DevilDog Publishing

What can be said about Mr Stuart that hasn't already been said? Well, quite a lot really. Mr Stuart is an artist and novelist (and part-time computer thingummy) from Aberdeen. He draws lovely pictures, a lot of which are on this site. You can tell them from the others by how professional they look.

Ecodyn is a far-sighted company, specialising in the good management of the environment. If you're in the market for some advice on building sustainably, complying with ISO9001 or just want to make your company more efficient, the Ecodyn are the people to see. The fact that my brother set the whole thing up and employed me in the early days to build and maintain his website has got nothing to do with this endorsement. Honest.

Ian Irvine is an Australian writer of SF and Fantasy. I came across his series 'The View From The Mirror' when I was in Victorian and New South Wales this February. His books are both irritating and un-put-downable page turners. His world-creation is up there with the best, his characters are believable, unpredictable and interesting and his writing style flows easily. However, this link is more for his forthright and well-written writing tips and getting started pages on his website. Far easier than writing something myself. Plus he has the advantage of having been there and done that.

Apart from Stuart, the other person key to getting me started in this messy writing business was Mike McLean. Mike was co-founder of From the Sublime... magazine and he now owns and runs Asylum Books and Games in Adelphi, Aberdeen. Mike is an authority on all things Comics - especially Batman. Plus he has a daschund called The Captain who regularly widdles on the shop carpet, adding to that unique comic shop aroma.

This is my blog - something I am new to. Go and see what strange things fill my mind of a day

A distant cousin of mine has traced his ancestry, and so my own, back to King Edward I - old longshanks himself. Which is a bit of a shock to my Scottish lineage.