Author: Niel


  • Doctor Who at the BFI – the last days of normality

    I love going to London. It’s where most of my friends live, it’s where a lot of my work comes from, and it was my home between 1994 and 1998. I have a lot of memories embedded in the grime of that city, so if there’s an opportunity to go there I usually grab it.…

  • September 1st: 10 years of writing

    I’ve always loved writing, ever since I was a little boy. For years it was comic strips, then it was TV and film scripts, and in between I dabbled with writing a book, but I never got much further than a chapter or three. It always seemed like too big a task. I’d write a few…

  • Where is Arkship Omega?

    You might have noticed that I’ve been a little quiet lately. (Maybe you haven’t, you’ve got a busy, demanding life to tame after all.) I haven’t sent out a newsletter in a while, and – more importantly! – my latest book has failed to appear. Arkship Omega was due out last month but, due to many other…

  • I’m in the top 10%

    Earlier this year I entered my first feature screenplay, The Waiting Room, into the Page International Screenwriting Awards. Now celebrating its 16th anniversary year, the PAGE Awards is, according to their website (and who am I to argue?), widely regarded as one of the industry’s top sources for new screenwriting talent. Each year some of…

  • You can pre-order Arkship Omega here: https://getbook.at/Arkship6