Man Flu Hoards and Critical Confessions

Well, firstly a big confession. I did bugger all on World Book Day. I didn’t write, and I did very little reading. I did have a small bout of ‘Man Flu’, however, after some inconsiderate @!£! decided to sneeze and cough all over me on the bus earlier this week – and as a result my eyes and head were too sore to concentrate on the computer screen or the printed page for prolonged periods.
But that’s okay, I’m the last person to admit that I need some time off for good behaviour after running about metaphorically for the last, oh, several months or so; it will have done me some good to take a breather.

Anyway, in my absence there’s been another review of The Hoard of Mhorrer over on Un:Bound (click here to check it out), and for reasons of impartiality, there’s been a so-so review of The Secret War over on Highlander’s blog (click here). And if you were ever curious about the interview I did for Sci-Fi Now magazine but didn’t get a copy of issue 24, those kind folks have reprinted it on their website, so check it out here.

Other than that, I’ve started work on a blow by blow chapter plan which should give me - and Pan Macmillan – an idea of what to expect from The Fortress of Black Glass. I admit, I’m still a bit sore over missing out on The Traitor of Light, but I’m still excited about writing the new book. It’ll be a monster of a novel. Something to surpass the two previous efforts. And it will have its own problems, I’m certain, but I like a challenge…