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 […]
If anyone is interested, you can find pictures of last Saturday’s book launch/signing/party here and here. Thanks to the photographers, and to everyone who came along. It was a hoot. In other news, the latest hardcopy issue of Sci-Fi Now (#46) has an example of me going on about one of my ‘favorite’ subjects. And, […]
… that tomorrow is the launch/signing event for Guardians of Paradise at the Little Green Dragon bookshop in Alton, Hampshire from 2pm to 3pm. You can expect to find me, and sundry others, in the pub over the road after 3pm. With immaculate timing, today I sustained a bizarre tea-related injury to my right hand; […]
Gollancz very kindly gave me a guest spot on their blog this week. You can read the result here.
A reminder that I’ll be breaking off from my rewrite marathon on Saturday week (the 2nd) to sign books at the little Green Dragon Bookshop in Alton, Hampshire (and to go to the pub afterwards). The signing runs from 2pm to 3pm, and is part of Alton Wordfest literary festival, which will actually have been […]
Last week at the Birmingham SF Group meeting the interviewer asked me whether I was still learning, as a writer. The answer I gave was, of course, yes. Improving in the craft of writing gives me satisfaction and pleasure, though it does mean I’m sometimes leery of reading stories I wrote before I got to […]
Another review came in over the weekend, this one from The Guardian. It’s always nice to get reviewed amongst the big boys (even if they are almost always, actual boys). It was a fair review, I thought, and I have to plead guilty on the one negative point raised (actually, it was Fiji).
I’m off to Birmingham for my appearance at the Brum SF group meeting this evening (details below for anyone who’s interested). I’ll leave you with this review of Guardians of Paradise from Swedish SF blogger Cybermage. I’d like to think every review will be that comprehensive and complimentary. It does come with a slight warning: […]
I should start my review of this collection of short stories with a confession: I wanted to be in it. I still love short stories, even if I don’t get time to write (or read!) them enough these days. Music is also very important too me, although I’m strictly a consumer, not a producer, when […]