Tales from the Garret

I emailed Bringer of Light off to my agent at 11:55pm on Tuesday evening, technically meeting the November 30th deadline. Right now I’m feeling slightly lost without the Little Nagging Voice telling me I should be writing. Of course, I still should be writing: I’ve got several short stories I’d like to revisit, not to […]

I was meant to be Scorpio. Not actually a giant sky scorpion, but born under the sign of same. Only, I was fashionably late, and so I’m – just – Sagittarius. Not that I’m at all sure about astrology – those born in Sagittarius are meant to be moderate, athletic, reasonable people, whereas I … […]

Holiday win, as the young folks might say. The village is quaint, the coastline dramatic and our cottage, nestled against a cliff above a small but perfectly formed fishing harbour, comes with its own working well, terraced garden and gun emplacement (though I’m not sure the cannon still works). I’ve done a little writing, but […]

Now don’t laugh, but I’m now old enough that the word ‘hiatus’ sometimes gets associated with the word ‘hernia’  in the echoing spaces of my brain. This is a shame as it’s a fine word, more suited to keeping company with words like ‘myriad’ and ‘plangent’. Just for the record, I haven’t been unlucky enough […]

I’ve seen two reviews of Guardians of Paradise these week, one positive, this one less so. I thought I’d link to both, in the interests of balance. Meanwhile, I’m so near the end of Bringer of Light I can smell victory. Or rather, leisure time. Just gotta hold my nerve…

I’d go to this. I might anyway, but in my current deadline-ridden state next March is a little too far ahead to be planning.

Gollancz have now put a fine selection of photos from last week’s party on their Facebook page, just here. I took far too much pleasure in responding to compliments about my fangs by trying to look innocent and saying ,’What fangs?’ Not that it was easy to look innocent in that costume. Ming was the […]

I’m glad to say I’ve now rewritten that unsatisfactory plot-thread in Bringer of Light: thirteen chapters in four weeks, ninety percent of the words being new – and hopefully improved – ones. That was hard. This merely leaves the final chapters (eleven of them, as things stand) to be reworked. From where I’m sitting, almost […]

There’s a comment in the acknowledgments of Consorts of Heaven, my second book, to the effect of me now being on the road to becoming a proper pro (yes, I know: poor choice of abbreviation). Last weekend’s convention got me thinking about this, as I’ve been attending cons as a fan for mumblety-mumph years, but […]

Actually, that’s a lie. There is only one Sir Terry, and he’s a national treasure, gawd bless ‘im. However, I will be doing something he was renowned for, back when he was combining a writing career with a day-job. This weekend I’ll be at Newcon, in Northampton, where I will be giving a short reading […]