by Neil | Jan 8, 2009 | Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Random, Urban Fantasy, Writing
OK. Day eight of the whole blog-a-day experiment and I’m officially struggling. Somewhere along the line there’ll be a review of Hellboy 2 coming and I have a couple of other ideas but this week has been body-readjusting-to-less-sleep time. I’m a...by Neil | Dec 30, 2008 | Fiction, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Urban Fantasy, Writing
So yesterday I got done on Chapter 9. I’ve bid farewell to eighteenth century Boston, I’ve blown up parts of London and the body count is already impressively high. I’ve made changes to the structure of the story, I’m adding in stronger...by Neil | Dec 29, 2008 | Books, Comment, Fiction, Horror, Neil Gaiman, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Science Fiction, Writing
This is the time of year where I go a bit list crazy. This time up it’s the return of the infamous Books What I Read in…, last year we stopped at five but this year I’ve done ten as my reading levels have been a little higher and I just...by Neil | Dec 22, 2008 | Comedy, humor, Humour, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Urban Fantasy
Everything I learned about Christmas shopping I learned from reading fantasy: 1. You can only succeed at the end of a long journey. 2. Witches come in all shapes and sizes, even wearing tracksuits. Broom optional. 3. Not everyone who starts the quest will make it to...by Neil | Oct 17, 2008 | Books, Neil Gaiman, Review
I’ve reviewed The Graveyard Book over at www.bookrater.co.uk: The story goes that it was a small cemetery near Gaiman’s house in the eighties, where he used to take his son to ride on his tricycle, that merged, in the author’s head, with The Jungle Book to...