It's been a productive week, but I'm ending it with toothache, earache and generally feeling like warmed up crud. When I've not been doing bits and pieces around the house, I've been preparing more blog posts, and I've managed to get a fair few banked and scheduled. As far as work on novels, I've not … Continue reading Another Week is Ending.
Author: Gareth Ellis
Writer and player of things.
Mass Effect and its Legendary Remaster
Mass Effect is a third-person role-playing shooter that was originally released back in November 2007 for XBox and later in December 2012 for PS3. The "Legendary" edition a remastered collection of the trilogy was released in May 2021 for XBox One, PS4 and PC. I was a little late to the Mass Effect party. I … Continue reading Mass Effect and its Legendary Remaster
Ghostly Occurrences in Apartment 42: Part II
Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI Part VII Part VIII Part IX Part X Part XI Part XII Part XIII Last week I started to tell the story of the strange things that happened to me in an apartment that I lived in several years ago. After seeing what … Continue reading Ghostly Occurrences in Apartment 42: Part II
Getting Prepared
The past few weeks have been manic - I don't mean inside my brain either. There hasn't really been a time when someone hasn't been coming and going from our house and it's taken its toll on my mood. Although I'm not hitting a full on depressive episode, I've not been feeling right. After discussing … Continue reading Getting Prepared
State of Decay 2: Heartland – Good But Disappointing (Review)
*Possible Spoilers Ahead* Last week I posted a blog about the XBox game State of Decay 2 and said that I would be doing a further blog and reviewing the Heartland DLC, and here it is. State of Decay 2: Heartland DLC was released in June 2019 for free to anyone who owned the base … Continue reading State of Decay 2: Heartland – Good But Disappointing (Review)
Ghostly Occurrences in Apartment 42: Part I
In my previous blog post, Inspiration: A Ghost Story, as well as talking about my writing inspiration, I told a story about a paranormal experience that I had when I was younger. This wasn’t the only time that strange things have happened to me, and I’m going to use this blog and probably others to … Continue reading Ghostly Occurrences in Apartment 42: Part I
Learning More About My Craft
This morning I had some great news about something that I have eluded to in previous blog posts. From September, I will be becoming a student as I start my creative writing course at university. I didn’t want to say anything until it was all confirmed because I worried that something would go wrong and … Continue reading Learning More About My Craft
Zombies Everywhere! – State of Decay 2 (Review)
State of Decay 2 is an open-world zombie survival game. It's the sequel to State of Decay (No kidding, eh?) by Undead Labs and it was released in May 2018 for XBox One. It's also had a rerelease for Xbox Series X/S in December 2020. State of Decay was a game that looked interesting from … Continue reading Zombies Everywhere! – State of Decay 2 (Review)
A Bit of a Dip: Taking a Break
This blog is a little late today as it took me a while to write it for reasons I'll explain below. It’s been a stressful few weeks. We’ve moved into our new house, and since then, it’s been pretty much non-stop with people coming in and out doing jobs. I wish I could say that … Continue reading A Bit of a Dip: Taking a Break
Back At It
This week for the first week since we moved when I've been able to sit down and do some writing. It feels really go to be able to sit down and make some progress on my current WIP. I consciously took some time away from it while we moved so we could get things sorted … Continue reading Back At It
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