I'm thrilled to announce that DEAD MAN'S HAND has been nominated for a British Fantasy Award! It's up against some stiff competition, and being voted up there with them is a real honour.
Also, you can now pre-order DUSK at various online booksellers, including Amazon, Booksamillion and Shocklines. Pre-orders are good, I like them. And it means that you'll get the book as soon as it's out, and you could be one of the first to post a review on the Reader Review section of the dedicated DUSK website (launching October)!!!
I'm really, insanely busy. Got a novel deadline of December for DAWN, a novella to finish by the end of this month, a short story collection to deliver to Cemetery Dance, a screenplay to read and comment on, a book to blurb, and I'm working on a film project that just came up too. All this and it's the summer holidays from school, and Ellie is home for much of the time. That's nice - we went for a long walk this morning and had a picnic near our local canal, watching the dragon flies and herons and buzzards look for their own lunch - but it also takes away a bit of precious writing time.
I'm a bit manic right now. I panic over deadlines, berate myself for surfing the net, write in the evenings when I should be relaxing with my wife. It can't go on forever, and it won't, but sometimes being so busy makes you realise how nice it is to take a break.
Last Saturday my sister came around to stay. We drank some wine and watched a dvd, and midnight found us lying out on our patio staring up at the stars. I live out in the country, so the light pollution here is minimal. The night was spectacular. We could make out some of the major constellations and see the blur of the Milky Way, and as we were lying there finishing our wine we saw two shooting stars.
Sometimes, stepping back from the world and taking it easy reveals what an amazing place it is.
 
It's almost a month since I posted here .... hell, how time goes by when you're having fun! I recently spent a week in Cornwall with my wife and two kids. It was a holiday. Someone once said that holidays are supposed to be relaxing.
It wasn't.
Perhaps it was because the quaint cottage we hired for our stay was actually right next to a road that would make the M25 look like a deserted farm track. Or maybe it was the fact that our 2 year old son Dan decided that we would never, ever sit down in peace for more than three seconds before he proceeded to intimidate/eat/destroy whatever was closest at hand (many apologies to the patrons of the Badger Inn).
It was fun, but we returned home exhausted! 472 emails awaited me upon my return, and several pressing deadlines, and I've been working flat-out ever since.
Oh, and I'm also back and forth to meetings with two great guys - a director and a producer - who want to make a movie out of one of my novellas:-) More news about that as and when things develop, but wish me luck.
More soon! There's a big site update coming soon, with the utterly fantastic covers for my forthcoming books (both out in January), BERSERK and DUSK, and also there'll be a beautiful dedicated website for DUSK and DAWN, with lots of exciting features and a couple of surprises.
As ever, watch this space.
I'm trying to find a way to post the wonderful covers for DUSK (Bantam) and BERSERK (Leisure mass market paperback) that I've just received. They're two of the best covers I've ever had done, and I'm very excited about them. Watch this space!
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