This month I’m attempting NaNoWrimo which is proving very difficult. I’m dangerously behind schedule. That means this blog is going to be short and sweet. I have been super busy, though, so here’s a sampler: Evinden is now up to chapter 3! The story is already pretty exciting and super mysterious, so Read more
It’s been a long time since I blogged about Evinden, my long-gestating fantasy novel. The last time, apparently, was in July 2013, and that was only an oblique mention. I have to delve back to the heady days of February 2011 to find a proper mention, at which point I’m talking Read more
The thing about changes is that they are often afoot. So here’s the plan. I am bringing all content from Potential Gamer over to this blog and will be shutting down/archiving/something Potential Gamer forthwith. Why? Because that site was originally set up as something of a gaming journalism portfolio, a Read more
UPDATE: I’ve switched back to Evinden for now. Apparently Hidden Valley is a brand of condiments in the US. Who knew!? I’m now calling Evinden by a new name: The Hidden Valley. It’s still likely to be only a working title, as it’s rather generic, but it at least means Read more
So 2010 turned out to be a bit of a weird one for my writing, with the Arms Race short film rather taking over all my spare creative time. That turned out great but by the time it premiered back in November it was absolutely time to get back to Read more
You may remember that when I’m not ranting about the Digital Economy Bill, I like to spend my time writing. Late last year I finished the first draft of my first novel, Evinden, and this weekend I received a response from the first person to read the book in its Read more
I’ve begun work editing Arms Race, the steampunk period peace set during an alternative Crimean War directed by my friend Nigel Clegg. We shot it last summer out in the wilds of Norfolk. So far it’s being kept under wraps, so that we don’t spoil the nifty set, costumes and Read more
2010 has somehow arrived without anybody really noticing: December itself whipped by, as did Christmas, and the next thing I knew I was at a New Year’s Eve party at which people barely acknowledged the passing of the midnight hour (it was nonetheless a superb party, aside from my awful Read more
My claims of “first draft compete!” earlier this week were slightly premature. Since then I’ve done some additional fiddling and formatting and only NOW have a proper first draft. Quite a respectable length, really – about 25,000 words short of Dune. Whether the quality is worth speaking about remains to Read more
A handful of minutes ago I complete the first draft of Evinden, the novel I’ve been working on for the last nine-or-so years (about six of which involved the main writing part). It’s taken me far longer than it should have and there’s still work to be done to fill Read more