by Neil | Jan 5, 2008 | Books, Entertainment, Fiction, Marina Lewycka, Reading, Review
I’ve kind of shied away from book reviews on the grounds that I purchased a domain a while back with the idea of keeping the book reviews all in one place. Alas the reality is that between my job, writing and having a life I’m never going to have time to...by Neil | Dec 31, 2007 | Books, Fiction, Horror, Iain Banks, Joe Hill, Margaret Atwood, Mitch Albom, Neal Stephenson, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Science Fiction, Writers, Writing
The problem with top fives is that, rather like celebrations, it can be hard to stop and so today we have my Top Five Books What I Read in 2007. The year started off well with a good haul of Neal Stephenson books including The Baroque Cycle, I went through those at a...by Neil | Dec 30, 2007 | Fiction, Gareth Lyn Powell, Harlan Ellison, Joe Hill, Neil Gaiman, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Short Stories, Susanna Clarke, Writers, Writing
I’m back in London. I spent most of yesterday driving, we took the opportunity to call in with some friends on the way back and we were not helped by proper Welsh rain. Now I’m quite enjoying flumping on my own sofa and not doing anything. Ergo there are...by Neil | Dec 25, 2007 | Books, Family, Fancy a drink?, Life, Neil Gaiman, Personal, Random, Thoughts, Wales
It’s Christmas morning here in the UK. At least for the next twenty minutes or so. I’ve already had a glass of champagne and, by way of warm up for eating my own body weight in turkey, smoked salmon and scrambled egg on toast. Oh yes, we do Christmas in...by Neil | Dec 9, 2007 | Aphelion, Fiction, Free Online Fiction, Gareth Lyn Powell, Horror, Neil Beynon, The House, Urban Fantasy, Writing
My short story “The House” is now live on Aphelion, you can check it out here: http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/shorts/2007/12/TheHouse.html And while you’re there you should check out GLP’s “The Redoubt”....by Neil | Oct 23, 2007 | Books, Comment, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit but I'm not proud, satire, Thoughts, Writing
Lets get something straight, Dumbledore is gay. He smokes the pink peace pipe, he prefers his gardening downhill, he plays for the other side, he likes to polish wands and various other euphemisms for prefering wizards to witches. Only he doesn’t. He...