Thanks to mega-Hiddles fan Jay I got to see the NT Live production of Coriolanus with Tom Hiddleston and a very fine cast broadcast from the Donmar Warehouse all the way to Glasgow, which gave me an excuse to visit that fine city again. My visit included a stop by the Glasgow Women’s Library in…
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Still Audacious!
Me and the Cap’n and the Rev are still here to lead you into the unknown waters of 2014 (as captured in deft strokes by Vincent Holland-Keen). I don’t know about you, but January has flown past for me. It’s about the time that resolutions begin to flag. Time to reassess. What’s working? What isn’t?…
Speeding Along through January
Whoosh — that’s the sound of January speeding past. It feels as if the holidays just ended, yet here we are almost at the end of the month. Which means hey! It’s Miss Wendy‘s birthday today 🙂 Happy birthday, my friend. Bits of news from my frenzied activities of late: publications of course, also knocking…
Friday Friends Folderol
Kate — you say to me so very often — you have fabulous friends! What are they up to these days? I’m glad you asked: Necon E-Books and the New England Horror Writers are conducting a blog tour in honour of the late Les Daniels, a Necon stalwart and indefatigable writer on a wide range…
TOA/V: Photography in Dundee
There are a couple of good photographic exhibits on right now in Dundee. At the Central Library there’s a great display of photographs of archival material from the building of the original Tay Bridge and then the terrible disaster that occured in 1879 (as immortalised by the bard McGonagall, AKA the worst poet in the…
Happy Birthday, Bertie
Happy birthday to my little brother today. Here he is looking suave on the Salthill shore on Galway Bay. We had fun during his visit. He’s taking good care of my cat Kipper while I’m in Scotland (and Kipper’s taking good care of Connor). And he keeps me up to date on the local wildlife…
Writer Wednesday: Evolution of a Spy
I got an update from the editor of SpyFi and Superspies, the collection of essays on the influence of James Bond in all his permutations upon popular culture. It’s on track so edits should be here soon on my piece about creating the Chastity Flame franchise. Franchise? Did I just write that? I guess after…
Cover Reveal: White Rabbit
I was going to wait until Monday because that’s the best day to post things but but THE SHINY! Here’s the fab new cover image for my novel WHITE RABBIT coming out from Fox Spirit books — wait for it! — this Easter. More work by the fabulous S. L. Johnson, AKA Queen of Everything,…
2014: Be Audacious!
Me and the Cap’n and the Rev are here to lead you into the unknown waters of 2014 (as rendered with delightful charm by Vincent Holland-Keen). Take up the flag of audacity and dare to be bold. Dream big. No one else can make the dreams in your head reality: dare, fail, pick yourself up…
2013 Round Up
I think of this as the “sabbatical year” but the truth is it’s only the second half that’s been that delirious wild ride of freedom time for reflection, research and writing. I don’t tend to be the kind of person who spends much time looking back, but it’s helpful at times to assess where you’ve…