Midnight oil and monsters

It’s the witching hour, and I’m trying to give Sarah a couple of hours rest while Curran Jnr sleeps in his Moses basket in the lounge - while barely a couple of feet away, I do a bit of “work” to see what is going on in the world of writing, and all things “secret war”-y .

Well first up, we have a rather nice cover for the German edition of The Hoard of Mhorrer, which hits the shelves in paperback in February 2010:

Translated, the German title is “The Demons of the Fire” or something along those lines, so no issues around the pronunciation of “Mhorrer”. It’s not a bad cover as covers go, though I still prefer the UK cover (especially for The Secret War). Random House are continuing with that whole ‘brand’ thing by using the same style for the “MFW Curran” icon as they have with the first book, though slightly smaller as the title of book 2 is a little longer and bigger. It looks like a damn fine book and it’s being translated by Joachim Korber, and it’ll be interesting to see how it goes down in Germany as I’ve noticed a few copies of Mhorrer (English edition) have shifted over there on Amazon.de.

And second, but not last by any means, there’s another review posted for both Hoard of Mhorrer and The Secret War on the Falcata Times lit-review blog, which I’m pleased about – check it out by clicking here.

And that’s about it for now. Daniel is sleeping soundly, for once, and I’m flagging. It has to be said, there’s nothing like having a baby to focus your mind, but I can’t wait to get back to the writing in a month or two; I’ve already started thinking about the Moby Dick/Lovecraft short story – it even has an opening line.
I just need the time and the energy to sit down and write it.
Maybe in a few weeks.

After I get some sleep…

Night all.