Shadows of the Apt

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 29^th 10–11am — Too Much Reality panel. 10am is […]

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 29^th 10–11am — Too Much Reality panel. 10am is also the launch of the Ancient Wonders anthology containing […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

It looks as though I shall be in London on Friday 10^th 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

…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 […]

Just a brief note to say that my story "21^st Century Girl" is in the Futures section of this month's Nature magazine, and can also be read here. Enjoy. Next stop Forbidden Planet 1pm onwards 30^th June  for the small press expo.