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Richard Coiley
Oct 312 min read
Halloween movie catch up
Finally it is Halloween, one of my favourite times of the year, because you wind up with all the horror movies coming to the front of the...
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Richard Coiley
Sep 183 min read
Fiction Writing Tips: Believe in the World You Create
Entering the abyss is clearly something I enjoy doing...
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Richard Coiley
Aug 143 min read
What NPC’s Will Be
We will mimic Earth in a way that will be as real as the life you know. It will be bazar and mind blowing. Some people will say it’s cruel..
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Richard Coiley
Aug 106 min read
August Catch up
So currently, I'm listening to the audio book of ‘The Exorcist’ by William Peter Blatty, which I highly recommend by the way. Until recently
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Richard Coiley
Jun 242 min read
My Latest book release: Rot
I wanted yo write a book about vulnerability and depression. The main character is someone who is downtrodden and is struggling to survive
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Richard Coiley
Oct 19, 20231 min read
Late Night Art!
As you may already know, I like to write and draw. This has been the case for many, many years. But recently my confidence in both has...
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Richard Coiley
Oct 13, 20232 min read
Putting myself out there!
It's 2am and I'm listening to the rain in the dark while my wife sleeps next to me, oblivious. This is usual for me. I'll go to bed at...
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Richard Coiley
Oct 9, 20231 min read
October Catchup!
So a lot has happened since my last blog post. I've been writing a horror story, a book of macabre poems and a children's book. All of...
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Richard Coiley
Mar 7, 20232 min read
Writing A Dark Poem
I'm currently in the process of editing my latest book, Tourniquet, and I anticipate it will take another month or so to complete....
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Richard Coiley
Feb 7, 20232 min read
Why I like Small Horror
As entertaining as mainstream horror films can be, I have found over time that I'm more a fan of smaller ideas. This is what I like to...
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Richard Coiley
Dec 8, 20223 min read
Discovering Christine
I have heard about Christine on and off through my adult life. The Stephen King novel about (Spoiler Alert 🚨) a car with a heart of gold...
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Richard Coiley
Dec 1, 20222 min read
Wednesday
Straight off the bat I thought this was a bad idea. I thought how could anyone mess with the perfectly dark performance of Christina...
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Richard Coiley
Nov 22, 20223 min read
Writing Beyond the Fall
I hadn't written a book for a while. A long while. About 10 years, actually. Until I stopped drinking, I was extremely anxious and found...
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Richard Coiley
Nov 16, 20224 min read
The lure of Sci-Fi
When I was a kid I always enjoyed watching Dr Who, from Tom Baker (1979) to Sylvester McCoy (1989) and the original Star Trek. They were...
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Richard Coiley
Nov 6, 20224 min read
Rewatching The Blair Witch Project
A few years ago I built a cabin at the end of my garden with the intention of it being a fun hangout for the family. This was a kit from...
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Richard Coiley
Oct 31, 20223 min read
Halloween 🎃
When I think of Halloween I think, horror movies, Trick or Treaters, pumpkin carving with the kids, spooky decorations and mainly how...
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Richard Coiley
Oct 27, 20225 min read
My kind of horror
When it comes to horror, I really like a good story. I like to be drawn into the unnerving situation, with good characters and a...
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Richard Coiley
Oct 14, 20224 min read
Meta Quest Pro
It's expensive. Very expensive. But that doesn't bother me too much, although it has priced me out of getting one which is annoying…
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Richard Coiley
Oct 11, 20223 min read
So I Bought A Jackery Explorer 500
While we're stuck in this energy crisis here in the UK, more commonly known as the "Cost of Living Crisis," I wanted to aim to use the free
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Richard Coiley
Oct 9, 20223 min read
The Art Of Ai
With DALL-E, you are given text bar and that's it. The idea is you will describe in words what you're after and hay-presto, art 🖼
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Richard Coiley
Oct 5, 20224 min read
Are We A Simulation?
This is one that peaked my interest a while ago. It more than likely happened when I watched the Matrix.
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Richard Coiley
Oct 2, 20223 min read
Optimus: Tesla’s Big Robot Gamble 🤖
For me it's about where this is all going, not where it is and Elon didn't disappoint, he's got the money, team and the vision…
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Richard Coiley
Sep 30, 20222 min read
The New Taskmaster
With as little as 24 hours in a day, I find myself dashing from one energetic mission to the next in the hope of finding a small window...
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Richard Coiley
Sep 28, 20222 min read
How I, As An Amateur, Write My Stories
Usually when I start creating a story, I'll have a fairly solid idea containing a handful of things, the plot, which will show me how my...
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