A Mysterious Package Arrives…
A mysterious package arrived and so I took it to the tavern room of Worrad Manor and opened it up. What a darling surprise! 😍
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On Watching 1917 A Second Time…
Weird how events change you. When I first saw 1917 back when it came out it hit me in the feels, sure, but I watched it last night and the end teared me up (I honestly can’t remember when last that happened). I now realise the difference is I hadn’t been through a Big Thing […]
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Just invented the Pennyblade. It’s very simple: Tall glass with ice25 ml absintheTop with half lemonade/half cranberry juice. Add a lemon slice. As many of you will already know, it’s named after my grimdark fantasy novel and tastes exactly like the main character’s personality. Find out more here: jamesworrad.com/february-2022-…
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Kevin O’Neil and Blitzspear
The passing away of Kevin O’Neil has hit me more than I’d ever have thought it would. His comic art blew my little mind back when I was a kid. Today I was thinking how overlooked his design of Blitzspear (the living spacecraft of Nemesis The Warlock) is. It never makes any top ten of […]
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Rounding my visit to Matt’s off with an old school game of Heroquest. It’s… not quite as good as you remember it. But it improved with a bottle of wine. Something I didn’t have when I played it at ten years old. The wine, I suppose, replaces the childhood glee.
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Things In My Flat: The Lowry Print With A Bit Of A History
A New Start For Our Layla
It’s with some sadness that I relate Layla (aka ‘Lady Fussington’, aka ‘The Duchess’, aka ‘Ol’ Lefty Bereux’) has moved on to pastures and scritches anew. Yup, she’s got a new owner and a new home. Of course I should add I was never her owner. I merely shared a den with her, one which […]
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I’ve a shameful admission. I’ve got a medieval-style fantasy novel coming out next year and I don’t even know how to swing a sword. You read that right. I spent a year writing a character who wields a rapier and the most real world experience I’ve had of that is holding a replica around someone’s […]
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