Shadows of the Apt

Not to be confused with SF series by either Stephen Donaldson or Peter F. Hamilton.
And, yes, they say make your blog entries short and pithy, but when I get my rant on it's hard to stop, Explains why the books tend to break the 200,000 word barrier, certainly.
And before I start, the Shadows of the Apt Wiki […]

Firstly, for those waiting for the regular paperback format of Heirs of the Blade, the arrival of a box of author copies informs me that this will be released soon (Amazon says 2^nd February(1)). Anyone wanting to get the first signed copy can shanghai me (2) at SFX, as they should be about for that weekend.
Secondly… […]

They're in! And both the Sea Watch and Heirs of the Blade are on the long list for the Legend Award (best book) (1).
These are the fantasy awards, after the David of the same name, voted for by you, the readers.
If anyone would like to support the home team (2), voting is accomplished here. Also up […]

Something different today as I talk about someone else's writing for a change and interview author Janine Ashbless. Janine wrote me the short story, The Scent of Tears, written — under another name — for this site, a strong story whose elements (with Janine' s approval) are actually feeding into the main series plot as we speak.
Janine already has a body […]

Because it's the season, my gift to you is a dozen cartoons that have absolutely nothing to do with Christmas whatsoever. I make no warranties as to whether they have anything to do with humour, either. Click on each one (hopefully) for a larger image.
Anyway:

It is with trembling hands that I type: the first draft of book 9, "War Master's Gate" (1), is finished.
I'm not going to lie to you, it's been a rough ride. I'm slick with blood up to the elbows, and my normal protests that the story unfolds of its own momentum, with minimal fiddling from me, are […]

Apologies for the gap in posting, which is entirely because I'm working on the edits for Air War whilst also trying to get the last few chapters of War Master's Gate down, and is not at all to do with buying Skyrim.

But not on this site — and not kinden stories. I'm proud to announce some new writing that's turning up here and there in the next few months.
You may recall my story The Dissipation Club that was published in the collection "Dead but Dreaming 2" — I also submitted a story for a similar collection from Miskatonic River […]

OK, I lie. But Javert in the future, anyway. Just been to see In Time and it's a very well done piece of proper SF with some involving action sequences and a tight cast of good actors. It's one of those Big Concept pieces of SF (1), and the basic idea (that in the future time is currency […]

Thieves are back. Possibly they never went away but were just being sneaky.
They're a staple of fantasy fiction that goes back to its most influential roots (1), and recently there's been a grand resurgence of books specifically showcasing thief leads.
(1) And I'm not qualified to go into the whole mythic archetype businss but, suffice to say, legendary tricksters […]