To criticise his wont it is; and thus a flame war, his… — Recently, I’ve started writing poetry. Before that, I’d mostly limited myself to prose — for the simple reason that poetry scared the living daylights out of me. But then my partner started dropping hints and, well, one thing led to another. I am now five days into my burgeoning career…

In the frigid depths of space, it tumbled. No one saw it pass. The fleeting magnificence of mankind had burnt out long ago as had countless civilisations, scattered about the vastness of creation; brief flickers of sentience that were soon gone, lost to the depths of the great void. No…

How to take inspiration from your favourite authors without ripping them off — So you want to be the next JRR Tolkien That’s great. But you aren’t actually him, so you aren’t entitled to just steal his plot, change a few names and call it your own. You need to write originally. The question is, how can you draw on the rich heritage of books, movies, TV shows and films that made…