Overly dramatic title, for something that is not at all dramatic to the world, but definitely to me. I’ve been missing a certain moleskine for around five months now. I’ve been unable to find it anywhere – I’ve ransacked shelves, looked in our footstool, under the couches, under the beds, behind radiators, among the dvd’s. [...]
A few weeks ago, I was passing by this “new” shop in Covent Garden when I noticed something. The majority of the items they had for sale in the window was somehow related to fairy tales. This made me an exceedingly happy person. I resolved to pop back after getting some books signed at Forbidden [...]
October has come and gone. It’s been one of the busiest months I’ve ever experienced. I was out for the majority of the evenings after work for some sort of writing / publishing / book event and have taken in excess of around 500 photos as these various events. Of course, I must learn to [...]
We drove back to England yesterday, from the Dordogne, stopping off at Chartres Cathedral, en route to Calais. It was a loooong drive. But it was visually very arresting. But what I want to just mention is the place we were staying. This is Alex and Alison’s website. We stayed for a week and they [...]
Apologies for the quietness on here – been a busy few weeks. We are currently in the Dordogne. We drove from the UK via Eurotunnel. And we’ve had an amazing time. It is part a flat-out relaxing and sight-seeing holiday but it is also a writing holiday. So far it’s been sight-seeing and relaxing, with [...]
Last night Mark and I attended the Forbidden Planet signing of Peter F Hamilton. I have never read Peter F Hamilton but of course, if you are a genre person, you would know who he is. His books are well known and he has an amazing fan-base. Feeling a bit of an imposter I waited [...]
I saw this being done by various graphic novel illustrators and artists. I think the origin of this meme is on the DeviantArt website but I thought that it looked like too much fun to pass up, so I’ve done my own little “things that influenced me”. I’ve not looked at books and movies later [...]
Today, the item in question has landed. Sadly I couldn’t tear into it at work as…well, let’s just say I collected it downstairs from our pointless building reception at 17:15 after it had been left there by CityLink at 12:45. Can you imagine my anger and anxiety? So, got home after ten pm as I [...]
I have always been an avid reader – since I can remember being able to read, I devoured books, labels, pamphlets, anything to keep the busy little mind occupied. I love books, I love the tactileness of them, the smell of them, the experience of them. And I vowed that I will never throw over [...]
Uch, like most writers I’d love to take to the skies and fly to a lovely Greek island and meet up with a bunch of other writerly types, and sit down in the blazing sun and write whilst sipping ice cold drinks and discussing writing with each other and generally being literary. Or hire a [...]
