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March 29, 2015
The Voyage Resumes! Blood and Smoke 7 at Patreon!
That's right - change of plan. On my last Sometimes podcast, I said I was going to wait until I 300 patrons at Patreon until I resumed the Blood and Smoke podcast. Well, I got impatient. So I had a think about it and realised I was putting the cart before the horse somewhat. Surely the smart thing to do is put the content people want at the site, and then encourage them to sign up to go and get
March 25, 2015
Man / Woman
Spent hours writing - or rather re-writing - a scene in U&F 4. I had to change a character from a man to a woman. I thought it would be a fairly quick process, but oh no, none of the man's actions or dialogue worked anymore, nor did his partner's reactions to him / her, and so I had to re-do the whole thing - or the whole thing so far, anyway. But it's all good news as the scene is more to my
March 24, 2015
After the Plague 2
Altogether now, "Urrrrrrr!" "Urrrgghhhhhhhh!" "Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" The undead continue their shamblings in After the Plague Part 2, a second scene from a zombie apocalypse. Now at Patreon for $3+ a month.
Zombie image by Jon Cape.
Zombie image by Jon Cape.
March 19, 2015
Herbert West: Reanimator. Part 3 Now at Patreon
Part three of H.P. Lovecraft's, Herbert West: Reanimator - Six Shots by Moonlight - is now available as an audio MP3 from my Patreon page for $1 and over patrons.
"It is uncommon to fire all six shots of a revolver with great suddenness when one would probably be sufficient, but many things in the life of Herbert West were uncommon. It is, for instance, not often that a young physician
"It is uncommon to fire all six shots of a revolver with great suddenness when one would probably be sufficient, but many things in the life of Herbert West were uncommon. It is, for instance, not often that a young physician
New Sometimes!
The latest Sometimes podcast is out now, featuring Part 2 of Herbert West: Reanimator, by H.P. Lovecraft. Get it from iTunes or for Android users, hit the android icon in my links in the right hand panel.
"I shall never forget that hideous summer sixteen years ago, when like a noxious affright from the halls of Eblis typhoid stalked leeringly through Arkham. It is by that satanic scourge that
"I shall never forget that hideous summer sixteen years ago, when like a noxious affright from the halls of Eblis typhoid stalked leeringly through Arkham. It is by that satanic scourge that
March 12, 2015
After the Plague @ Patreon
Call me suddenly prolific in my posting, but I need to get some patrons over to Patreon and I had an idea how to do it. Remember some years ago I was talking about writing a zombie story? Well I got 6.5k words in before stopping work on it. Why? Basically I realised it was going to be quite a big story, and I saw the zombie fiction market as one saturated to the gills. It would have been a lot of
March 9, 2015
PatreonCast 1 Now Live at Patreon
All good things come first to Patreon, and today that means the exclusive PatreonCast for everyone in for $1 or more!
PatreonCast One contains news about the Patreon campaign and how cool things are coming over there, my big thanks to all the patrons, and advance audio for Reanimator Part 2: The Plague Demon. This version is exclusive as it doesn't have the soft echo that will feature on
PatreonCast One contains news about the Patreon campaign and how cool things are coming over there, my big thanks to all the patrons, and advance audio for Reanimator Part 2: The Plague Demon. This version is exclusive as it doesn't have the soft echo that will feature on
March 7, 2015
Patreon Page Now Live
As referenced on my last podcast, I've now started a Patreon page. So if you want to give me a dollar a month, you now can (think of the dollar you lose down the back of the couch and the difference it makes to your weekly finances).
This one's for genuine altruists rather than people who want big things fast: don't expect me to pull a novel out of my hat as soon as 3 people sign up to give
This one's for genuine altruists rather than people who want big things fast: don't expect me to pull a novel out of my hat as soon as 3 people sign up to give
February 28, 2015
Sometimes Podcast: Reanimator Part One
My latest podcast is now uploaded and live, and in it I read, From the Dark, the first part of H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale of horror, Herbert West: Reanimator. I think it's one of the best things I've ever done, I'm really pleased with it.
I also reveal a little of my first homemade audio books from way back in the 1980s, and share some news about the ongoing process of writing the next
I also reveal a little of my first homemade audio books from way back in the 1980s, and share some news about the ongoing process of writing the next
January 31, 2015
Underground
If you've listened to Blood and Smoke so far, you'll be aware that some of the action on the audio recordings that David is listening to takes place in Aldwych underground station, which was used as air raid shelter in World War 2. For years I've been trying to get down there, especially as I'm now writing about the place. Illustrations, maps, plans, photos and a whole pile of books are fine for
