2013 wasn't quite as bad as its portrayal in The Postman - although, incredibly, it did seem to drag on for even longer. I wrote quite a lot, including finishing my novel What Rough Beast?, but sadly, I had very little new work published apart from a short story in Shadowrun ReturnsFortunately, the drought will soon be broken: my novella 'Farewell ( Read more... )

I've decided not to do NaNoWriMo this year. Too much of the first half of the month was taking up with marking assignments, though I did manage to: finish revising What Rough Beast? and send it to my beta readers; start, finish and submit finish my story for Cthulhu: Deep Down Under; start playing Batman: Arkham City; and trek down to Mandurah ( Read more... )