I blogged on the Macaronis

In a wonderful way to start the new year, I woke up to the news that my novella “The Wages of Sin” has just been published by MLR Press: http://www.mlrbooks.com/ShowBook.php?book=WAGESSIN It’s currently only available as an ebook, but the print version is expected later this month in the anthology “The Mysterious.” The print anthology will…

Writing News: Angels of Istanbul has been having a bit of a make-over this past week. Riptide decided it was too long to go in a single volume, so now it will be split into two. This means it now has a series title: The Arising Series. And each volume has a different name. Currently…

After a massive anxiety attack, Sam Atkins left his high-powered job in the City and committed himself to life on the road in a small van. Six months in, he’s running out of savings and coming to the conclusion that he might have to go home to his emotionally abusive family. Needing time to think,…

and I don’t think I’m particularly naughty at all. Stolid, I would have said. Mind you, I get round that by redefining the things I want to do as being perfectly innocuous and normal, so perhaps others might disagree. In case I’m not being very clear, here I am on the Nine Naughty Novelists blog…

I went to see this at the weekend, and blogged about my reactions over at the Different Star blog.  It’s probably not the most coherent of movie reviews, but it turned out to be a film of two halves anyway.  And that was only the first half of the book!

Hee!  I am honoured and a bit staggered to find out that Captain’s Surrender has been short-listed for the Dear Author Bitchery Writing Award for Hellagood Authors (DA BWAHA for short). Why am I honoured and staggered?  Well… (a) it’s Dear Author and they don’t take any prisoners 🙂  and (b) I’m up against people…