Holy crap and what a fool I've been! And thanks to Irishhatgirl for crystalizing this for me with a great piece of criticism ( Read more... )

Wow! I've had one of those bizarrely productive days I read about on other people's blogs, but never quite believe are real. I've typed "The End" on the first draft of "The Fairy Killers" and am madly happy about how it turned out. I cooked, with wholly horrific results. I cycled. I cleaned. I bought vegan ice-cream. It's like I'm one of those ( Read more... )

Yes, my filthy chums, it's been a while, but I haven't forgotten you! Oh, no! I will have my revenge, and you, you will be the star...

But until then, oh future victims, let us share our entertainments.

READING

Yes, I've been doing a bit of that. Pick of the bunch lately has been Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. It's a literary post- ( Read more... )

THE SMILING MUSEThis has become a day of excellence ( Read more... )

I'm just back from the fabulous, storm-wracked Boskone and I will post about it when the jet-lag leaves me be. For now, let me just say that I finally understand why nobody cycles in America.


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For the sake of research have I taken a thorny whip to my own bottom. I have read entire books and websites about special forces in order to write a single scene, which I feel is still wrong. But I'll never know how badly I have insulted the elite military services of the world until I wake up -- or, more likely, fail to wake up -- with piano wire ( Read more... )

Not Watching

Holy Moly! The new series of Orange is the New Black is on Netflix and I haven't watched a single episode!
I have yet to catch up on the big battle in A Game of Thrones!
I'm behind on The Americans. Two installments recorded and left lonely on my TVR ( Read more... )

For anybody eagerly waiting, or even, lethargically waiting, for the release of The Volunteer on 12 June 2014, what follows will come as a public service announcement. For everybody else, it might resemble one of the more virulent forms of spam. My apologies if you belong to the latter group ( Read more... )

Watching

There were times last year, when every night of the week I watched an hour or more of TV. But sadly, my friends, those days of free and easy entertainment seem far behind me.

About the best thing I've seen this year was True Detective and even that was hurt by the fact that about half of Rusty's lines were inaudible. Good show, though ( Read more... )

Please do not panic. I am here now. I will tell you how to make that money of which you have dreamt so long. By writing, of course ( Read more... )