by Neil | Apr 28, 2011 | Books, Reading
Those of you on Twitter will know that I retreated to a Secret Mediterranean Location prior to Easter. It was a glorious week of relaxation, good weather, good food and reading. However, in the run up to the break it was a frantic dash to get everything done and I...
by Neil | Dec 31, 2010 | Books, Comment, Fantasy, Horror, Reading, Review, Science Fiction
This is the first Christmas for the self hosted version of my blog. As was customary on my old internet home, I’d like to take some time to draw your attention to the books I particularly enjoyed reading this year and, looking back, I’m surprised how much...
by Neil | Jul 19, 2010 | Books, Writing
I was really pleased to see the news the other day that my friend Gareth L Powell has sold his next novel to Solaris. That Gareth is talented is not news, nor do you need to take my word for it: the likes of Warren Ellis, the Interzone readers’ poll and The...
by Neil | Jun 15, 2010 | Books, Reading
This was going to be a holiday reading post but I did rather more Stuff on holiday than I anticipated and so this is more of a June reading post. When I do a big splurge it’s nice to share what’s on my shelf. Stuff I’ve read already this month...
by Neil | Mar 27, 2010 | Books, Video
My sister found this. I really like it, especially at the moment. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weq_sHxghcg]
by Neil | Nov 23, 2009 | NaNoWriMo, Urban Fantasy, Writing
Suffice to say things are not going well. Word count is around the 25k mark (some way behind) and as for podcasts…well the first chapter is up and the second should go up soon. But I’m not exactly setting the world on fire. However, I am learning stuff....
