Jackson to write The Hobbit screenplay
According to the Beeb, Peter Jackson is going to write the scripts for the new Hobbit movies, to be directed by Guillermo del Toro. This, I would submit, is a good thing.
View ArticleYou mean they haven’t even heard of James Bond?
Remember when, as a child, you’d suddenly see things from a new perspective? I must have been about nine, or perhaps eight, when it struck me that there were people in the world who had not heard of...
View ArticleThe Genre that Dare Not Speak Its Name
What do novels about a journey across post-apocalyptic America, a clone waitress rebelling against a future society, a world-girdling pipe of special gas keeping mutant creatures at bay, a plan to rid...
View ArticleBlogging with the Stars
I’ve been hibernating over the winter. To be specific, I’ve been marking assignments. There was no time for updating this blog. But when I say ‘no time for updating’, I mean I had no time to write...
View ArticleTwits Books | guardian.co.uk
Well, this looks like huge fun. Apparently, some agents on Twitter have been tweeting about bad queries (tag #queryfail). And now the writers strike back: It was bound to happen – the only surprise is...
View ArticleThe Racoon in the Room Full of Rocking Chairs
Anthony Horowitz quotes an interview with Giles Foden, author and professor of creative writing at the University of East Anglia. At any event, he was asked—broadly—about the place of literary books in...
View ArticleA Little Help from Friends
I’ve just been reading very kind words by writer Ken MacLeod on Déjà Vu: I wasn’t the only reviewer who thought the book, and the writer, deserved a lot better. Ian’s efforts to become a properly...
View ArticlePencils Down
I’ve never been one for obfuscation when it comes to the writing process. I don’t want to start now. When I retired from writing and prepared to let my books lay down and die on the Kindle, I was as...
View ArticleDéjà Vu Free
Juuuust a brief post to say that Déjà Vu will be free for the next two days. Here’s a link to the UK store; and one to the US store.
View ArticleFlashback free
Another fairly content-light post, I’m afraid. Just to say that Flashback is free today. I’ll extend the promotion if it’s doing well, so it’s worth checking even if you read this post a while after...
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