Shadows of the Apt

This post bounces off the edits on War Master's Gate (book 9) that I'm currently going through. When you get this late in a series, the amount of baggage you're inevitably trawling with you becomes quite considerable, despite my best efforts to kill everyone off on a regular basis. Regular readers will have noticed that the amount […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Caution — spoilers ahead if you haven't seen the film. I was a bit thrown when I saw the trailer for this, as it was apparently advertising an entirely different film whose full title was "Snow White and the Witch and the Wardrobe of the Rings of Thrones". Which was basically what we got, by way of Robin […]

Samsung Galaxy (untranslatable squiggle) III ad, actual text: "It knows it's early It lets you have an extra 3 mins in bed It tells you where the nearest coffee shop is It chooses the best photos from last night It knows when you're looking at it and when you're not. At last a phone that understands you." And the tagline: "designed for […]

So, something of a news update in brief, but: I have been asked to make a showing at Nerd East, the Larp fair at Durham on 9^th June 2012. There may be some manner of speechifying. The speech may include recycled elements from my Picocon speech. See how green I am? I'm constantly trying to reduce my inspiration […]