Monthly Archives: October 2009

Lou Anders and I delivered our fantasy anthology, Swords and Dark Magic: The New Swords and Sorcery to HarperCollins in New York several weeks ago. We needed to finalise a few details first, but we’re now ready to announce the … Continue reading →

One of the projects I’m working on is reprint collection of dragon stories, Wings of Fire, for Night Shade Books. It’s due in the second half of 2010 and they’ve just sent me the absolutely awesome Todd Lockwood artwork. When … Continue reading →

Well, you can now pre-order Swords and Dark Magic over at Amazon.com which is exciting and makes the whole thing seem very real all of a sudden.  There’s still a lot of work to do – proofreading, copyediting etc – … Continue reading →

I am becoming a grumpy contrarian.  I bought tickets to see Elvis Costello play a solo gig at the Fremantle Arts Centre.  At the end of a long day, I realised, the last thing I wanted to do was drive … Continue reading →

I am seriously pondering what I want to do as an editor over the next five years.  This, I should assure you, is a totally new thing for me. Until quite recently I have been an almost entirely instinctive creature … Continue reading →