Knowledge Lost has finally moved! The reason behind this was to have more control over content and design, as well as increase SEO. I was a little worried about moving, I thought I might have lost a bit of the readership or community, but it does look like the views are remaining strong. I’m yet to find out if the community will remain but I am confident. The...

The great thing about blogging is the simple fact that there is so much you can learn from other bloggers. So as a thankyou to some of my favourite bloggers (as well as my problogger challenge for Day 7) I thought I would take some time and provide a list of some of my favourite blogs; Geek Upbringing – First of all I must give a mention to my wife’s...

This may be a bit off topic, but I wanted to just give an update on all the exciting opportunities that have been coming my way. As many people know I have a music blog which I’ve haven’t been paying much attention to, but still try to maintain. Well a music publicist has gotten in contact with me, asking if I was interested in doing an interview of one of...

I just stumbled across a list of 20 Science Fiction Novels that Will Change Your Life on the io9 blog. While I haven’t read all the books there are some great choices there and I thought I should share it with my readers as well. Whether you agree or not, this is an interesting list; Frankenstein (1818), by Mary Shelley The Time Machine (1895), by H.G....

As most of you may know, I never use to be much of a reader; it was only last year that I decided to discipline myself to read more. So I thought I might as well share with you five books that really had strong effects on me and my views on life. Markheim – This short story by Robert Louis Stevenson is definitely my favourite of his works I’ve read so far....

People say to write what you know, but what if your life is boring? Or what if the only think in your life that is interesting enough to write is an emotional and heart wrenching topic? This is something I’ve was thinking about all night last night. I know writing is a painful and emotional process for me, but as a writer am I willing to open old wounds and...

Isn’t it interesting that in pop culture, we think we know icons like Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. We know their basic story but until we read the books that made these characters famous, and then we realise that we have missed so much of the concepts and story. Frankenstein is referenced  in countless  movies but ia most commonly associated...

I just got back from a course on writing Historical Fiction and I got more out of it that I ever expected. Just basic ideas and thoughts are swimming in my head; I thought I will write through what was talked about with some ideas of writing exercises. Warming Up Before Writing This is something I’ve never really done but I can see that doing some exercises...