Category Archives: News
Did I ever mention that my father is a journalist? Well, he is. He has his own radio program, on which he has interviewed some very prestigious guests, and he writes a regular newspaper column. He also, at the moment, is busy organising a discussion panel for Science Week. He’s a science enthusiast, and puts… {read more}
No, I will not make a joke about Penguin being in the house, because this is not the nineties any more and that phrase was never funny to begin with. Ahem. Before I move onto the main point of this post, I’d like to take a moment to recommend a book called The Gargoyle by… {read more}
Today I went back to my secret writing spot (well, semi-secret – one of my old teachers from primary school wandered in and recognised me today) and started work on book 14, which I have given the temporary title of The Final War. I’m not completely happy with that title, so I’m just calling it… {read more}
Well, I’ve outdone myself at last. Today, in an even longer than usual eight and a half hour writing session, I wrote a ridiculous 34 pages and finished book 13. It took me one month and five days – a new record! It came in at 202 typed pages, 115,325 words and 25 chapters. I… {read more}
Today, during a marathon 7-hour session at my undisclosed writing spot, I hit page 145 in The Burning Death. I estimate that two or three more sessions like that should be enough to finish the book. I am on fire, baby! Perhaps one day in the quite literal sense if I keep bragging like this.… {read more}
Today I adopted a second rat to be Puzzle’s cagemate. He’s also a male, of course, and where Puzzle is a teenager by rat standards, the new guy is just a baby. The size difference between them is pretty striking, which is why I’ve been referring to them as “the Fach and the Fawr”, which… {read more}
I have now started book thirteen and am getting through it at an alarming rate. In the meantime, the publisher is currently looking at trilogy number three so there should be some news on that front within the next month or so. Here is a picture of me aged five, playing with a snake. I… {read more}
Today I finished book twelve, The Serpent’s Bite, which is the final installment of the Eastern Horizon trilogy, aka trilogy number four. I finished it in about two and a half months, which is pretty good by my standards. It clocked in at 120, 618 words and 208 pages, though of course that might change… {read more}
So April is over, and the cons are done with, and I can finally rest – and do some writing again, which is just as well, because the substantive edit for The Shadow’s Heart is due back this month. Three cons. Two Supanovas, and a Conflux/Natcon to follow. How do I sum it all up?… {read more}
