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Books save us

I’ve not had a great week. I’ll spare you full details, but let’s just say bad things have happened to good people, bad people have happened to me and a moment of stupidity on my part cost me money I couldn’t spare. Several times this week I’ve walked into the library – OK, the spare […]

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Picocon

I like one-day conventions. They’re condensed, manageable (financially and physically) and tend to have an unique feel to them. Picocon holds a special place in my heart as it was the first con to invite me to be a Guest of Honour. So, this year I’ll be back and, in true Picocon anarchic style, may […]

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… books out and about

Much has been said about how e-books will change our reading habits – and our lives. I’ve no interest in either railing against or defending these changes. I’ll leave that to more informed people with clearer agendas and views. Changes will happen: we’ll adjust. Things will be gained and things lost. But one small aspect […]

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Books in, books out…

This year, Beloved and I haven’t had an argument. Or rather, we haven’t had a specific argument – OK, not really an argument, more a discussion which has been known to get heated – that normally occurs around now. It’s known in our household as the Great Book Cull. We love books but don’t have […]

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The wrong notebook!

I’ve lost my notebook. Well, more accurately, I’ve lost a notebook. But just calling it ‘a notebook’ doesn’t do justice to this loss, which I’m quite peeved about, as you may be able to tell. The recent failure of said notebook to be anywhere I expect it to be did get me thinking about the […]

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Short story sale

I’m pleased to announce that I’ve sold a story to the fantastically titled ‘Mammoth Book of Tales from the Vatican Vaults’, due out in spring 2015. The premise behind this anthology is that the Catholic Church might have kept a few things secret down the years … but now the truth can be told. Lots […]

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Nice words from other people

As part of the continuing expansion of this lovely new website, another page has magically appeared overnight. (OK, not technically ‘magically’, but as M made the change to the menu for me, it is beyondr my lower-than-you’d-expect Clarke horizon) The ‘Reviews’ page repeats some of the nice things people have said about my books, online and […]

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Free Fiction, get it here.

Although the free story I put up a few weeks ago, The Path to the Sun, has been present in a hidden achievement kind of a way since my new site went live, there’s now an actual menu option to take you to it, and more. So far there are three short stories accessible under […]

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In with the new …

Look at this! Isn’t it lovely! Sorry, but I’m unduly enthusiastic about my new website, brought to you by the technical expertise of M-the-Ubergeek, plus some tweaking from yours truly. Actually the content is, at the moment, remarkably similar to the old site, though hopefully with less typos and more consistent fonts. However, over the […]

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