{"id":1062,"date":"2014-09-15T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/?page_id=1062"},"modified":"2023-02-18T17:42:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T17:42:08","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/books-read-march-24\/\">Books read &#8211; March &#8217;24<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-04-05T21:19:14+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 5, 2024<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Stuff I read last month.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/something-about-memory\/\">Something about memory<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-04-02T23:06:17+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 2, 2024<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Sapphire, take back time!<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/ill-tell-you-the-ultimate-secret-of-magic\/\">I&#8217;ll tell you the ultimate secret of magic.<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-03-28T10:22:01+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 28, 2024<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Any\u00a0cunt\u00a0could do it.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/vanity-of-vanities-all-is-vanity\/\">Vanity of vanities &#8211; all is vanity!<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-03-27T08:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 27, 2024<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The header image is a narcissus flower. Geddit? Ha! I crack myself up.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/stargate-atlantis-fatherland\/\">Stargate Atlantis: Fatherland<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-03-26T09:52:26+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 26, 2024<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">A text sample from a tie-in book that was approved but never written.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/i-think-im-in-an-co-dependent-relationship-with-books\/\">I think I&#8217;m in a co-dependent relationship with books<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-03-25T11:36:03+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 25, 2024<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">When I was young, I probably read between 3 and 5 books a week. I was voracious. My tastes were catholic but I followed my father\u2019s lead an awful lot, and many of the books I read were by authors he had enjoyed in his younger days. He pressed on me The White South by\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/i-think-im-in-an-co-dependent-relationship-with-books\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: I think I&#8217;m in a co-dependent relationship with books<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/sniper-elite-water-line\/\">Sniper Elite: Water Line<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-02-18T21:58:59+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">February 18, 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">About a decade ago I was approached by Rebellion, for whom I had recently written the School&#8217;s Out Trilogy, and asked if I wanted to write for their next Playstation game, Sniper Elite: V2. It turned out to be one of the most enjoyable creative experiences I&#8217;ve ever had, and when they asked me to\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/sniper-elite-water-line\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Sniper Elite: Water Line<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/the-deadly-affair-1967\/\">The Deadly Affair (1967)<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-12-29T13:01:02+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">December 29, 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">John Le Carr\u00e9\u2019s first novel, Call For The Dead, is a hybrid thing \u2013 a spy novel masquerading as a murder mystery, or perhaps a murder mystery masquerading as a spy novel. It feels appropriate that its genre is as slippery as a spy\u2019s legend, but however you choose to classify it, it\u2019s a thumping\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/the-deadly-affair-1967\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: The Deadly Affair (1967)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/the-looking-glass-war-1970\/\">The Looking Glass War (1970)<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-12-22T11:37:59+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">December 22, 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">John Le Carr\u00e9\u2019s fourth novel, The Looking Glass War, was a satirical rejoinder to all those who had, he felt, got the wrong end of the stick in respect of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Feeling that they had missed the point that the spy game was a futile, squalid, hopeless affair,\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/the-looking-glass-war-1970\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: The Looking Glass War (1970)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/a-life-in-doctor-who-magazines\/\">A Life in Doctor Who magazines<\/a><time datetime=\"2019-10-14T12:40:04+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">October 14, 2019<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">It\u2019s mid-afternoon on Saturday 13 October 1979. I\u2019m seven years old and I\u2019m in the living room of my grandparent\u2019s house at 85 Kenilworth Road, Aston, Birmingham. Out the window I can hear the crowds at the Aston Villa ground roaring in appreciation of another goal. When I hear the unmistakeable final roar that signifies\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/a-life-in-doctor-who-magazines\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: A Life in Doctor Who magazines<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/doctor-who-and-the-massacre-of-st-bartholomews-eve\/\">Doctor Who and The Massacre (of St Bartholomew(\u2018s Eve))<\/a><time datetime=\"2019-08-30T16:11:58+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 30, 2019<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Occasionally I lose my tiny mind and I pick a lost Doctor Who story, grab up everything about it that I can and devote a week to deep diving into it. This week it was the third\u00a0season historical The Massacre, produced under the aegis of script editor Donald Tosh (who Loose Cannon interviewed about the\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/doctor-who-and-the-massacre-of-st-bartholomews-eve\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Doctor Who and The Massacre (of St Bartholomew(\u2018s Eve))<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/dcms-rebrand\/\">The DCMS rebrand (and me)<\/a><time datetime=\"2017-07-04T10:18:13+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">July 4, 2017<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Yesterday the Department for Culture, Media and Sport renamed itself the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. I ran digital comms for the DCMS for about a year 2009\/10 (honest, I did), a period which covered the last six months of the Labour government and the first six months of the coalition. During the\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/dcms-rebrand\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: The DCMS rebrand (and me)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/return-to-the-afterblight\/\">Return to the Afterblight<\/a><time datetime=\"2016-06-10T09:52:30+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 10, 2016<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">My first trilogy of novels, collected\u00a0in School&#8217;s Out Forever, were set within the shared world of Abaddon&#8217;s Afterblight Chronicles. They&#8217;re pretty good, and you should totally\u00a0pick up a copy (hint! hint!) Ahem, anyway&#8230; this August a new Afterblight omnibus is released containing three novellas: Fall Out by Simon Guerrier, which is a sequel to my\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/return-to-the-afterblight\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Return to the Afterblight<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/a-load-of-old-cobblers\/\">A load of old cobblers<\/a><time datetime=\"2016-06-08T20:51:10+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 8, 2016<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Twenty five years ago I visited a town in Poland called Starachowice. Since WW2 it had been a town that produced trucks &#8211; Star Trucks &#8211; and almost nothing else. When I visited, in the early 90s, the factory had closed and unemployment was through the roof. The town felt lost, abandoned, the populace shocked\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/a-load-of-old-cobblers\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: A load of old cobblers<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/timebomb-second-lives\/\">Timebomb &#8211; Second Lives<\/a><time datetime=\"2015-08-04T15:22:28+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 4, 2015<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">It began when three people from three different moments in history discovered that they could travel through time when they clasped hands. But the mysteries surrounding them have only deepened.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2014\/07\/timebomb-cover-timebomb-blurb-timebomb-date\/\">TimeBomb Cover! TimeBomb Blurb! TimeBomb Date!<\/a><time datetime=\"2014-07-10T13:36:54+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">July 10, 2014<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">TimeBomb\u00a0publishes 9 October 2014. Pre-order &#8211;\u00a0paperback | ebook New York City, 2141: Yojana Patel throws herself off a skyscraper, but never hits the ground. Cornwall, 1640: gentle young Dora Predennick, newly come to Sweetclover Hall to work, discovers a badly-burnt woman at the bottom of a flight of stairs. When she reaches out to comfort\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2014\/07\/timebomb-cover-timebomb-blurb-timebomb-date\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: TimeBomb Cover! TimeBomb Blurb! TimeBomb Date!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/the-big-new-deal-blog\/\">The big NEW DEAL blog<\/a><time datetime=\"2013-10-11T09:41:11+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">October 11, 2013<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">So the secret&#8217;s finally out. If you&#8217;ve been following me on Twitter or Facebook you&#8217;ll know I recently finished and delivered a book. You&#8217;ll possibly have realised it&#8217;s a time-travel story, and if you&#8217;ve really been paying attention you&#8217;ll have guessed it&#8217;s called Timebomb. It&#8217;s the first of a three-book deal I signed with Hodder\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/the-big-new-deal-blog\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: The big NEW DEAL blog<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/coming-soon\/\">Coming soon&#8230;<\/a><time datetime=\"2013-08-19T14:15:41+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 19, 2013<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">So the first draft of the next book is done! It currently clocks in at 91,437 words, which makes it longer than any of my Afterblight books. But as it goes through my editing process, then my agent&#8217;s, then my editor&#8217;s, that number will change many times. It&#8217;s been the most difficult book that I&#8217;ve\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/coming-soon\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Coming soon&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/readers-authors-fans\/\">Readers, Authors, Fans<\/a><time datetime=\"2013-04-16T12:04:04+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 16, 2013<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Two great blogs about the relationship between author and reader floated across my screen today: The first by the always brilliant John Scalzi &#8211; How to Be a Good Fan The second by Brenna Clarke Gray over at BookRiot &#8211; Readers Don\u2019t Owe Authors Sh*t For my part I&#8217;ve not been doing this long enough,\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/readers-authors-fans\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Readers, Authors, Fans<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/the-paps-in-their-own-words\/\">The Paps, in their own words<\/a><time datetime=\"2013-04-09T10:32:49+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 9, 2013<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Picture the scene&#8230; I&#8217;m standing in Trafalgar Square watching them film the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special. I&#8217;m standing behind a barrier watching Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman filming a scene. There are other members of the public here taking pics and a good-natured, smiley guard on the opposite side of the barrier to make\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/the-paps-in-their-own-words\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: The Paps, in their own words<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/848\/\">Rage fatigue and professionalism<\/a><time datetime=\"2013-04-08T16:58:28+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 8, 2013<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">So Margaret Thatcher died. For those who don&#8217;t know who she was, she was British Prime Minister during my youth and did a lot of things that were extremely controversial. And that&#8217;s all I&#8217;m saying about it. Why? Two reasons. First, I work for the Government in my 9-5 job at the moment, so I&#8217;m\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/848\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Rage fatigue and professionalism<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/iain-banks-and-deferred-pleasures\/\">Iain Banks and deferred pleasures<\/a><time datetime=\"2013-04-04T14:39:36+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 4, 2013<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The first Iain Banks book I read was The Wasp Factory. I knew I was going to enjoy it, so I put it aside as a reward for finishing my finals at University. It sat on my shelf, a deferred pleasure. I remember the circumstances of reading it vividly &#8211; I had been to our\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/iain-banks-and-deferred-pleasures\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Iain Banks and deferred pleasures<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/from-the-archives-robert-palmer\/\">From the archives: Robert Palmer<\/a><time datetime=\"2013-03-07T13:46:35+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 7, 2013<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In December 2002 I was working for the BBC&#8217;s Top of The Pops website. Mostly I wrote silly pieces of content, like\u00a0Top 5 Most Depressing Depeche Mode Lyrics, or the three news stories that the site used to publish every day. But then I was asked if I&#8217;d like to do some interviews, and I\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/from-the-archives-robert-palmer\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: From the archives: Robert Palmer<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/make-let\/\">Make \/ Let<\/a><time datetime=\"2013-03-05T12:31:35+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 5, 2013<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">I&#8217;m beginning to see a theme emerging in the various discussions taking place about the future &#8211; specifically, the changing nature of the interaction between individuals and organisations, be they commercial or social. Two TED talks I have watched in the last week both articulate the same thought, and bring the theme into sharp relief.\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/make-let\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Make \/ Let<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/scott-in-tellyland\/\">Scott in Tellyland<\/a><time datetime=\"2013-02-25T10:17:51+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">February 25, 2013<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In January 2013, to mark the launch of School&#8217;s Out Forever, Simone Thorogood interviewed me for Loaded&#8217;s late night book show &#8211; my first TV appearance (as an adult).<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/01\/toodle-pip-2012-brace-yourself-2013\/\">Toodle-pip 2012! Brace yourself, 2013!<\/a><time datetime=\"2013-01-03T16:36:46+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 3, 2013<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">So 2012 was a hell of a year for me, personally. I started the year two stone overweight, in financial freefall and actually pretty much depressed. I had no writing gigs lined up, was struggling to find any joy in my day job and generally felt like things were Not Going My Way. But did\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2013\/01\/toodle-pip-2012-brace-yourself-2013\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Toodle-pip 2012! Brace yourself, 2013!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/unit-the-coup\/\">UNIT: The Coup<\/a><time datetime=\"2012-11-17T16:15:25+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">November 17, 2012<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In 2004 I made my acting debut for Big Finish. Well, I say &#8216;acting&#8217; I was\u00a0playing\u00a0a news reader, so it was hardly Hamlet. I remember trying to be very naturalistic and being told by the director to make it a bit more &#8216;Day Today&#8217;, so I made it hammier and that got the thumbs up.\u00a0I\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/unit-the-coup\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: UNIT: The Coup<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/my-next-big-thing\/\">My next big thing<\/a><time datetime=\"2012-11-09T09:47:25+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">November 9, 2012<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Damn it, that Guerrier chap tagged me in a writers Q&amp;A meme and I&#8217;m bound to follow suit or my entrails will be forfeit to Lord Beelzebub and his horde of demonic kittenbats. (Also, it will help prevent me writing a 10,000 word screed on the\u00a0unbelievable\u00a0corporate fuckwittery that is the Hellblazer cancellation.) Since Guerrier, and\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/my-next-big-thing\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: My next big thing<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/2012-half-time-report\/\">2012 \u2013 half-time report<\/a><time datetime=\"2012-08-13T15:48:48+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 13, 2012<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">I started this year with a long list of shit I needed to get done, some personal, some professional. The personal stuff has gone damn well, thanks for asking \ud83d\ude42 On the professional front, I needed to get my hand back in to writing after a year off. I picked four projects and worked through\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/2012-half-time-report\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: 2012 \u2013 half-time report<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/leave-it-scott-just-leave-it\/\">Leave it Scott, just leave it!<\/a><time datetime=\"2012-06-28T10:09:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 28, 2012<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Online conversation I nearly had today but didn&#8217;t quite, because, well, life&#8217;s too short. In fact, I spent years having variations of this conversation on Compuserve, Usenet, eGroups, Yahoogroups, Listserves et al. I achieved nothing, but somehow I&#8217;m still occasionally amazed by people who are still randomly either rude or stupid. Or both. I try\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/leave-it-scott-just-leave-it\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Leave it Scott, just leave it!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/05\/doctor-who-the-anchorites-echo\/\">Doctor Who: The Anchorite&#8217;s Echo<\/a><time datetime=\"2012-05-14T14:44:23+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 14, 2012<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In 2005 I was lucky enough to contribute a Doctor Who short story to a Christmas-themed anthology from Big Finish &#8211; \u00a0Short Trips: A History of Christmas\u00a0, which was edited by Simon Guerrier.\u00a0\u00a0It&#8217;s long out of print, and I certainly can&#8217;t charge for it, but I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s any rule against me giving it\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/05\/doctor-who-the-anchorites-echo\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Doctor Who: The Anchorite&#8217;s Echo<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/1990-woodward\/\">1990 &#8211; Season One<\/a><time datetime=\"2012-04-11T07:31:38+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 11, 2012<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Some years ago, browsing through a second hand bookshop, I stumbled across a TV tie-in book for a show called 1990. I was instantly\u00a0intrigued. A BBC drama starring Edward Woodward as Jim Kyle, heroic leader of a resistance movement in totalitarian Britain? How is it that I had never heard of this show? And how\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/1990-woodward\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: 1990 &#8211; Season One<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/independent-online-marketing-underwater-sunshine\/\">Independent online marketing &#038; &#8216;Underwater Sunshine&#8217;<\/a><time datetime=\"2012-03-29T14:47:04+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 29, 2012<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">A few years ago, Counting Crows kind of stunned everyone by walking away from Geffen and announcing they were an independent band. Whether this was prompted by a perceived underperformance of the superb \u2018Saturday Nights &#038; Sunday Mornings\u2019 or a wider dissatisfaction with the music business is unclear. But band leader Adam Duritz\u2019s impassioned talk\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/independent-online-marketing-underwater-sunshine\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Independent online marketing &#038; &#8216;Underwater Sunshine&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/announcing-target-hitler\/\">Announcing &#8216;Target: Hitler!&#8217;<\/a><time datetime=\"2012-03-06T15:09:08+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 6, 2012<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Last summer I was lucky enough to do some writing for the forthcoming computer game Sniper Elite V2. Basically this meant doing some plotting, developing the narrative and scripting a bunch of cut-scenes and voiceovers. It was loads of fun and has now led to this press release, hot and shiny from the, um, press\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/announcing-target-hitler\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Announcing &#8216;Target: Hitler!&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/from-the-archives-counting-crows\/\">From the archives: Counting Crows<\/a><time datetime=\"2012-03-02T11:11:12+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 2, 2012<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Here&#8217;s a piece I&#8217;ve dredged up from the archives &#8211; early 2004, to be precise. At the time I was working for the BBC&#8217;s Top of the Pops website, which occasionally involved interviewing guests who had come to the studio to play on that week&#8217;s show. The highlight was when I got to have a\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/from-the-archives-counting-crows\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: From the archives: Counting Crows<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/calling-all-scapers\/\">Calling All \u2019Scapers!<\/a><time datetime=\"2012-02-17T11:20:06+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">February 17, 2012<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Back in the dim and distant I wrote a book all about a TV show called Farscape &#8211; Uncharted Territory. That book covered the first three seasons of the show and was commissioned by Virgin Books just as the SciFi Channel in America announced they\u2019d be making seasons 4 and 5, so I was confident\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/calling-all-scapers\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Calling All \u2019Scapers!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/scotts-2012-state-of-the-union\/\">Scott&#8217;s 2012 state of the union<\/a><time datetime=\"2012-01-31T11:56:53+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 31, 2012<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">So, 2012, we meet at last! Let&#8217;s recap&#8230; I started 2010 by finishing off my Highlander scripts, then spent four months writing Childrens&#8217; Crusade. In the second half of 2010 I spent four months working VERY hard on a screenplay which I entered in the Red Planet Prize &#8211; when it didn&#8217;t even make it\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/scotts-2012-state-of-the-union\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Scott&#8217;s 2012 state of the union<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/death-fear-horror-oh-my\/\">Death &#038; Fear &#038; Horror, oh my!<\/a><time datetime=\"2012-01-11T16:35:35+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 11, 2012<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Back in the dim and distant I used to write copy for the Top of the Pops website. Yesterday I was asked to provide samples of my online writing, so I dug out this little beauty from 8 years back to demonstrate how I can tailor my writing to an established house style; in TOTP&#8217;s\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/death-fear-horror-oh-my\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Death &#038; Fear &#038; Horror, oh my!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/digital-communications-what-is-your-homepage-for\/\">Digital Communications: What is your homepage for?<\/a><time datetime=\"2011-11-02T17:12:40+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">November 2, 2011<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In my day job I manage social media\u00a0accounts\u00a0and homepages for large organisations. I tend not to blog about that much, but I&#8217;ve recently been trying to quantify my approach, to nail down exactly what it is I bring to an organisation. What follows over the next few blogs is, in effect, my personal statement of\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/digital-communications-what-is-your-homepage-for\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Digital Communications: What is your homepage for?<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/09\/pandemonium\/\">Pandemonium<\/a><time datetime=\"2011-09-21T13:57:41+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">September 21, 2011<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Those lovely people at Pornokitsch, Anne and Jared &#8211; I call them The Pornos; they don&#8217;t laugh &#8211; have set up an imprint called Pandemonium Fiction to publish short story collections. The first, Stories of the Apocalypse, \u00a0contains original\u00a0tales \u00a0inspired by the art of John Martin, and the book will be released in October 2011\u00a0to\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/09\/pandemonium\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Pandemonium<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/a-change-of-name\/\">A Scott by any other name<\/a><time datetime=\"2011-08-30T10:34:10+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 30, 2011<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">I was christened Scott Keegan Andrews. My middle name was chosen with care. It means &#8216;son of the little poet&#8217; apparently, and since my dad&#8217;s a songwriter he deemed it appropriate. I think it&#8217;s kind of neat. However, the Keegan was a bone of some contention at school, as everyone who discovered it henceforth called\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/a-change-of-name\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: A Scott by any other name<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/matt-helm-tied-hand-and-foot\/\">Matt Helm: tied hand and foot<\/a><time datetime=\"2011-08-18T13:05:39+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 18, 2011<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">I picked this book up at the railway station lending library this morning and it fell open at the following, deathless excerpt. \u201cDon\u2019t rush me, darling,\u201d she said. \u201cYou\u2019re a dreadful cold-blooded, ruthless person, but I had to find you tonight. Do you understand? You\u2019re the only person I\u2019d care to be with tonight, whatever\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/matt-helm-tied-hand-and-foot\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Matt Helm: tied hand and foot<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/state-of-play-16-august-2011\/\">State of play &#8211; 16 August 2011<\/a><time datetime=\"2011-08-16T12:04:57+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 16, 2011<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">New and imminent Bad Haven talk to me about stuff,\u00a0including\u00a0my involvement with the film of School\u2019s Out. Mass Movement Magazine review Highlander: The Four Horsemen \u201cMoran and Andrews have taken show favourites and crafted incredible tales that carry the legacy of the show to new realms.\u201d I have a long memoir in the second issue\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/state-of-play-16-august-2011\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: State of play &#8211; 16 August 2011<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/for-smurfs-sake-dont-rock-the-boat\/\">For Smurf&#8217;s sake, don&#8217;t rock the boat!<\/a><time datetime=\"2011-08-15T15:57:24+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 15, 2011<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">There are certain tropes that those of us of a certain age (cough\u202640ish\u2026cough) were conditioned to expect in comedies and children\u2019s films. The evil boss who gets their comeuppance at the end of the film, when the downbeaten hero realises they don\u2019t have to put up with it and can Follow Their Dream instead, is\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/for-smurfs-sake-dont-rock-the-boat\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: For Smurf&#8217;s sake, don&#8217;t rock the boat!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/the-sentimental-geek-strikes-back\/\">The sentimental geek strikes back<\/a><time datetime=\"2011-06-21T08:25:06+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 21, 2011<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Be-caped and beguiling, Ryan Adams stages a triumphant solo return at the Barbican. Being a Ryan Adams fan can be a bit of a rollercoaster. There&#8217;s his habit of releasing everything he records, often for free, simply because he feels like it. For the record, I love it, but it drives some people nuts, and\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/the-sentimental-geek-strikes-back\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: The sentimental geek strikes back<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/schools-out-film-news\/\">School&#8217;s Out film news<\/a><time datetime=\"2011-06-02T11:59:23+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 2, 2011<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The news story below appeared in Screen International yesterday, so I can \u00a0talk about it now. In brief: the film has got development funding, I&#8217;m on board as script consultant, and Oliver Milburn is writing and directing. I met with Oliver and Emma, the producer, a few weeks back. We got on famously and they\u00a0have\u00a0a\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/schools-out-film-news\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: School&#8217;s Out film news<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/outpost-skaro-cover-highlander\/\">Outpost Skaro cover Highlander<\/a><time datetime=\"2011-05-17T08:49:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 17, 2011<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">I&#8217;m all over Outpost Skaro like some kind of Time-Rash: Outpost Skaro review Highlander: The Four Horsemen &#8220;The writers also do an excellent job&#8230;\u00a0I really enjoyed this&#8230; 8\/10&#8221; Outpost Skaro subject me to&#8230; no, not the Mind Probe! &#8220;The element of surprise is vital. These are characters about whom the audience think they know everything\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/outpost-skaro-cover-highlander\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Outpost Skaro cover Highlander<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/of-agents-and-angles\/\">Of Agents and Angles<\/a><time datetime=\"2011-05-06T08:27:54+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 6, 2011<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">I&#8217;ve never had a literary agent representing me. All the writing gigs I&#8217;ve landed &#8211; novels, plays, articles etc &#8211; I&#8217;ve secured off my own bat. But I&#8217;ve always worked on the assumption that at some point I&#8217;d need an agent, a savvy ally who could help me punch up a level in my career\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/of-agents-and-angles\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Of Agents and Angles<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/an-interesting-day\/\">An interesting day<\/a><time datetime=\"2011-05-03T14:45:26+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 3, 2011<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Well, it&#8217;s been an interesting day, and it certainly got this new site off to a flying start. I was first told that School&#8217;s Out was about to be optioned over two years ago. Needless to say I was pretty excited. Quick as a flash, nothing at all happened. The recession hit, companies retrenched, silence\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/an-interesting-day\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: An interesting day<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/schools-out-optioned\/\">School&#8217;s Out &#8211; Optioned!<\/a><time datetime=\"2011-05-03T11:15:31+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 3, 2011<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Abaddon\u2019s \u2018Attack the Block meets Lord of the Flies\u2019 novel optioned by Multistory Films Abaddon Books is proud to announce that \u00a0it has struck a deal with\u00a0Multistory Films to bring School\u2019s Out by Scott Andrews to the big screen. Attack the Block meets Lord of the Flies in a post-apocalyptic landscape\u00a0where pupils at a public\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/schools-out-optioned\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: School&#8217;s Out &#8211; Optioned!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/scorched-earth-window-dressing\/\">Scorched earth &#038; window dressing<\/a><time datetime=\"2011-05-02T15:13:20+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">May 2, 2011<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Hello and welcome to www.scottkandrews.com. It&#8217;s a bit spartan at the moment, but the content is in,\u00a0I just need to dress up the window a bit. All the info about my books and plays, and a few key old blog posts, are in. More will follow. You can subscribe using feedburner for RSS or email.\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/scorched-earth-window-dressing\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Scorched earth &#038; window dressing<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2009\/03\/schools-out-unpublished-prologue\/\">School&#8217;s Out &#8211; unpublished prologue<\/a><time datetime=\"2009-03-04T13:29:22+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 4, 2009<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The blog Daily Writing Tips recently published\u00a0Three reasons to ditch your novel\u2019s prologue. It contains much wisdom. The following extract was part of the pitch that got School\u2019s Out commissioned, and it stayed in the book \u2018til very late in the day, but I eventually decided to cut it. My editor was a bit wary\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2009\/03\/schools-out-unpublished-prologue\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: School&#8217;s Out &#8211; unpublished prologue<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2009\/02\/stargate-atlantis-impressions-script-extract\/\">Stargate Atlantis: Impressions &#8211; script extract<\/a><time datetime=\"2009-02-20T11:59:40+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">February 20, 2009<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">This is the pre-titles sequence from my Stargate\u00a0Atlantis\u00a0audio play, Impressions, published here by kind permission of Big Finish Productions. More information about\u00a0Stargate Atlantis: Impressions Order CD or download Stargate Atlantis: Impressions trailer by scottkandrews ACT 1 SCENE 1 Neutral, narrating space. LORNE: Light and shade. The dappled green of forest leaves. The splashes of white\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2009\/02\/stargate-atlantis-impressions-script-extract\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Stargate Atlantis: Impressions &#8211; script extract<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2008\/12\/interview-with-mass-movement-magazine\/\">Interview with Mass Movement Magazine<\/a><time datetime=\"2008-12-17T13:17:21+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">December 17, 2008<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The following interview was printed in\u00a0Mass Movement Magazine. It was conducted by Jim Dodge Jr and is reproduced here by kind permission of the editor. Where did you first come up with the idea for\u00a0School\u2019s Out? I know your bio says that your time spent in boy\u2019s schools only minimally affected the story but I\u2019m\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2008\/12\/interview-with-mass-movement-magazine\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Interview with Mass Movement Magazine<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2007\/10\/a-cautionary-tale-for-writers\/\">A cautionary tale for writers<\/a><time datetime=\"2007-10-15T11:30:12+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">October 15, 2007<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">or \u2018Why I spent ten years being pointlessly annoyed at Neil Gaiman when I should have been doing something useful instead\u2019 Way back when, I was an aspiring comic book writer living in Toronto. I used to hang out with talented and successful people like\u00a0Salgood Sam and\u00a0Ty Templeton, and I spent my every spare minute\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2007\/10\/a-cautionary-tale-for-writers\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: A cautionary tale for writers<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2001\/10\/farscape-what-tv-was-invented-for\/\">Farscape: What TV Was Invented For<\/a><time datetime=\"2001-10-01T09:51:50+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">October 1, 2001<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Written halfway through Season Three, this article was a Starburst cover feature, designed to alert people that Farscape was well worth tuning in for. I later wrote a\u00a0whole book on Farscape. In an age when each autumn bombards us with new Sci-Fi shows clamouring for our attention it\u2019s hard to know which ones are worth\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2001\/10\/farscape-what-tv-was-invented-for\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Farscape: What TV Was Invented For<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1062","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1859,"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1062\/revisions\/1859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}