Unless I spot something my beta-readers have missed, all that remains before I deliver Guardians of Paradise to my editor is the final read-aloud-and-tinker stage. So, with the writing pressure slackening off for a while, I’m turning my attention to my teetering ‘to read’ pile. I was already reading two books at once, sort of: […]
… is because I definitely wouldn’t make it as a comedian. However, that didn’t stop me trying to tell a joke at last Saturday’s Forbidden Planet signing. What I didn’t realise was that Neil, the man with the cam, was filming it. The distressing results can be found by following this link. (Warning: may contain […]
I’ve now got links to photos from last Saturday’s Forbidden Planet signing (at which I decided to dress even more inappropriately than usual). These are from the lovely Danie, who made it all happen, and this set is from my new friend Neil. All those comments about wasabi peas should now make sense. The beautiful […]
Saturday’s ‘triple signing’ at Forbidden Planet was the most low-key of the ‘professional engagements’ I had last week. I’m not sure that Southampton was ready for a trio of female SF writers emerging from the basement signing-pit to press dubious oriental snacks on passing geeks. But we had fun anyway. I’ve now got not one, […]
The BSFA meet seemed to go well: no one threw stuff, walked out or fell asleep. My lack of experience at public speaking (panels at cons don’t count – I usually end up sitting next to Charlie Stross, so I don’t need to speak, just nod) means that I tend to be bemused and somewhat […]
The launch for Consorts of Heaven went well. As happened last year, myself and Beloved took the steam train to Alton. Also as happened last year this was a ‘real ale train’ allowing us to enjoy a swift half to set ourselves up for the day. Once in Alton we headed to our favourite deli […]
Saturday 23rd May – I’ll be signing copies of Consorts of Heaven at Little Green Dragon bookshop, in Alton, Hampshire, from 1.30pm to 2.30pm. Please join me for drinkies over the road at the Crown public house afterwards to celebrate the (sort of) launch, though I’m afraid there’s no bar tab – it’s strictly ‘pay […]
Bookgeeks have published a reasonable review of Consorts of Heaven. And elsewhere on the internet, I’ve discovered (well, been pointed at) the short promotional film I participated in along with other more famous Gollancz authors. It’s not as bad as I thought it would be, though Beloved says he can tell how terrified I was […]
Short stories are a bit like buses right now, as I have another one out this week. It’s available for free in both broadcast and text format for a limited period over at Sci Phi Journal. High Ground is a rather different story from Angel Dust, as I was using it to explore my own […]
The US e-zine ‘Labyrinth Inhabitant’ have just published Angel Dust, one of the prequel short stories I wrote when I was working on Principles of Angels. You can currently read it for free here, though I don’t know how long that will be true (so check it out now, as they say). In other news, […]
It appears that the originally scheduled release date for Consorts of Heaven of 21st May has gone the way of many deadlines, and slipped. The official release date is now June the 11th. My publishers will, however, be pulling out all the stops to ensure there are plenty of copies available for the two signings […]