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I’ve enjoyed reading the 10 rules of famous writers in the Guardian’s Ten rules for writing fiction article.  I’ve just picked the ones that resonate most with me.  Some of them make a worthy list which puts me off ever reading any of their work, and some – Anne Enright in particular – sound so…

I followed a link from c_smith_author today and ended up on the Amazon.com page for False Colors, where I don’t go very often any more.  It was nice to see I’d had three new reviews since I visited last.  Amusingly enough one review essentially said “didn’t like the romance much but enjoyed the naval historical…

I went to see Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief today, and thoroughly enjoyed it.  Much glee over the opening sequence with Poseidon turning up in modern day New York wearing something that looked very much like a sailor suit.  I’ve never quite shared the tendency to swoon over Sean Bean that I know affects…

Just making it in time for Valentine’s day yesterday, I Do Two is now available in pdf  here! Other formats are in the pipeline and should be coming along very soon, and it has gone to the printers.  So it should be available in print in about a fortnight. All profits from this anthology will…

If you’ve got a gmail account and a Google profile, you may not even be aware yet that Google’s new Buzz social networking service makes all your email contacts public. As far as I understand it, that means that anyone gets to check up on who you email, and who you have ever emailed to…

As stolen from eroticjames The rules: * Post ten of any pictures currently on your hard drive that you think are self-expressive. * No captions. It must be like we’re speaking with images and we have to interpret your visual language just like we have to interpret your words. * They must ALREADY be on…

Am reading Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling – book one of the Nightrunner series – at the moment.  (Well, I started it today.)  So far I’m not overly impressed.  It’s very generic AD&D sort of fantasy with taverns and bards and guilds and elves who so far don’t appear to be very elvish,…

Well, the good news is that through the wonders of Vitamin D, Potassium, Iron and Borage oil, I am now no more depressed than the average person who can’t sleep because their shoulders are too sore.  The bad news is that I have got such a stinking cold that I can’t think straight.  Also toothache….

Woohoo!  The Historical Novel Society reviewed Hidden Conflict.  They say Cheyenne Publishing and Bristlecone Pine Press have combined forces to bring out a four-part anthology of that rarest of rare birds: the historical short story. You hardly ever see the form, for obvious reasons: by the time you’ve got your readers up to speed on…