Walked home through Frog Island this morning. It’s an area of Leicester that economically collapsed in the late 80s and decided not to bother getting up. I love its gothic-industrial rot. It’s like a vision of the future if the Midlands went all Mad Max.
Read more "Frog Island Post-Apocalypse"In which I talk about The Scalpel, writing generally, the strange case of the Gibbons Sisters, Iain M Banks and getting the creative best out of hotel corridor patrols.
Read more "Interview with me over at Pretty-Hot.com"THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BUYING MY BOOK!!! I’ve had a lovely few days that are dangerous to my ever-increasing ego and everyone in its potential blast radius (And, er, that’s a good thing. I’m certain). If you bought The Scalpel and really want to indulge me, I’d be touched, nay fondled, if you could […]
Read more "Thanks for buying my Magnificent Octopus! (Plus a call for Amazon Reviews)"BUCKLE UP, SPACE-GONZO FREAKS! Paperbacks of my debut novel are available NOW to order on Amazon (ebooks should be available in a couple weeks). “This fantasy, space opera epic unleashes a mind-warping tale of galactic intrigue, explosive action, incandescent dialogue and smouldering passions.” Swirl Savard’s life is not going to plan. Exiled by her alien […]
Read more "It’s Here!!! ‘The Scalpel’"Idea for futuristic street drug: once sniffed, drug reads brain and creates memory of favourite tv show, a show that never existed. Hit lasts ten seconds but seems like five seasons. Illegal due to immediate depression when you can’t chat about it with fellow fans.
Read moreThis spooky-wonderful illustration by @AbzJHarding came up in my Twitter feed a few days back. The artist says that their grandmother would tell them to go to bed or ‘the Nine O’Clock horses would come to get us’. This wasn’t news to me. When I was a kid my mother would too say ‘come on, upstairs, or […]
Read more "What The Heck *ARE* The Nine O’Clock Horses Anyway?"There’s a weird Fight Club side to writing novels, I’m finding. If I can’t think of the right word I leave a mark and move on because I don’t want to slow myself down as I’m banging fresh story out. However, I do this in full knowledge a future Jim months from now will stumble […]
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