Quote of the Day

All brands are evil, but some brands are more evil than others.

All Free!

It seemed like a good idea at the time ... invite people to join with the promise of more stuff if you take out a membership and log in. That might work when I'm as famous as Iain Banks or Alistair Reynolds but for now, it just aint sticky enough.

All content on the site is now open and you can read it without membership. That means the stories that have been published and have reverted to me, things I like but can't find a home for in print and some stuff that I like and just want to give away!

Read the stories here.

Enjoy.

Ə ... the commonest sound in English ...

... is the schwa, which is the same noise made by a gorilla.

Figures.

I died and went to heaven.

Sitting in the new Cambridge Central Library in the cafe drinking an expresso. Yes drinking an expresso, using the free wifi, perched up high over the shoppers. This is an awesome place and a fabulous reaction to the way that the world has changed. Suddenly every library I've ever been in before feels like something from the papyrus era. I know it's had its detractors, but they have a fan here and I don't care how sad it is to get all enthusiastic about a library.

Wrestling with the Octopus

My hour a day writing in the coffee shop has suddenly expanded. I appear to have unexpectedly acquired some free time. My first thought was: I can finish Songs of the Eyeless.

Hah!

It's never that easy is it? I'm going to start updating the site with more info and perhaps excerpts from the books. I'll blog the process.