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Archive for June, 2011
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Opening Lines
Posted on June 27, 2011 | 3 CommentsI’ve been mulling about opening lines . Don’t know why. Another reason to avoid writing all the stuff that comes AFTER the opening line. Isn’t this just the greatest opening... -
SFF Song of the Week: Dan Abnett
Posted on June 23, 2011 | No CommentsToday’s blogjay is by the very delightful Dan Abnett, who I met last Eastercon (we both have stories in Ian Whates’ Further Conflicts collection. I’ve just read Dan’s story, and it’s a... -
Does it matter if all the bookshops close?
Posted on June 20, 2011 | 2 CommentsLast week Stephen Hunt sent me the link for this fascinating article about one writer’s experience of shopping at the new digital-age Barnes & Noble – i.e. CRAP. In their... -
A-Z of Monsters
Posted on June 13, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve been mulling about monsters recently. There are lots of them – of the alien variety – featured in my upcoming novel Hell Ship. I’ve also been on a bit... -
How DO you say that?
Posted on June 8, 2011 | No CommentsA big box arrived in the post this week with first copies of Hell Ship. It’s a wonderfully cool cover – lurid purple – with the words ALIEN, INVADERS AND... -
IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!
Posted on June 7, 2011 | 5 CommentsI opened up my Facebook this morning to be greeted with a chorus of ‘Happy Birthday’ messages. Thank you all so much! I’ve had a slightly frantic few weeks doing... -
Anno Dracula
Posted on June 2, 2011 | No CommentsThere I was, perambulating along a Tube platform, when I saw a most amazing poster for the novel Anno Dracula by Kim Newman. Only a very few SFF writers gets... -
Banks and Morden
Posted on June 1, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve just been reading this wonderful dialogue between Iain M. Banks and Simon Morden, over at the Orbit site. Banks is one of the greats of modern SF; and Simon’s...