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June 26, 2013
Goody Two-Shoes
Walk a mile in their shoes.
If the shoe fits.
Dead men’s shoes.
… We have a bit of a thing about shoes and identity, culturally speaking, don’t we?
That’s two pairs of my shoes in the photo. One is a vertiginous pair of gold heels which have shed so much glitter about the house as I’ve been breaking them in that it looks like Tinkerbell detonated in a fit of rage.
The other is one of my (many) pairs of Converse, all of which have been through the wars a little because they get worn so much. You sh...
June 24, 2013
Bite the Rebellion
If you’re coming to the Blood and Feathers: Rebellion launch at Forbidden Planetthis Thursday,we’ve got an extra-special treat in store for you.
Now, as well as being able to pick up a copy of the book ahead of its official publication date, you’ll also be able to show your allegiance to the angelic choir of your choice thanks to the fantastic Mutherfudger – codename @Madnad – who will be providing us with some of her amazing baked goods.
Exactly what the Mother of Cookies has in mind is a surp...
June 18, 2013
The Lists
So, I had a bit of an odd evening yesterday. Mainly because this happened.
The British Fantasy Society announced the shortlists for their annual awards (the British Fantasy Awards). And I was delighted to find I’ve been included in the list for the Sydney J. Bounds Award, given to a newcomer every year [insert debate about all possible meanings of the word "best" here].
I was even more delighted to see the other names on that list – partly because there are some wonderful books on there, and pa...
June 17, 2013
The Ocean at the End of the Queue
Neil Gaiman has long been one of my favourite authors. In a funny way, he’ll be – in my mind, at least – forever entwined with my actually starting to write seriously again (well. I say “seriously”. I do very few things seriously, but you get my drift).
It was after a Neil Gaiman signing somewhere around 2007 that I wrote “The Cloth of Heaven” – the first proper short story I’d ever done, and the first thing of mine that was published.
And when I say “after a signing”, I mean it fairly literall...
June 12, 2013
REBELLION playlist
As we’ve long established, I usually write to playlists. And here, as promised, is Blood & Feathers: Rebellion‘s…
My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark – Fall Out Boy
Devil’s Choir – Black Veil Brides
Professional Griefers – Deadmau5 feat. Gerard Way
Titanium – David Guetta feat. Sia
Finale (Original Mix) – Madeon
Edge of the Earth – 30 Seconds to Mars
June 11, 2013
Second Book Syndrome
We’re launching!
I will never get sick of saying that, I don’t think. My author copies of Rebellion arrived last week, and as I opened the box I wondered whether anyone ever could get tired of the way that feels. All those words, all those hours, all that work (and not just mine: in any book, there’s the writer, there’s editors, copy editors, artists, publishers, PR guys, printers, warehouse guys…).
And suddenly, you’re holding a book. I’ll come back to that.
Anyway. Yes. Launching.
June 3, 2013
Angels and Alligators
I had a holiday. An actual, honest-to-goodness holiday. It did, admittedly, only last five days and I managed to rack up several injuries while doing very little (including an ant bite and possibly the most ludicrous first-world wound ever: splinters of shells stuck in my finger and the tip of my thumb. Ouch, by the way) but it was a holiday.
I read books – not many, given the timeframe, but 2′s respectable: Dan Brown’s “Inferno” and Julia Wurz’s “SuperEgo” (the latter I enjoyed immensely; set...
May 23, 2013
Blood and Feathers site
Just to let you know I’ve started updating the BLOOD AND FEATHERS series site with some new bits for REBELLION.
I don’t tend to tinker with it too much on an ongoing basis (I don’t want it to get too out of control!) so it’s been fairly quiet over there for a while, but in the next few weeks there will be more stuff popping up – starting with more locations being added to the “world” page and some introductions to some new characters.
I’m also updating the FAQ: it’s pretty basic at the moment,...
May 17, 2013
The Return of the Black Dove
You might remember a while back, Jurassic London launched their series of anthologies with Pandemonium: Tales of the Apocalypse. Stories of destruction, chaos and… John Martin. It was an anthology I was very proud to be part of – I say “was” because, as is the way with Jurassic anthologies, it went out of print after one year. This meant my story in there, At the Sign of the Black Dove… apocalypsed.
Until now.
It appears in this week’s episode of the Tales to Terrify podcast, read by Simon Hild...
May 14, 2013
Join the REBELLION giveaway
It’s less than 2 months to the release of BLOOD AND FEATHERS: REBELLION (eeeeeeep!) on July 9th, so I’m going to do one more giveaway. This one’s a little different to last time.
Why?
Because as well as a signed copy of the first book, I’m giving away the opening chapter of the REBELLION manuscript, marked up with notes and amendments.
This means that you’ll be able to see the changes between the draft I sent to Solaris and the text that will appear in the finished book, giving you an insight in...
