Regular readers will hopefully recall the kickstarter for the proposed SF anthology, Temporally Out of Order. It was all inspired by a typo on a sign author and editor Joshua Palmatier saw on an airport phone booth. No science fiction/fantasy writer could possibly pass that without wondering what “temporally out of order” could mean for modern day- ( Read more... )

For one day only, (though it's an extended day to take account of time zones), you can buy my short collection of stories about a group of Victorian monster hunters from Wizard's Tower Press at half price - and this offer's only available from Wizard's Tower Press.

So if you fancy a few Halloween shivers with some classic monsters, paying tribute ( Read more... )

Over the weekend, I read Val McDermid’s version of Northanger Abbey. This is one of The Austen Project books, wherein half a dozen very fine writers are (re)writing contemporary versions of Jane Austen’s novels ( Read more... )

Crowd-funding’s a new, wonderful and truly weird thing. I’ve been involved in a couple of these now, though I’ve yet to dare try one on my own, for fear of so very publicly coming unstuck if a project didn’t meet its target. Some writer friends like C.E.Murphy and Laura Anne Gilman have more courage than me, so I’ve watched their experiences as ( Read more... )