Fantasycon: been and gone; and new story

I think I've been a little overconned this year. I count six events, and judging by how spaced I felt on the Friday of Fantasycon that might have been too many. However, once I recovered my equilibrium, it was a good weekend, full of catching up with other writers. Friday, of course, was also the mass signing, and I'd mentioned […]

Fantasycon 2012 plus signed books available for order

Just separating out the Fantasycon rigmarole into its own post: OK, professional hat on first: expanded Fantasycon schedule now reads: Friday 8pm — Mass author signing. Please come along to this. Last time I swear there were more authors than readers. Stephen Hunt and I sat there like lemons. Saturday 29th 10–11am — Too Much Reality panel. 10am is […]

The Last of the Maelstroms

OK, professional hat on first: expanded Fantasycon schedule now reads: Friday 8pm — Mass author signing. Please come along to this. Last time I swear there were more authors than readers. Stephen Hunt and I sat there like lemons. Saturday 29th 10–11am — Too Much Reality panel. 10am is also the launch of the Ancient Wonders anthology containing […]

Nuns and Dragons.

And we're back. Something of a hiatus in which I'm drawing towards the end of my science fiction project, or at least the last 25% of it. This is still heavily under wraps, so heavily in fact that it may never see the sight of day. I like it, anyway. No idea if its appeal is sufficiently […]

New Tor post and new short story now out

This just in: Another post has been diverted to the Tor site, so you can see my musings about what makes a hero a hero, and whether it always has to be an enormous sword here. Also out is the anthology "Now I Lay Me Down To Reap" which includes not only my black comedy "Good Taste" but also […]

Rapid Roundup

Anyone wanting a signed copy of the Air War can find them at Forbidden Planet, Shaftesbury Avenue, where they had a fairly enormous amount of stock, and also at Waterstones, Leadenhall Market — with the latter, the whole series is on a Buy One, Get One Half Price deal, so it's a good place to make up any missing […]

Signing the Air War

It looks as though I shall be in London on Friday 10th in order to complete in the Olympic book signing repechages (1). I will fill this post out with details as it's not clear whether or not I'll be doing a live signing on the day — if so it will be at the Waterstones around Trafalgar […]

The Big Reveal

Firstly, Edge Lit was a great weekend, and particularly thanks to my full house of workshop-goers (workshoppers? workshoplifters?) and the people who came to hear me and MD Lachlan read. All credit to Alex Davis and his team for organizing the event. Secondly, however, it's New Contract Time! Specifically, and thanks to the tireless efforts of my […]

To Boldly MMO

So, being as The Air War is out in 2–3 weeks and I'm doing Edge Lit next weekend (1) the time is obviously ripe to talk about game design in MMORPGs. (1) With my first ever workshop, no less, about which I am bricking it. Role-playing in computer games came up briefly as a tangent in my […]

FP Small Press Expo

…went very well. Elbow room only, a good chance to meet authors and/or catch up with acquaintances. The new "Hauntings" anthology from Newcon seemed to do very well, and there was a sort of feeding-frenzy mass signing by the authors. Presses represented were Myrmidon, Snowbooks and Jurassic as well as Newcon. At the same time, in a nearby […]