Review: Midnight’s Children

by | Mar 2, 2008 | Books, Fiction, Reading, Review, Thoughts

So I finally finished reading it. In truth, I finished the book that launched Rushdie’s career proper (Grimus never really garnered the same attention) a few days ago. I needed to let it pretty much slosh around my head for a little while before I could distil the...

Interesting times

by | Feb 19, 2008 | Books, Media, Writing

In a bold and some might say foolish move Borders have partnered with lulu to open up in store distribution to self publishers. For $499 you can have your manuscript evaluated, interior page design and formatting, a free copy, your book can be ordered in store and...

Flotsam from the other side

by | Feb 17, 2008 | Horror, Writers, Writing

Some stuff that’s interesting. The Guardian is carrying a review of Stephen King’s latest offering Duma Key, a very old but none the less fun interview with Terry Pratchett and New Scientist is reporting mind/computer interfacing may not be that far...

Never give up

by | Jan 29, 2008 | Books, Crime, Mystery, Personal, Reading, Writers, Writing

No doubt if, like me, you’re a fan of Neil Gaiman you’ll have already read about this. Patry Francis managed to do that amazing thing every writer dreams of and got her book sold only to discover she had an aggressive form of cancer. That fact means...