I finally finished Theodore Roszak’s Flicker: A Novel on Thursday night and as I posted on Twitter, it’s not quite the worst book I’ve read this year. I think what … Read More
Draft Number Nine
So, change of plan yesterday. What was going to be a start-a-new-story session turned into start-a-new-draft session. More specifically, start the ninth draft of The Ghost Smuggler. That’s not to … Read More
NaNoWriMo – Half Full or Half Empty
Okay, it’s the halfway point of NaNoWriMo, or thereabouts. How are you doing? By now you should be at about 25,000 words, give or take a few thousand. If you are, … Read More
New Robots
I’m a big fan of Angry Robot Books – Lauren Beukes’ Zoo City is one of my favourite books so far this year – so I was pleased to see their announcement … Read More
Long Slow Distance
Sunday is Long Slow Distance day which also makes it not really do much else day. Yesterday was a 20km run – our longest before the race we’re doing at … Read More
Anonymous Driver Calling
Movie day yesterday, three movies – two of them excellent. We started off with Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous – the story of the political and royal intrigue that forced a talented Elizabethan … Read More
The Z Word
Very little writing so far this week (apart from the blog) and by that I mean no writing done so far this week (apart from the blog) but that’s about to change, … Read More
Apex Magazine Subscription Drive – Update
The subscription drive at Apex Magazine I mentioned a couple of days ago just got even better – they’ve upgraded their eReader prize to a Nook Tablet instead of the … Read More