by Neil | Mar 20, 2008 | Eastercon, Orbital 2008, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Random, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Thoughts
Just a quick one. Time has gotten a little away from me in the last forty-eight hours. It happens. The heavy hinting over Tuesday’s activities was because one of my suppliers took me out to dinner at The Ivy. This will mean little to people outside of the UK but...by Neil | Mar 19, 2008 | Personal, The Woodsman, Thoughts, Writing
Quick update. There’ll be more later today of more general interest. I just finished the rewrite on Chapter five and am a little over a third of the way through now, just reaching the areas of the story where genuine, full on heavy lifting is required. It gets a...by Neil | Mar 17, 2008 | Entertainment, Film, Movies, Review, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Thoughts
I went to the cinema on the weekend for the first time in what felt like an age. I was vaguely disappointed that there wasn’t a more interesting selection of flicks on offer but saw that Jumper was on. Pushing my reservations about Hayden Christensen to one side I...by Neil | Mar 16, 2008 | Eastercon, Life, Orbital 2008, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, Seemed like a good idea at the time, smart monkeys dumb animals, Thoughts
Yes, things are getting a little frantic. I’ve spent the weekend working on existing stories – including but not exclusively the Woodsman – and performing DIY. Both exercises have had varying degrees of success, leaving me questioning where the hell...by Neil | Mar 11, 2008 | Books, Comment, Reading, Review, Science Fiction, Thoughts
In what seems like contradiction, free is very much the current marketing buzzword for people trying to increase sales. Since Tor – in return for your email address – decided to release a book a week for free via their website it seems like everyone’s been...by Neil | Mar 10, 2008 | Comment, Fiction, Life, Personal, Thoughts, Writing
As has been alluded to a few times recently, I have been experiencing more than my fair share of writer’s block, that all pervading paralysing fear that the ideas will dry up and not a single interesting sentence will be transmitted to the page. This happens to...