuk’s Balls

Philip HarrisAuthors, Events

Chuck Palahniuk’s advance for Fight Club was just $7000 dollars and both the film and the book were failures. At least initially. That’s two of the things I learned at … Read More