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So anyways, one day some forward-thinking people realised that discussions about my lovely books would be better facilitated by a forum. A lot of my newer readers won’t be aware of this, so I’m posting it up here until I can get round to doing a perma-link on the site. Therefore, for all your discussion needs, […]

A vast nothingness to report. Iron Jackal has not moved on ’cause I’ve been writing the first draft of All Fall Down. Don’t fret, though, it’s still well in hand for the end of the year (he said, with the kind of blithe confidence that makes editors sweat and makes Chris wish he had an […]

Good news for those who still think the Atlantic is an impenetrable magical barrier! Spectra have moved forward their release dates for Retribution Falls and The Black Lung Captain for the US. New dates: Ret Falls: 26th April 2011 BLC: 26th August 2011 Or for those who don’t want to wait, you can buy them […]

So a month has passed and I’m not exactly sure how, since I seem to be in the same place as when I last blogged. Oh, wait, I know what I did: I edited the first quarter of the Iron Jackal, and now it’s slicker than a greased otter. And I also spent some time […]

Sooo, it appears I have reverted to my lazy blog habits that I hoped to break by revamping this website. Tsk. Trouble is, things move so slowly in the world of writing that I’m lucky if I have one new interesting thing to tell you per month. Otherwise I’d be forced to subject you to […]

Squeeeeee! Ret Falls is down to the final six for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Of course I knew about this for weeks; I just wasn’t allowed to tell you till now. But it still makes me prolapse with joy. Me, me, me! Self, self, self!

Says it all, really! I’ll be lurking at Eastercon on Saturday & Sunday. I’m trucking along with The Iron Jackal. Five chapters done out of a predicted forty or so. Ah, it’s so comforting getting back to the world of the Ketty Jay. Like shucking on an old overcoat and finding a dog-end and half […]

News! News! So Gollancz & I have agreed a deal for two more Ketty Jay books, to follow The Black Lung Captain. The first, with a working title of The Iron Jackal, will probably land on the shelves a year after the release of its predecessor, making it July 2011. The fourth is a bit […]

Ok, the deets for the SFX Weekender: Friday I’ll be doing a half-hour reading and Q&A thing on the Slaughtered Lamb stage at 16.30. How much of that is reading and how much Q&A largely depends on how many people turn up. Come with questions! Many questions! Preferably multi-part ones of penetrating depth, but y’know, […]

‘See there,’ said Rablaaaan the Octrazine. ‘A jazzlewozzy! It will make fine vittels, iffen we can catch it and stick it in a stew with some grated a’rair’thian’ttt’x!’ ‘A jazzlewozzy?’ asked Bert. ‘See its long pointy ears, its elongated hind feet and round fluffy tail! See how it prances and snuffles!’ ‘Are you talking about […]