Posted on July 25, 2009 by rockitboy
Satellite 2 is being held at the Crown Plaza Hotel today and tomorrow; GOH is Iain Banks, and your truly will be doing a coupla panels tomorrow afternoon. Should be a hoot, and last chance for a relaxation before diving brainfirst into book 3.
Shall post a con report-type beastie roundabout Monday morning.
Report Update
Well, the travel [...]
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Posted on July 23, 2009 by rockitboy
Firstly, I should admit that I was never a fan of the original TV series – which actually scarcely impinged on my consciousness, as far as I can recall. But Ron Moore’s re-imagining of it….ah, now this is a cat of an entirely different colour. Myself and SuperSusan came to it originally on the back [...]
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Posted on July 15, 2009 by rockitboy
Weighing in at 150, 680 words, TOW version 1.0 is on its way to my editor’s inbox.
Please excuse me while I sit down in this corner and drool for a while.
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Posted on July 14, 2009 by rockitboy
This is quite neat and groovy -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/13/british-science-fiction-writers
Quote:
“Other heroes of British sci-fi’s golden age include Gary Gibson, Stephen Baxter, Mike Cobley, M John Harrison, Paul McAuley and Ken McLeod, the man who coined the resonant phrase about sci-fi’s appeal, “the rapture of the nerds”.”
Holy genre heroics, Batperson! Not only are we da heroes ov da nu [...]
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Posted on July 13, 2009 by rockitboy
Almost finished the Great Type-Up (wonder what that is in spanish – El Grande Keybasheria, mebbe?). Then once its been through the Mighty Spellcheck, copies shall email-wing their way to my editor, my agents, and sundry other close and trusted compatriots. As is usual when I’ve just finished a book, I have absolutely no idea [...]
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Posted on July 3, 2009 by rockitboy
Yes, insane as it may appear, your humble scribe churns out the first draft … in long hand! And yes, the typing is a killer.
Okay, there is actually a reason for this. Back, waaay back in about 1998 I had, after many years of handtooled manuscripting, made the crossing to using the keyboard for my initial [...]
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