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  • 30 Days!

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    You know, when I started doing these blog countdowns at 100 days it felt like I’d never get there. Now its 30 days to go, which is nothing! All I have to do is get the big messy hump of Christmas and New Year out of the way and there it is: January the 3rd,…

  • 40 Days!

    40 Days!

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    It’s getting close now! Really close! Just 40 Earth days till the 3rd of January and the publication of Sorrowline. But the truth is it’s been published already! On the 13th of November, somewhere in a  factory unit in Croydon the presses rolled on the first edition of Sorrowline. Right now I imagine there are…

  • 60 Days!

    60 Days!

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    60 days isn’t long, is it? Less than two months till Sorrowline is out there! A lot has happened in the last few weeks. First up I’ve just signed off on the last round of copy edits to the Sorrowline text, so its finally done. Its a odd feeling, having stepped away from it after…

  • 80 Days!

    80 Days!

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    Sorrowline has been on its travels, to the Frankfurt Book Fair no less. Billed as the world’s largest book fair its the place to be for agents and publishers to sign new books. Its not really a place for authors, its all about the business! My literary agent, Juliet Mushens was there with Rachel Mills,…

  • Alien comic images

    The excitement (and disappointment) around the release of Prometheus reminded me of some old artwork I made many years ago for an Aliens fanzine called Dropship. I did a couple of covers and some interior art, all black and white pen and ink drawings. It terrifies me to realise I did these almost 20 years…