Hi There! Thanks for popping by. I may have missed the new year by a considerable margin, but there are a few new people on my friends list (and who knows who may be randomly dropping by), so I thought it was probably the right time to say a proper hello. Consider this the blog equivalent of those TV episodes where an officious villain/authority figure turns up and demands to know what’s been going on, thus meaning a convenient explanation of the show’s setup for any viewers who may have missed the first ten episodes. I did this kind of thing last year, and I figure it’s a sensible thing to every so often let people know who I am, and exactly what this blog is about.
So… hello.
My name is Saxon Bullock (a gift of nomenclature that means I regularly get people staring blankly at me and saying “Is that really your name?!?” It’s a question that usually makes me wonder exactly who would want to pretend that their name is Saxon Bullock?). I’m a 34 year old freelance writer and proofreader who’s been writing for a variety of magazines and websites for just over eight years. I’m currently based in Manchester in the UK, I’m a regular contributor to SFX magazine, up until recently I’ve been reviewing for Channel4.Com/film, and I’ve made my first steps into the world of writing novels, with my first book – a fast-paced, comic-strip sci-fi romp entitled The Hypernova Gambit – which is finished, and currently being looked at by various publishers.
This blog goes through different phases- sometimes it charts the ups and downs of my life, sometimes it’s an outlet for my writing worries, and (at least fairly regularly) it’s where I gabble on at length about SF and Fantasy TV. I’ve been fascinated by long-form storytelling from a very early age (mainly as a result of growing up with the Tom Baker era of Doctor Who), so I always find watching TV an educational experience, even if it’s only trying to work out why a particular show doesn’t work. Most of my TV related talk comes under the heading of “TV EYE”, while I’ll often blog about films, books, comics, and anything else that comes to mind.
Essentially, I just wanted to say a big hello, and that any comments, greetings, or random comments would be very gratefully accepted. Please feel free to introduce yourself- and hopefully there’ll be something happening around her fairly soon that might actually make you want to stick around…
Pleased to meet you. How’s it going?
P.S.: For anyone who’d like to know more about me, here’s a lengthy selection of facts, truths and outright oddities about me, culled from a meme that’s been spreading like wildfire on Facebook – 25 Random Things that you may (or may not) want to know about me…
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