February 2009 | Page 3 of 3

Oh yeah

by Neil | Feb 10, 2009 | Comedy, London, Personal, Random

I forgot to mention that I had another celebrity spot the other day. Last week I happened to cross paths with Eddie Izzard in the West End. On seeing Eddie last week I made no attempt to be cool, instead I just broke into a big shit-eating grin as he wandered past and...

Forever Update Feb

by Neil | Feb 8, 2009 | Personal, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Urban Fantasy, Writing

It’s been a while and I’ve had what could be considered a prolonged gutcheck moment on this project. Forever is my second novel length project* and I’ve been trawling through the second draft for a few months now. Just before Christmas I ran into a...

New review up at bookrater

by Neil | Feb 3, 2009 | Books, Review, Science Fiction

After months of neglect I finally have a new review up at bookrater.co.uk. You can see what I thought of Ian McDonald’s Brasyl here. A short preview follows: Marcelina Hoffman is a reality TV producer who likes martial arts and will contemplate most things in...

Snow

by Neil | Feb 2, 2009 | Life, London

Yes, I am aware that countries with regular snow are laughing at the UK right now but we don’t really have a lot and so this is a big deal. I can pretend that we’d cope better if we were used to it, can’t I?

The month that was…

by Neil | Feb 1, 2009 | Blog stats, Life, Personal, Seemed like a good idea at the time

The post-a-day experiment came to an end last night. Here are the stats: – 34 posts in 31 days – Approximately 16,300 views – 54 comments (excluding my responses) – Technorati movement from 21 to 24 The most obvious observation is...