Matthew Waldram's Blog

Broadening my fantasy horizons

I’m mindful that I’ve done a lot of talking about my book just lately, so I thought I should maybe talk about something else. It gets a bit tiresome saying, “Hello, buy my book,” and “Did you know my book is available here,” and “Hey, my book got a review,” and “Oh no, I’m so…

Hugo me, chums.

*Trumpets* Hello. *Bugle* Well, the Hugo Awards are happening. Again. Just like they have for the last sixty years. That’s exciting. Isn’t it? Yes? No? Don’t care? Hmmmm? Well, anyway, here’s the thing, right. This is the thing. The thing is, the nominations for this year’s Hugo Awards are up and running, and will continue…

Who loves the free stuff? Everyone loves the free stuff. Nobody hates the free stuff.

‘cos everyone loves the free stuff! Did I mention I’m running a giveaway on Goodreads? Oh, I did? Well – whatever – I’m gunna tell you again, here. So what it is, is – yeah – what it is, is you just go on over to Goodreads, HERE, and click ‘Enter to Win’, and you’ll…

You want buy book, yes?

So. You can buy my book, now. Y’know, if you want to. You might not want to, and that’s okay. I mean, the print version is very pretty and would just about arrive before Christmas if you wanted to buy it for someone. You might not want to, of course. I’m just saying, it would…

Oh, shit! Proofs have arrived

Imagine if I’d decided to forgo the exclamation mark in this post’s title. That would have been stupid wouldn’t it? Heh heh. That would have said—heh heh—that would have made it look like—heh—like the proofs were— okay, yes that’s precisely what I did, but the point is that I caught it and I fixed it.…

Ey up, it’s me book, duck

“What’s happening with the book, Matt?” no one asked. Well, I’ll tell you, no one. It’s shittingly close to being ready now. So shittingly close, in fact, that I’m just waiting for the paperback proofs to arrive so I can give them what I hope will be one final review before I make them available…

Monsters of Elsewhere – wassat all abaht, den?

Seeing as I recently sent the latest-edited draft of Monsters of Elsewhere off to be proofread, I thought I might actually put up some information on what the bloody book is about. To that end, I’ve had a go at writing one of those things. You know… the things. The things publishers put on the…

The Holy Kindle

It’s always surprised me just how much I love my Kindle. I have what I think is described as ‘issues’ when it comes to collecting print books — as in, I can’t stop — and I wasn’t sure if I’d enjoy reading on the Kindle. The thing is, though, I’ve come to see it not…

A Sudden Light – Garth Stein

It’s easy to say you’ll write a review, isn’t it? It’s easy to say it and be sent an advanced review copy of a book then actually read that book. But getting off your backside—a backside whose vastness is exacerbated by a frankly obscene diet of peppermint creams and Maoam Pinballs—and writing the review is…

Procrastinatin’ with Dolly Parton

After I read ‘The City’ at the start of the month, I dutifully popped over to Goodreads, clicked into my ‘Currently Reading’ shelf—ignored the Stephen Donaldson book I’ve been half-reading since November—and marked Stella Gemmell’s solid debut novel as ‘Read’. While I was there, I thought I’d check the progress on my Reading Challenge for…