everything everyone has ever believed about london is true, somewhere, if only briefly. you can move between these versions if you know how. bodge is born to it; edmund has learned it; ezekiel thinks he has invented it. opportunity's sister has disappeared and she needs help pursuing her when she finds out that ezekiel may have been involved in her ( Read more... )

Right, Liminal rejected The Renaka Device, (but were into the voice/storytelling so that's something), but I don't want to release it as a stand-alone just yet as I'm still trying to plug The Next Big One as hard as I can. If I'm going to be sitting on it for a bit I might as well see if anyone else wants it ( Read more... )

My brain falls to bits every time I try to create a category-based line up of what I need to research for this project, is anyone around to listen to me talk BALLS and point out what I actually need to find out?

HELP ME. I'M STUPID.

ALRIGHT I FINISHED THE FIFTH DRAFT

Can I get a proofing all up in the house? Last pass before I start crying about covering letters and try to offload this baby onto a publisher?

(121,300-ish words down from 147,000 isn't bad).

blogs

Captain Scarlet Breeches
Recipe: Christmas Comes EarlyViolent flat-tidying is underway ( Read more... )

I HAVE FINISHED THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE ANTHOLOGY FIC, WOULD ANYONE BE AMENABLE TO BETA-ING IT FOR ME?

This (and the fact that I don't have to go to work again until Wednesday) ought to be a source of triumph or at the very least relief, but unfortunately/fortunately I got a letter from my grandmother today. She's in reasonably fine fettle and I ( Read more... )

12. What's inside your fridge?

Terrifying things. There is definitely cheese, jam, chilli peppers, fizzy drinks, home-made cordial, some ... weird sweets in a box ... vegetables assorted, a lunchbox, ham.

Blog Posts

A little kindness goes a long way, a big kindness is harderGUESS WHO DIDN'T HAVE ANY WORK TO DO AT WORK AND SPENT ALL HER TIME ( Read more... )

FANFARE:

I have finished writing Tame which I started writing about six years ago and then kept abandoning in favour of other things and then just gave up on a bit more and then finished? It is 58,650 words at the moment, and it needs someone to proof-read it so that I can put it on the Kindle/Lulu store as a novella and be all HEY KIDS READ MY ( Read more... )

poetry

the angel visits bedlam

BETA REQUESTWhile I still cannot apparently apply myself to any proper business of writing and edits (I plan to start a critical readthrough of BBB tomorrow), and while I am gearing myself up for the inevitable rejection from publication or other, I have FINALLY pulled the remainder of the ASAH drop-ins out of my ( Read more... )

Who would like to do a second-round critical reading of a 9.5k sci fi story? You don't have to correct spelling or anything, just put notes in the margins to let me know which bits you think don't work.