I got stuck into the new year. Or in the new year. Help. Either way, I’ve had a couple of ideas in strange directions and have been working away on those on the writing front, and that means I forgot to blog. Here’s a bit of a catch-up: The Loosening Skin has had a fine… Continue reading Catch-up Carryall
Happy new year! And happy new reading, too, with all the fresh new books that hopefully have come your way and are lined up in your future. I hope you find the time and space to read them all. I have to admit I struggled to read as much as I wanted to in 2018,… Continue reading Reading in 2018: Retreating and Regrouping
This time last year* I wrote a blog post about being a duck in the mist. I had spent 2017 paddling furiously under the water while looking serene and unruffled to onlookers. Lots of writing projects had been completed but not released. 2018 was going to be the year of getting those writing projects out… Continue reading 2018: The Year of the Multicoloured Splat
Come to London! Maybe not right now, but in January. When all the seasonal madness is out of the way. To be specific: come to London on Tuesday January 15th for the official launch of This Dreaming Isle. I’ll be there to read, answer questions and sign books, and I’ll be in the company of… Continue reading Fearful dreaming and a date
This is a bit wonderful. I’ve always been a fan of the Drabblecast (they’ve done a great job of a few of my other stories in the past) but they took a break from the world of podcasting over the last few years, and I missed them. But now they are back, and I’m just… Continue reading Day of the Dog and a Deadline
I think The Loosening Skin is pretty much available as from now but the coolest place to get a copy of the book will undoubtedly be the actual launch party, which will be at Waterstones Tottenham Court Road (London, of course) on Wednesday 28th November. The best bit is that there will also be the… Continue reading Launch ahead
The Arrival of Missives blog tour has been going swimmingly so I thought I’d just put up the relevant links here – I’ll continue to update this post every day with the interviews, reviews and articles related to the tour. So far we’ve got: Five Old British Ways to Predict the Future at Civilian Reader… Continue reading Touring and Stretching
