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Antique airship appears over New York City.
During the unexpected thunderstorm which blanketed the city last night a huge airship of obviously antique and arcane design appeared over 7th Avenue. Clearly in a state of serious disrepair the colossal craft was first thought to be derelict and devoid of human life, but after being boarded by city officials it was discovered the zeppelin was fully crewed although the crew members were all in need of immediate medical attention. Yes, today I have finally gotten around to publishing the first episode in my new Glass Darkly storyline, as well as making the second episode available for pre-order.. Read more…
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The Buddha is watching
Six months ago as usual I came to Whitby for the Whitby Goth Weekend with friends and had another splendid time with a visit up to the Abbey for their Night of Victorian Gothic, several excellent meals in local restaurants with friends, and of course some spectacular live music performances from some great bands like The Spear of Destiny. Read more…
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When Mussolini came to visit
Researching a bizarre range of topics, is for me one of the great joys of being a novelist. Yes it comes with its perils. The internet is a far too distracting place for most authors as it is, but if you use a historic setting for your stories then the distractions of the on-line world are completely unavoidable and it becomes more a question of which rabbit hole will you disappear down first rather than whether you will fall down one at all. Read more…
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Inconvenient inspirations
There are many things I like about the crafting of a new novel, though I admit there are always times when it’s more a long slog than a joy. For me, it invariably starts with that first kernel of an idea that can come from almost anywhere. Read more…
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It’s a bit different to how I thought it would be. . .
Keeping a journal is a bit odd sometimes. I’ve been keeping a sporadic journal of my thoughts and perspectives for just over twenty years now, which sounds a lot, but in some years I might only make half a dozen entries while in others I might make an entry every couple of weeks. Read more…
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Oceans of books
The world is swimming in books, huge shoals of good quality fiction, thrilling mystery stories, exciting tales of adventure, wondrous sagas of other worlds and other times and places and people that are similar to or outrageously different from what we know, but can I find something that I fancy reading right now, can I bobbins! At the risk of stretching this metaphor a little bit further than is wise, I know I probably need find some new places to go fishing, and to rely a bit less blatantly on the Amazon or Goodreads reviews that routinely find their way… Read more…
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Just a bit weary
Just coming to the end of a week’s snowboarding holiday in the lovely French alpine resort of Montechavin which makes between the Les Arcs and La Plagne ski areas, and my goodness what wonderful snow we’ve had here. The only drawback is that I’ve snowboarded my legs off, so much so, that early nights and deep sleeps have very much been the order of things, along with the fine Savoyard cuisine, and one out two glasses of the local Genepi. Read more…
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Stolen hours and small miracles
It’s been rather gloomy for the past few weeks, with the days full of rain or cloud or both, and the daylight never seeming to really break through. But today was different. Today was full of bright golden winter sunlight, the kind that takes the edge off a bitterly cold day while you’re in it, and makes you realise just how much it’s been helping when you’re in the shade. Read more…
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So close I can almost taste it . . .
Oh, but I’m so close to finishing my second novel I can almost taste it. Read more…
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