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Classic Doctor Who blu-ray news

Turns out that the next release in the BBC's Doctor Who: The Collection deluxe Blu-ray range will be Season 23, aka The Trial Of A Time Lord, on September 23.

The final series of Colin Baker's reign as the Sixth Doctor, Season 23 presented itself as one epic 14-part story, albeit divided into four individual stories within the overarching courtroom tale.

This afternoon, I'll upload a special mid-week YouTube video, in which I look back at the whole season, the new Blu-ray set's pa...

Some things you should know about the proofreading stage of a novel

To ensure that we all start on the same page with this, let me explain the difference between the proofreading process and, say, the copy-editing process.

The copy-editor reads your novel and makes a whole bunch of suggestions. Sometimes these are ways in which a sentence might flow more smoothly, be clearer in meaning or just be downright better. Other times, the copy-editor might identify a logic problem to ask you about. A potential plot-hole, in other words.

Just like the rest...

Don't wait to be given a deadline

I recently committed to two new stressful things.

Namely, sending my newsletter The Necronoppicon out fortnightly, and uploading a new video to my YouTube channel Jason Arnopp’s Terrifying House Of Obsession every single Sunday. This has imposed a rigid new structure to my working weeks. Even though this structure has applied more pressure to me, I wouldn't have it any other way, because hard deadlines are our friends. Stick with me and I’ll tell you how you can use deadlines to...

Why I miss movie censorship

The first thing to note here is that movie censorship still very much happens. Certainly in the UK, the British Board of Film Classification regularly bans films altogether, so it’s not as if we’re suddenly living in Amsterdam, where movies would probably have to break all kinds of real-life laws just to raise an eyebrow. 

However, there is so much less censorship than there used to be in the crazy 1980s, when horror films would fall foul of the censor’s scissors simply for darin...

Reconnecting with a passion

You know, sometimes I’m very slow indeed. I've only just realised one of the most important purposes of my YouTube channel.

Through making (hopefully) fun, funny and entertaining videos on my channel every week, I get to reconnect with the things I love. Sometimes our data-addled brains need a reminder of these important things, because we’ve somehow managed to lose sight of them over time.

There will always be a special place in my heart for Doctor Who Target books. These beautif...

New Year, New Novel, New YouTube

Hello, you incredible creature! A quick post to fill you in on all the latest from me.

I have a new novel due in October. Woohoo! It's called Ghoster, and will be available from October 24, barring any delays, which obviously can happen in publishing. Would certainly be nice to get it out for Halloween. You can check out the current incarnation of the blurb at Amazon UK and indeed Amazon US. Needless to say, if you were to pre-order Ghoster, then this would set you up among the g...

NEW YEAR, NEW NOVEL, NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Hello, you incredible creature! A quick post to fill you in on all the latest from me.

I have a new novel due in October. Woohoo! It's called Ghoster, and will be available from October 24, barring any delays, which obviously can happen in publishing. Would certainly be nice to get it out for Halloween. You can check out the current incarnation of the blurb at Amazon UK and indeed Amazon US. Needless to say, if you were to pre-order Ghoster, then this would set you up among the g...

A Quiversome Quartet Of Halloween Updates

Hello! Here's all my latest news:

NEW BOOK AVAILABLE NOW
Over the last five years, I've been compiling an ebook collection of 30 of my favourite interview articles I wrote, back when I was a rock journalist. These are mainly from Kerrang!, between 1992 and 2002. I'm really happy with the finished product, titled From The Front Lines Of Rock.

Among the bands included are Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Garbage, Faith No More, Eminem, Manic Street P...

Jack Sparks Auction For Grenfell

Following the terrible Grenfell fire tragedy in London, my publisher Orbit Books and I wanted to do our bit to help. So we're taking part in the Authors For Grenfell initiative, in which various authors auction things to raise money for the British Red Cross London Fire Relief Fund. 

The item we're auctioning is a one-off proof copy of The Last Days Of Jack Sparks. Let me explain...

In the months running up to the novel's release in 2016, Orbit created some super-special proofs, d...

Scary Mcm Comic Con Schedule!

Hello Dolly!

I'm at London's massive MCM Comic Con event this weekend on Saturday and Sunday, quacking and signing copies of The Last Days Of Jack Sparks.  Here's the schedule of my two panels. See you there?

SATURDAY MAY 27
Panel: Scary Stories for Scary Times
The World is a scary place right now and we’re all a little fearful of what’s around the corner, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t still love to be scared!  It’s been proven that in turbulent times the horror genre thrives...