The blog of Lee Harris - publisher, editor, writer, lover, raconteur
Iron Chef Flash Fiction
I was lucky enough to go to Reno for WorldCon in August, and one of the panels I was involve in was the Iron Chef Flash Fiction Challenge.
This consisted of 3 panelists – myself, Hugo-nominee Eric James Stone, and short story scribe Dale Ivan Smith. Lawrence M. Schoen was the moderator.
The aim of the game [...]
Being Original
There is a proud tradition of selling TV programme formats between countries. Inevitably, the vast majority of remakes are viewed as inferior by the fans of the original; partly because they are used to the characters and the style of their own show, partly because the remake is made with a different audience in mind, [...]
Never Trust…
Train companies to run an effective service. 95% on time still means at least one train an hour is going to be delayed. Pretty crap, really.
Taxi drivers to actually follow the rules of the road. Those funny blinking lights on the sides of your car? They’re to indicates your intentions, you arse!
Anyone who drives while [...]
Corrr! Phew!!! Another bloody post, what?
Sorry.
I did mean to keep this thing up-to-date – really, I did. But… well, other things kept getting in the way.
So, what have I been up to these last few months? Well, I’ll start with the last week, and maybe I’ll write more about previous months, later – though experience tends to suggest I probably [...]
Bloody nose!
This entry will get a little gruesome, so unless you are a doctor or you’re writing a hospital-based horror/drama, you might want to click away.
So, here I am in York Hospital. I’m here for a nosebleed, and when I came in a few hours ago I felt a bit guilty about taking up the nurses’ [...]
Campaign For Real Fear – My Losing Entry
Like hundreds of other hopefuls, I entered the Campaign For Real Fear 500-word short story competition.
Like hundreds of others I didn’t make the final 10. As I have no intention of submitting elsewhere, I’m posting my entry here, to allow you all to point and snigger.
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One Side of a Conversation with a Crazy on the [...]
Hospital News
So, we headed out to the hospital with Lana at about 10.40, as we were told to be on the ward for 11.00. As we neared the hospital we got a call from the ward nurse to say we wouldn’t be able to see the opthalmologist until 1.30, so no need to come in until [...]
Clandestine Government Organisations
In happier news, it was our turn to see Verity’s teacher yesterday at the parent/teacher thingummie. Outstanding results all round – she’s way ahead of where she should be, academically, particularly with her reading, writing (she loves to write stories) and her maths. In fact, her maths is so good they’re putting her on the [...]
Being ill and shit like that
So, what with one thing or another, the whole family has had some sort of minor illness over the last few weeks – we’ve all had colds and flu-type things, and my 2-yr old (Lana) had a mild case of chickenpox.
As Lana was coming to the end of her chickenpox, though, I noticed something odd [...]
Ooh – has it really been three weeks?
I did mean to update this thing more often, you know – but I’m doing better than I used to, so it’s a positive start, I guess.
Just a few catchy-uppy things.
My 5-yr old (”I’m five and a half, Daddy!”) impressed me a short while back. She decided she wanted to try to con the tooth [...]
