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20 Historic Black and White Photos Colorized

Originally posted on TwistedSifter:
  One of the greatest facets of reddit are the thriving subreddits, niche communities of people who share a passion for a specific topic. One of the Sifter’s personal favourites is r/ColorizedHistory. The major contributors are a mix of professional and amateur colorizers that bring historic photos to life through color.…

On Hardcore, Handsome and Hapless Heroes

Originally posted on Sarah Cawkwell's Blog:
Very much of my writing time is taken up with the wonderful grim and dark worlds of Warhammer 40k. This is all fine and groovy, because as I observed a while back, I love Space Marines. There’s a lot of pleasure to be had in writing stories about…

Word on the Street Festival Doesn’t Care About Author Scam

Working on demand – A demanding audience

We recently went on holiday in Cornwall. Whilst there, my eldest asked if I could tell her a quick story before bedtime. Wracking my brains I quickly came up with a story, told it to her and ended it on a cliff hanger. This was not appreciated. Realising that I better capture the story up … Continue reading →

Bitter Defeat update

A couple of days I wrote about how I was now working on my Blaise Maximillian short story anthology, set in an alternative Britain in the 1920s after the Bitter Defeat at the hands of the Germans after the 1914 – 1922 World War. The contents list will contain stories titled as below (working titles); … Continue reading →