The pun is mightier than - well, anyway...

Here's a complicated little knot of wordplay. In two languages.

G-Dragon's latest single is called "Crayon". The refrain is "Get your cray on". So first you need to know that "cray" is slang for "crazy"; he's singing about partying.

G-Dragon's stage name is itself a piece of wordplay: his real name is 권지용 Kwon Ji-yong, and 용 Yong is Korean for dragon. Geddit?

The lyrics of the song are a mix of Korean and English, not at all unusual in Kpop. When I looked them up, though, I was puzzled by the Korean version of the title: 크레용. That doesn't spell out "crayon", it spells out "crayong".

And then I got it. Cray Yong. *facepalm*

Australia ignores Sri Lankan refugees' claims, deports them to danger

Asylum denied, a penalty waits at home - One five minute interview and you're on the plane to Colombo. And shortly after that, you're in jail - perhaps for months.

"The CID [Criminal Investigation Department] has my details now, the number of my house where I live, my phone number, everything. I have great fear for my life. I don't know what I will do. I needed Australia to help me, but they just sent me back to danger.

Now, I wait, for when the white van will come for me."

Writing News

The remarkable and very readable OUTSIDE IN: 160 New Perspectives on 160 Classic Doctor Who Stories by 160 Writers was launched at Chicago TARDIS. Jon and I each have a piece in there. Terrific review from Starburst. Free shipping in the US!

After many hours of coffee-fuelled scribbling, I now have a complete point-form synopsis of the new Strange Flesh. That means I know what happens in each chapter, and just as importantly, why. Once you've got those you can get to work - otherwise, you end up flailing. Or I do, anyway. All I have to do, when I start work in January, is to infuse the novel with the same obsessive energy with which I'm currently writing fanfic in my head all the time.

I'm close to completing an overhaul of Riding Sunshine, a short story I originally pitched to the (now apparently sadly defunct) Slash Books. A pro magazine bounced it, but with a few words of terrific advice which have resulted in a much stronger story.