Astronomy

I’m a geek — in particular i’m a lover of anything space related, be it games, books, movies or actually staring out into the night sky. This article for the Evening Express was inspired by a post on a local astronomy page.

How you can see Mars, Venus and even Neptune in the night sky tonight - Evening Express

As part of a drive to get myself writing more fluidly — trying to determine my own style and language —I’ve decided to give this blogging/article writing a go.

Given what I do for a living, (i’m the digital content producer for a Scottish daily (local) newspaper) you would think writing would be a major part of my job. Sadly it’s not. The majority of my day at work is spent scouring social media, proofing web copy from a team of reporters and editing videos to feature on our site. Any writing I do tends to be a simple rewrite from a press released issued by a PR firm or the Police press office — not really the sort of place to be experimenting!

So what am I going to write about? Basically it’s going to depend one how I feel each work. One week I might do a review of a game, movie or TV show I've watched — the next it could be analysis of either something i’m happy has turned out well, or that I’ve made a complete cock up of. You never know I might throw in the occasional video blog!

Whatever I write it’s going to be a chance to find my own voice — my own style.