I had a mate in Cambridge; well he is actually still a mate – just not in Cambridge. He told me about some people who were putting on a live topical comedy show in small Cambridge venues. They needed some material, so to make a change from what I was doing (worrying and drinking mostly,) I wrote some sketches and they used them.
I was delighted – absolutely over the moon – well stoked!
Continue reading Climbing the Comedy Writing Ladder.
As has been mentioned ‘Detective Strongoak and the Case of Dead Elf’ has wide appeal for anybody who enjoys fantasy, comedy or detective fiction, but is not specially written for younger readers. However…
Continue reading Surf Elves – Really out of their Trees
It’s so nice to see so many people getting Nicely!
Continue reading Very nice for Nicely.
And of course if there was a Nicely Strongoak minifigure, just imagine what his haunt in The Citadel in Widergard might look like…
Continue reading Nicely Strongoak – that figures too!
‘Detective Strongoak and the Case of Dead Elf’ has wide appeal for anybody who enjoys fantasy, comedy or detective fiction, but is not specially written for younger readers, although just imagine what interest there could lead to…
Continue reading Nicely Strongoak – that figures!
With the election looming, time for a confession. I have been politically active for a large number of years now, but I’ve never joined a party, posted a leaflet or ‘doorstepped’ a constituent. My contribution has been a little different, but still equally as important I feel: I’ve made fun of them all.
I’ve written political comedy for the radio, for television and a number of live shows. To hear your political thoughts, sketches and jokes being performed by some of the best talent in the country is a great buzz. I heartily recommend it.
Continue reading Vote for Fantasy and Science Fiction! Only we can save the future!
A.F.E Smith, the talented fantasy writer, is to blame. Or rather, I should humbly thank AFE, not blame her. It was an interview with AFE that brought ‘The Horse with the Green Nose’ back to my mind. Now, I can’t get that horse out of my thoughts, what’s more ‘feeding the horse with the green nose’ has become my catch-all phrase for my own fiction writing.
You see, ‘The Horse with the Green Nose’, by Agnes Frome, is one of the earliest books I can remember reading. It had been passed down the generations in my family; battered and worn but with a fabulous soft cover and a unique smell. I can’t tell you much about Agnes though. It seems likely that Frome was a nom-de-plume, taken from the town in Somerset. Some clever genealogical work has discovered that she was probably really Agnes Dora Rimmer, born c 1895. Continue reading Feeding the Horse with the Green Nose
“There didn’t seem to be much doubt about the murder weapon”
Nicely needs to know!
Was the Goblin Grunt with the interesting taste in shoulder pads involved?
Nicely needs to know!
Here be a blog for Terry Newman and Master Detective Nicely Strongoak 