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Dumpy Little Unicorn

  • Ep 16
    26/04/2020

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    10/02/2020

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    05/02/2020

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    16/01/2020

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    28/12/2019

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    01/12/2019

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    24/11/2019

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    17/10/2019

  • Books,  Review

    Playing in the Dark

    19/11/2019 / 0 Comments

    Neil Gaiman at the Barbican was quite magical.  The concert opened with the BBC Symphony Orchestra playing The Sourcerer’s Apprentice and I can think of no better way to set the tone for an evening.  Neil then appeared and read short stories and poems and sections from his novels.  Amanda Palmer read a poem of his called the Mushroom hunters which was one of the highlights of the evening as far as I am concerned we were also treated to the Lord Chancellor’s Nightmare Song from Iolanthe which is a real treat if you have never heard it before. The second half opened with one of my favourite pieces of…

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    03/11/2019

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    01/03/2020

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    End of a Decade…

    17/11/2019 / 2 Comments

    There’s this meme going around and it asks what you have done in the last decade.  I have mixed feelings about this as I tend to do when things go viral and whilst its lovely to see those people who have achieved things, I worry that it becomes a competition and I struggle to think of things that I would consider major achievements. Initially, I thought oh my word; I have just failed at everything. But no this isn’t true. I have had a tough year and I like to think I’m finally starting to accept myself but there’s a long way to go but I have made a start.…

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    Prepping for Dublin World Con 2019 pt 1

    06/08/2019

    Being More Unicorn

    28/09/2015

    Book Guilt

    31/07/2019
  • Fiction,  Roleplay Games,  Writing

    Shadowrun Session 1

    10/11/2019 / Comments Off on Shadowrun Session 1

    Belarmina Alvarez is my Latinx Dwarf based in this Chronicle. She has a long and varied back story which I will write up at somepoint, but here is her experience of the first session with the group. Basically I got home and was so pumped with keen that I had to write up what she got up to. It has given me the inspiration to write some fiction based on what happened and here it is. Content notes she is short tempered and whilst this isn’t explicit there are adult themes.

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    For Pterry

    12/03/2015

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    14/09/2014
  • Geekery

    Roleplay Groups I think I found one that fits me

    09/11/2019 / 1 Comment

    I want to talk about table top role play (TTRPG) and the amount of fun you can have with the right group and the way things can go. I fell into role play.  At Sixth form there were a group of goths who were obsessed with Vampire the Masquerade and I thought it sounded interesting but they were not my friends and I was too busy doing things on stage to push it. But at university I fell in with the Games Society and that was where I got bit by the bug. I mainly played DnD 2nd ed at uni which was what the majority of the group played…

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    Book Crawl

    26/07/2019

    Nine worlds aka a very surreal weekend

    13/08/2014

    Book Guilt

    31/07/2019
  • Books,  Feminism,  reading,  Review

    Review: The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman

    05/11/2019 / 0 Comments

    The Mortal Word was marvellous.  Genevieve Cogman does it again and if I thought I couldn’t love Irene, Kai and Vale anymore then I was seriously mistaken.  The Mortal Word is the fifth title in this series and once again the world is shaken up this time with a peace treaty between the Dragons and the Fae with the Library acting as Arbiters in the middle.  The world-building has become richer as the series has progressed, I love the concept of the Language and maintaining the balance between order and chaos. Beyond this point, there may be spoilers for previous books in the series. I really feel for Irene she…

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    11/04/2015

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    19/03/2020

    The Winter Crown by Elizabeth Chadwick – Review

    12/11/2015
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    Review: Cult of Chaos by Shweta Taneja

    03/11/2019 / 0 Comments

    I feel very privileged to have read this book as it currently is not available in the UK it is published by Harper Collins India but I think there is a place for this voice in the Urban Fantasy market in the UK and beyond. Anantya is a Tantrist she is a good one too, a bit maverick and an outcast she helps the Dehli Police with their investigations whenever something a bit supernatural happens.  The books feel a lot like the Urban fantasy I was reading a little bit Anita Blake and a little bit Patricia Briggs however, what stops it being the Urban Fantasy cliche is the fact…

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