Monthly Archives: December 2008

We’re out and may not be blogging at midnight, so have a wonderful New Year’s Eve and a safe, successful and altogether brilliant 2009!

Terry Pratchett has been knighted in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.  I find myself disproportionately pleased by this news.

Rick Kleffel talks about Eclipse Two over at The Agony Column today. He also is podcasting a lengthy interview with my pal and publisher, Jeremy Lassen, where they talk about the book in some detail. I was fascinated listening to the podcast, if only because it gave someone else’s perspective on a project that I … Continue reading »

I’ve been watching cricket for so long that I don’t remember when I saw my first game. I played the game as a schoolboy, I went down to the WACA and watched games, and I spent long hot summers watching Australia play.  I remember Kerry Packer’s pyjama cricket, the Supertests, the white ball, the aluminium … Continue reading »

I’ve been thinking about working over the Christmas/New Year period.  Every year for the past decade I’ve been busy, more or less, working on essays, editing, copyedits and so on.   It’s important and I’ve been happy to do it, but I’ve noticed this past week I’ve been getting a lot of emails telling me that … Continue reading »