A busy week creatively I feel but that’s exactly what they need to be to make up for the lack of productivity in the past couple of months. Here’s the run down for the week and we’ll cross check on Sunday: Complete new article for Amwriting website (going Big with this one) Review Hope Town …
Category Archive: Hope Town
Jun 14
A tale from Hope Town Past
Over the years I’ve been back and forward on both Hope Town and the main protagonist DI Pontius Smith (the history of which can be found at the following handy links: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four ). Anyway, I’ve been humming and hawing about whether to concentrate my efforts into the TV series …
Jun 13
Eureka moments
There’s nothing better than when things come together. It is even more satisfying if you have been grappling with a particular problem – or in the case that brings me to write this post, a plot point – and the answer falls seemingly out of the sky. The strange thing is that, even though you’ve been …
Dec 08
The History of Hope Town (Part 4) – Finale!
When we last left things, our hero Pontius Smith was a traffic warden working in Edinburgh. But why had he moved from Detective Inspector to traffic warden*? Simply put, he had had enough. Something had happened in Hopetoun which pushed him over the edge and, following a slight nervous breakdown he decided on a slightly …
Aug 20
The History of Hope Town (Part 3)
Quick recap for those who have forgotten or don’t want to read about too much the past: First job Defaced Mel Gibson picture. Threats of bodily harm. 6 fictional characters based on real people murdered via short episodes. Spin off character Pontius Smith created to investigate murders. 15 years later… Pontius Smith had stayed with …
Aug 13
The History of Hope Town (Part 2)
So where were we? Oh yes, we all had to die. Of course, as she couldn’t really kill us (unless she wanted to spend an inordinate amount of time in prison and, after all, it was just a photograph) the next best thing was to write a story about a stunningly beautiful blond heroine who …
Aug 05
The History of Hope Town (Part 1)
Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin. The origin of Hope Town goes back 17 years. I had just started working in my first job following graduation and to get me into the swing of things, I was put on the IT Helpdesk. The idea being that I could meet people that I would deal …
Jul 13
Research Rocks – Horror Anthologies
So, as Hopetown continue apace (wait, what?) I find myself taking more time to dig into old inspirational media. While many are obvious, some others are less so. For example I feel a strong pull to watch British horror flicks from the 70s, and more specifically the anthologies from Hammer and Amicus. Things such as …
Jun 29
Living in Hope(town)
See what I did there? So, following rapidly on from my post about changing things around with ‘Tec, I thought I’d write something about my new obsession – Hopetown. When I say new obsession its not something that suddenly changed in the hour or so since the last post – even my ADD levels aren’t …
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