Today We are now in the long, slow, arduous stretch towards spring. Children chant songs about April and May, because that's when the flowers come back and we're reminded sunlight exists. Nobody sings about January and February, at least not in North...
Last week, where I live, absolutely perfect meterological conditions occurred.Perfectly awful that is.It was just warm enough for rain to fall in liquid form, but the ground was just cold enough to cause rain to freeze on contact. The entire city tur...
The weather's become much colder, with freezing temperatures as I walk my kids to school. On a sunny winter's day (which I'll admit is rare where I live), the view of daybreak peircing the mist that rises from the fields near my home, as we walk, is...
Only a few days to go until your New Year resolutions kick in. Have you made any?Mine is obviously to finish Past Mistakes. By "finish", I mean not only to get the text written, but the other steps that come after.Re-reading, editing, cover design, b...
Happy Friday!I hope you're looking forward to the holidays as much as I am. I need a break from the routine and nothing kicks me out of an unconscious rut as effectively as a little bit of travel. I won't be going far, just across the English Channel...
Emily Voss has been on my mind quite a lot recently.That's to be expected since I've been editing the first eight (out of nine) sections of the book intensively over the last few weeks.What book is that? Who are you again? Those are legitimate questi...
Hello from the continent.I'm now no longer living in the United Kingdom, and the culture shock is... subtle.There's ups and downs (better healthcare, less considerate drivers), but overall things are much the same as they were over in the UK. Let's f...
Hello from beneath the ocean,No, that headline isn't fiction, but it's true in two different ways.First, I am literally beneath the ocean as I write this. I'm in my car, and the laptop is perched against the steering wheel. My car is (thankfully, and...
Hello from Normandy,We're taken the risk of a holiday in France, which is terra-non-grata from the point of view of the British authorities. According to the government's current guidelines, I shall have to self-isolate for at least five days upon my...
Hello from London,I look forward to a time when Coronavirus isn't the subject of the day. It used to be that speculating about a global pandemic qualified as speculative fiction. Now, dreaming about a world free from global pandemic counts as specula...
