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Who, me?

Somewhat geeky father of two beautiful cats, but also… Improviser, compere, quintarch & graphic designer at MissImp: Improv Comedy Theatre Nottingham. Creative mentor – using improv and writing to bring out the best in people. Proofreader and master of ebook conversion. Storyteller, and occasional scribbler of words about beers, whisky, books, films, Lego, Transformers (and other things made of plastic). Publishing Coordinator at a fancy new secret book job…

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Captain Pigheart’s Pirate Stories

Ahar! My name is Captain Ignatius Pigheart and I welcome ye to me tales of misadventure, mirth and piracy on the high seas. Perhaps ye likes pirate stories of the beasts of the sea, or romance midst the ocean’s spume. Mayhap tis yarns o’ family and the bonds twixt one…Continue reading “Captain Pigheart’s Pirate Stories”

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4Dec 201516 Aug 2017
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Watchers – Read The Thing

Winter Time And The Living Is Easy I have been taking it nice and easy since completing my NaNoWriMo novella…

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29Oct 201316 Aug 2017
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In Memory: Sadness and Laughter

Funeral Review? Well, the funeral and memorial service for my uncle, Colin Barnfather went well last week. It’s a strange…

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18Jul 200629 Aug 2017
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Captain Pigheart’s Mermaid Adventure

Gaargh, me britches’re stained with the love juice of an impudent mermaid. ‘Twas but four moons ago. We were sailin’…

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Refreshing, and wide-eyed Nick Tyler is an energetic and uplifting compere who ensures that the pace never slackens.

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We Are What We Overcome – Podcast Episode 2

8 May 20198 May 2019
We Are What We Overcome - Episode 2 Anxiety So, hot on the heels of sharing episode one, here's the second. This time we've added a kind of mental health check-in…
Slightly Broken

We Are What We Overcome – Podcast Episode 1

8 May 20197 May 2019
We Are What We Overcome - It's Alive The podcast is on. We've recorded two episodes and have the next four lined up to be recorded, so we've sorted out an actual…
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Daily Check In, 6 – Back in the Horse

9 Apr 20199 Apr 2019
I have, reluctantly, been re-prescribed amitriptyline. It's really hard not to see this as a failure. So hard, in fact, that I am feeling that I've failed. I realise that…
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We Are What We Overcome – Pilot Podcast

2 Apr 2019
We Are What We Overcome A couple of months ago, Matt McGuinness of Matt McGuinness & the MLC asked me and my other half,  Marilyn to help sharpen up his…
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Daily Check In, 5 (Us, Skellig)

1 Apr 20191 Apr 2019
The week begins! I have but one day of work (today) followed by the rest of the week off to spend some time with my other half for her birthday.…
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Daily Check In, 4

29 Mar 201929 Mar 2019
Ah a day off, opportunity for endless lying in... Or waking up even earlier than intended. Win. In any case I'm off to try to snag cheap tickets for Skellig…
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Daily Check In, 3

28 Mar 201928 Mar 2019
MOAR sleep! Scooped a sweet five hours of sleep, having had a couple of pints at the (splendid) Smash Night followed by a neat chaser of bourbon and zopiclone. Certainly…
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Daily Check In, 2.5

27 Mar 201927 Mar 2019
I have done many things today, all of them tiny tweaks of html and css. It has been intense, but rewarding. I do enjoy the laser focus of being in…
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Daily Check In, 2

27 Mar 201927 Mar 2019
'Nother night, 'nother morning. Today feels better, or rather, I feel brighter today. It's the up and down which is exhausting - not knowing how I'll feel when I wake…
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Daily Check In, 1.5

26 Mar 201926 Mar 2019
Not a good start to the day this morning. So how are things now? I ask because I know that I'm up and down quite a lot in the course…
Slightly Broken

Daily Check In, 1

26 Mar 201926 Mar 2019
How to express the disappointment of being awake, again. It's crushing. Every night I fall asleep imagining it might be the last time, and the next day I'm torn from…
NaNoWriMo

Waiting for Silence – Part 2 (NaNoWriMo 2018)

8 Nov 20188 Nov 2018
Part Two Sleep ends abruptly. On this occasion I’m jerked out of sleep by a rattling that passes through the room. The shuddering shake of objects – bottles, boxes, cases…
NaNoWriMo

Waiting for Silence – Part 1 (NaNoWriMo 2018)

5 Nov 20185 Nov 2018
Part One I have said goodbye many times. Each time feels like the last, that I will leave and not return. And yet, I do. I’m drawn back to this…
NaNoWriMo

Nanowrimo 2018

3 Nov 201813 Feb 2019
Well, I've been a bit busy, so I haven't quite gotten round to thinking properly about this! In the last three weeks we've celebrated MissImp: Improv Comedy Theatre Nottingham's twentieth anniversary (I'm pretty chuffed…
Assorted Ramblings…

Improv Comedy Pop Up Workshops in Little Ed, Derby 21 April 2018

17 Apr 2018
This weekend Derby is deluged with delightful activity in Furthest From the Sea's Little Ed event - a mini Fringe festival, showcasing the best and brightest of local performance. It's going to…
Assorted Ramblings…

Improv Comedy Workshops at Follycon 2018

29 Mar 2018
So I'm off to Follycon tomorrow with Angry Robot. It's the 2018 edition of Eastercon - the finest annual SFF convention in the UK. This year we're in Harrogate, 30 March…
Pirate Stories

An Even Shorter Pirate Christmas Tale

24 Dec 201723 Dec 2017
Gaaargh, it was the night before Christmas and was all peaceful, quieter than a mouse… Too quiet, so we turned our cannons to the sky and blasted away to celebrate…
Assorted Ramblings

Captain Pigheart on Notts TV 1 December 2017

23 Dec 201723 Dec 2017
Well gosh, I'm in danger of becoming  semi-regular guest on Notts TV. I was very happy to be invited back to babble about the royal engagement, judge some pirates and…
NaNoWriMo

After the Dark – Read the Whole Thing (NaNoWriMo 2017)

11 Dec 201710 Dec 2017
Should You Wish To Read It... I'm very grateful to everyone who read, commented and liked bits of my Nanowrimo story through November - it's the kind of support that…
Assorted Ramblings

Lost At Sea on Notts TV – 13 October 2017

8 Dec 20179 Dec 2017
They had me back! To my amazement, I have been asked back onto our local digital TV channel Notts TV, to spout whatever comes into my head, and share a pirate…
NaNoWriMo

After the Dark – Part 25 – The End (NaNoWriMo 2017)

5 Dec 2017
Part Twenty-Five It took the allforest hours to wind its way all the way inside the strangers’ last colony ship. The huge forested vessel squatted on top of the Menortha…
NaNoWriMo

After the Dark – Part 24 (NaNoWriMo 2017)

4 Dec 20174 Dec 2017
Part Twenty-Four The mind interface with the allforest bleeds both ways. Unlike the interface in the underground forest, the intensity of their scrutiny pushed images and flickers of thought into…
Assorted Ramblings…

MetaNaNoWriMo – a few thoughts on NaNo2017

2 Dec 20171 Dec 2017
Phew. It's over! I successfully completed my Nano novella After the Dark on Thursday night - I am a winner at 63,846 words. Pretty cool huh? By the end, I think the story even made…
NaNoWriMo

After the Dark – Part 23 (NaNoWriMo 2017)

1 Dec 201730 Nov 2017
Part Twenty-Three The sharp blackness of space emerged from a sea of fire, and the pressure on our bodies and crash chairs lessened. I was intensely grateful for that, as…
NaNoWriMo

After the Dark – Part 22 (NaNoWriMo 2017)

30 Nov 201729 Nov 2017
Part Twenty-Two We staggered back, as the rift in the ground widened, sending the remains of the archive crashing into the depths far below. The shuddering earth distracted Miqual, so…
NaNoWriMo

After the Dark – Part 21 (NaNoWriMo 2017)

29 Nov 201728 Nov 2017
Part Twenty-One When we climbed out from under the mess of clothes we’d scattered across the abandoned living room, sun had reached what passed for midday brightness. It had not…
NaNoWriMo

After the Dark – Part 20 (NaNoWriMo 2017)

28 Nov 201727 Nov 2017
Part Twenty The sparkling forest faded around us, and I felt the woodgrain sliding across my skin, releasing us from the interface pillar. We were no longer in the underground…
NaNoWriMo

After the Dark – Part 19 (NaNoWriMo 2017)

27 Nov 201725 Nov 2017
Part Nineteen Hand in hand, we descended into the allforest. The slope was steep, and we had to stagger between tree trunks, catching each other as we slipped. The scent…
NaNoWriMo

After the Dark – Part 18 (NaNoWriMo 2017)

24 Nov 201724 Nov 2017
Part Eighteen We maintained a vicious assault on the homeworld’s colony ships and frigates. Rumala and Eleran adapted our escape pods into biological weapons, filled with the monsters we’d bred…
NaNoWriMo

After the Dark – Part 17 (NaNoWriMo 2017)

23 Nov 201722 Nov 2017
Part Seventeen I staggered on the brink of the allforest. The vast terrarium forest spun before me, a whirling vision of red and green foliage below and the glowing sky…
NaNoWriMo

After the Dark – Part 16 (NaNoWriMo 2017)

22 Nov 201722 Nov 2017
Part Sixteen The world ground around me, nauseatingly loud, as my coffin of roots corkscrewed me away from the fire, away from the mine. Away from Miqual, the man I’d…
NaNoWriMo

After the Dark – Part 15 (NaNoWriMo 2017)

21 Nov 201720 Nov 2017
Part Fifteen I hastily slapped at the burning paper sticking to my boots and legs for fear I’d go up with it. Since I clutched an extremely flammable paper folder…
NaNoWriMo

After the Dark – Part 14 (NaNoWriMo 2017)

20 Nov 201719 Nov 2017
Part Fourteen The mineshaft I followed was taking me deeper underground. I felt that it might be roughly parallel to the entranceway, but I had no way to determine if…

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