Another week down. Hugh Laurie is playing at the Orpheum in May. I have tickets. Matt Ahlschlager completed last year’s NaNoWriMo in one day. Yes, 50,000 words in one day. … Read More
Well Played, HWA
I missed the original announcement but the Horror Writers Association has created the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Scholarship for female horror writers. Maybe SFWA should consider doing something similar, given the … Read More
Clouds, Wheels and Broken Guitars (and a Dalek)
My wife and I went to Seattle for the first time last week. It was just a brief trip and the weather wasn’t great but we enjoyed it. For various … Read More
Five Things I Learned Last Week
Happy March. Here’s some things I learned last week. I’m doing revision wrong. One of my favourite sessions at last weekend’s WANACon virtual writing conference was Gabriela Periera and Julie Duffy’s Simple … Read More
AuthorEarnings.com
Hugh Howey, author of the Wool series and darling of the indie publishing world, has fired another salvo at traditional publishing. In fact, he appears to have launched a fully … Read More
Nine Years On
I sort of forgot because we had a busy day but Saturday marked the ninth anniversary of my arrival in Canada. I can honestly say that moving here was the second … Read More
So That Was Christmas
Back to the day job today. Technically, I went back to work on Thursday but I had a physio session that day and work was so quiet I decided to … Read More
Awards Season 2014
Nominations for the 2014 Hugo and Nebula awards are now open. If you’re eligible to nominate and you’re looking for suggestions, both John Scalzi and Charles Stross have threads on … Read More
So This is Christmas…
I have mixed feelings about Christmas. I’m a big fan of the whole goodwill to all men, peace on Earth thing, not as big a fan of the incessant commercialisation. And … Read More