In which I am the victim of racist abuse. I over-dramatise, certainly. It wasn’t aimed at me specifically. The jackbooted ghost of Moseley didn’t kick in my door at midnight. However, hearing the phrase “They should all f*ck off where they came from” used to close some oratory on the scurrilous nature of those Eastern European […]
Time for another soundtrack, this time the musical stylings of Khanaphes. Track 1 — Overture (A Distant Sadness, from Battlestar Galactica Season 3 by Bear McCreary) Track 2 — Che Voyaging (The Bunker (Reprise), from Shadow of the Vampire by Daniel Jones) Track 3 — Che and Thalric (The Lonely Voyage, from Shadow of the […]
This is going to be the last short for a while, as I'm on the very cusp of starting on Book 9, which so far going under the working title of "I haven't the faintest idea what the title will be" or, given that my publishers have a fondness for punchy titles, "I haven't the faintest idea […]
Just a very brief note to say that, if you are replete with Kindle-owning (1) friends who haven't yet met the insect-kinden then Pyr/Prometheus have a limited time promotion on, with Empire going for just $1.99. Then they can buy the rest full price, damn them :). (1) Kindling? Can you gerund it?
Absolutely not. Just to clear up, there's been no movement on film rights etc. However, I do get asked (must do a FAQ some time) and I do think about what such a film would look like. Or better still, a GoT-style series. That would be very nice. I'm overjoyed that the Game of Thrones is doing so well, not only […]
In the Mythology panel I was on at Alt Fiction with KD Laity and Mark Chadbourn, the topic came up of writers who created their own enduring mythologies. Tolkien got an airing, of course, but also in the spotlight were writers like Tove Jansson (1) and, of course, HP Lovecraft. Mark pinned Lovecraft as almost in […]
Alt Fiction was a grand success — both as author and as fanboy (and the sentiment "I'm fanboy first and writer second" seemed to be generally seconded by everyone that I met). As you can see from the schedule in the previous post, there was something for pretty much everyone, and I'm very grateful to Alex Davis […]
On the 25th and 26th June I shall be at Alt Fiction doing frankly a load of stuff at Derby Quad – it looks like one of the best convention line-ups I’ve done, with all manner of sundry panels, workshops and casting of pods(1). Therefore I cordially invite you to: — 11am-12pm Saturday 25th in Cinema 2 – I’m […]
Something special this time — Jaroslaw is the translator who has worked on books 5 and 6 for Rebis in Poland, and gave me these cartoons (and more) when I met him at Pyrkon. I've been remiss in holding onto them until now without posting them on site, so here is the first batch.
As I can now consider myself an established fantasy author, it's time to start delaying release of my books to annoy people. Seriously, though, I've just been told that Heirs of the Blade will be coming out in October this year, not August. I did wonder if we were pushing the envelope release-wise, as I hadn't seen the […]
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