I write long books.

Today I realised that Kallisty’s uncle Hawkwood Prime is played by Sir Patrick Stewart, which (a) explains why he’s managed to persuade so many people to marry him, and (b) is going to be a serious impediment to killing him off if I find the plot requires that. Today’s writing also featured one of the […]

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Hawkwoods

After a day of writing which felt like wading through treacle, I now have some idea what stupid thing the Hawkwoods are going to do next. Trust me, compared to yesterday this is progress. I keep reminding myself that last time I managed to bring the ravening multi-headed plot-beast over the finishing line without too […]

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Death and the Order

Because it’s got to be Christmas already somewhere (In my neighbours’ garden, apparently, since they are setting off fireworks. Seriously, neighbours, fireworks are for November 5th, and New Year if you really must.) I’ve just put up Death and the Order, a short story featuring some of the cast from The Maker’s Mask and The […]

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Rattling the boxes

On December 25th I will be putting a new, long-ish Requite short story up on the website as a present to everyone who read the books. It features everybody’s seasonal favourites, the Order of the Neither. Image from Able and Game, sellers of kickass stationery. Visit them today!

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30% off Lulu code

If you are interested in hard copies or PDFs of the books and don’t own them yet, Lulu is offering 30% off with code WINTERSAVEUK305. Links to the books on Lulu can be found in the sidebar. I would say they make great Christmas presents, but in fact they only make great Christmas presents for […]

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Any old irony

There may be a deleted scene later: I want to be able to fit it into the book, but most of what it does has already been done elsewhere and it’s not really progressing the plot. Alternatively I might asset-strip it and use the bits elsewhere. Being a writer: not unlike being a rag-and-bone man, […]

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RIP Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey was the first woman to win a Hugo Award and the first woman to win a Nebula Award. She was influential, she was deservedly loved, and she wasn’t afraid to take risks: she leaves behind her a stack of books, some of which will go on to be enjoyed by future generations and […]

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