Whilst my toy reporting days are now over, my one involvement each year is by being one of the industry judges for The Poppies. It's great fun being able to look at the nominations and, on an entirely subjective basis, decide which ones are 'best'. Hosted by 'Captain Toy', Michael Crawford, the Poppies come in [...]
I have so much to tell you. I have my report on World Fantasy Con, a writerly challenge I was given, a new article that's due to be published soon (and of which I am particularly proud), NaNoWriMo updates and general writerly updates. But I'm still recovering from my trip to Brighton and am super-busy, [...]
As the author, I'm naturally very proud of The Four Realms. What surprised, and genuinely delighted me, is how well it has been received. So I'm doing the 'happy Snoopy dance' to find out that Fantasy Book Review has selected it as one of their books of the month for March. They obviously have impeccable [...]
Any author that tells you that they don’t google their own name is probably lying. However, ego surfing can often turn up commentary and reviews of your work that you would otherwise be unaware of. I’ve been doing a bit of it, mainly through twitter searches and google alerts to find out about new reviews [...]
I’ve been pretty wound up the last couple of days. And yes, I know I’m getting older and have publically said I intend to become a “grumpy old man”, but this is about books. Books! I’ve sat on this for a couple of days because I disagree with people I like. I think they’re massively [...]
One of the traits of being a writer (at least for me – I’m not sure if it holds universally true) is that you spend an awful lot of time wondering if you’re any good. I heard someone say that “all good artists constantly doubt themselves” and I hope that’s true, because there are times, [...]
When I was a boy, I had this vision of the Hugo Awards looking a bit like the Oscars. I imagined there would be a orchestra, and for years (and I do mean years) I tried to decide what I would have as my music if I ever went up to accept an award. It [...]
