Category: sillyness
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The Return of the Jannie
You know how I spent all summer wanging on about how great other writers were in the Glasgow Speculative Fiction Writer’s Circle anthology Gallus? Well now it’s my turn to go on about myself for, yes, I have a new story coming out in an anthology called Portals, Gateways, and Doors. Can you guess what’s…
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Incoherent thoughts on a great weekend
Some final thoughts on #Glasgow2024 Worldcon before I get too distracted back into the real world.
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Worldcon 2024, a schedule
It’s Worldcon time, my second in attendance in Glasgow and my fifth overall and this time I’ve volunteered for, and been given, some things to do on the programme. So, if you are coming to Glasgow for it, here is where you can find me: Thursday 8th August, 19:00 hours, Alsh 2 – Languages of…
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Self-isolating for charity
WASH YOUR HANDS!! Hello, I hope you’re all well in these difficult and frankly bizarre times. It is difficult to know how the next few months are going to pan out but it does look like it will be difficult for many people through illness or their employer’s being selfish bastards. To try to help…
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A face for radio
This writing thing has led to many odd things but, in what is probably the strangest, today I find myself on a podcast. Speculative Spaces Podcast. Local great person, Beth Faulds, has started doing a podcast where she chats to writers (local at present but she’d love to branch out so if you know anyone…
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Writing on the shoulders of giants
I’ve sold a story! Very pleased to be able to say that Fireside Fiction have bought a story from me called Rab the giant versus the witch of the waterfall. They have an announcement here It’s a modern fairy tale featuring giants and witches (obvs) and is silly. I hope you like it when they…
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Agnes, a Fairy
I’ve just spoted that Hysterical Realms, the latest Alternate Hilarities anthology containing my story, is available for buying on the internets here If you chipped in to the Kickstarter for this then thank you very much but if not and you fancy giving it a look then it is available in both Kindle and the…
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The Modern World of Book Selling
It’s been eighteen months but I now get to say I have a new story coming out. Hurrah! Called “Agnes, A Fairy” it is a story of gods, management and dodgy art. On the Grim Whim scale this is firmly on the Whim end. It sprang from a conversation following a Glasgow Science Fiction Writers Circle…
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You, sir, are a rumplefyke.
It was Eastercon at the weekend and, before the happy memories fade, I’ll try to get a few of them down. 1) Being very busy. This was certainly one of the most jam-packed conventions I’ve been to. There were many points on the programme where I would have happily gone to multiple items. I…