I spent a lot of last week in Boston (my wife was running the marathon). Assuming I can find some time, I’ll post some a few thoughts on the trip later … Read More
Building the Apocalypse – 13 April 2015
Sunday marked the 652nd day of my unbroken writing streak. Meaning, I’d written some sort of fiction every day for 652 days in a row (and counting). During that time, I’ve … Read More
Super by Ernie Lindsey
I’m not really a superhero guy. Growing up in a small market town in the UK, American comics were not readily accessible. One local newsagent did stock a random selection … Read More
5 Things I Learned Last Week
[Put an intro here] Mary Robinette Kowal and a number of other people are offering to pay for supporting memberships to WorldCon for people who would like to vote on the … Read More
Building the Apocalypse – 6 April 2015
Another week of working on my Apocalypse Weird novel, working title Siren’s Call. And a very successful week it was too. That’s a total of 6,370 words bringing my overall total … Read More
“You’ll regret it all some day”
I think the intro explains this quite nicely. You Are My Sunshine by The Civil Wars is available on the most excellent album – Barton Hollow. Get a FREE copy … Read More
5 Things I Learned Last Week
It’s been a while since I did any of these so the “last week” bit of that may be a stretch. John Scalzi has posted some wise words on this year’s (extremely) controversial … Read More
“What a lie looks like”
It’s Wednesday, have some Beth Orton. Magpie is from the album Sugaring Season. Get a FREE copy of my short story, Only Friends by subscribing to my newsletter. [“What a lie looks … Read More
Building the Apocalypse – 30 March 2015
Yes, I’ve already missed my self-imposed goal of posting these on Mondays but The Walking Dead Season Finale trumped writing the blog yesterday. It’s worked out for the best anyway, you’re … Read More
Only Lovers Left Alive
My wife and I almost went to see Only Lovers Left Alive during a trip to Calgary last year but the showtimes didn’t quite work out, and we didn’t know anything about … Read More