Aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrggggghhhhh. If it's not one, it's the other.

Not one but two Michael Marshall Smith books coming out later this year.

I waaaaannnnnnnt this cover. Out here in September 2008, apparently.

And this better not fuck with my head all over again. October 2008.

*puts head on desk and moans*

Curious thing about Michael Marshall (Smith).

I finished The Intruders this arvo and have been marvelling quietly at how he doesn't fill in every blank. He never tells you the entire story. Other writers may in the end lay it out, A to B to C to D, and thereby demystify the whole plot. MMS doesn't. There are always these little gaps where he ( Read more... )

... doing another draft on a TV thing I'm writing with Michael Marshall Smith ...

*shrieks, passes out*

ohfuck that'd be the death of me.

Jesus. Can you imagine ---? *passes out again*

Finished Blood Of Angels today. About which I can't find much to say except, gah, it seemed so chillingly relevant, especially in the closing pages ... especially here, now, with the London bombings ( Read more... )

Nicked from heythatscool for pretty much the same reason.

( xs, no spots. )

Somebody please say the following to me.

"dri, you do not need any more books. You have acquired five motherfucking fat books in the past two days. For the love of a big ticking clock, please stop buying books ( Read more... )

For some reason, a switch flipped in my head today. Ari and I went up to Sydney for the Kinokuniya signing but got there with enough time to shop. And shop I did.

( consumerist randomosity. )

Writer go up. Writer go down.

Self loathing, self loathing, aaaaaaaarrrrrgghhhhhh! *froths at mouth*

I wonder if Michael Marshall Smith ever feels like this.

Damnit, want best friends now.

( thinker? pfah! )

Here's a thought.

Tonight when I leave Sydney for the Southern Highlands, I could leave the laptop behind. A weekend without the Internet and GIMP? Now that would really be taking a break from my life. Well, it won't be that long, really. I'll prolly be back online Sunday arvo. Ari and I are going to birthday drinks of a high school friend ( Read more... )