And So It Begins...

Added on 17 October 2008

Writer Late Filing Blog Due To Concert At School. The first of the season. It's unusual and a little unsettling to be summoned to school to watch a bunch of kids perform this early in the school year. Initially it was presented as merely a coffee morning for parents and I thought, well easy enough t...

The Distilled Essence of Pussy Galore

Added on 16 October 2008

There are absurd amounts of money spent on marketing big book and film franchises, and you have to wonder how closely they examine the figures to see whether or not it all pays off. Given the fact that the entire financial structure of the west is currently imploding, I don't think the answer obviou...

Cover For The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson

Added on 15 October 2008

So this is the final cover for the reprint of The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson. This is the cover that will be plastered all over the London Underground, the cover that will be seen on television, with George Clooney doing the voiceover in his finest Glasgow accent. This is the cover which will t...

Saw Your Thing On YouTube

Added on 14 October 2008

It’s been about a year since I recorded some readings to put on the web. The original idea was to just do some sound recordings and post them on this site. The guys who run the site explained patiently to me how to do this. People who know how to create websites, as opposed to update them, are...

The Case For The Return of Harry Potter

Added on 13 October 2008

These are grim times, with the financial world on the verge of collapse. Two years ago, when banks were handing out mortgages to anyone who asked, when credit card companies were upping limits on a whim and people were running up enormous personal debt, when house prices were skyrocketing to absurdl...