Just a quick update on the new fantasy novel I’m working on, ECHO CITY FALLS. This is a standalone novel, not a Noreela book, and I’m at the halfway stage (and any writer will tell you, that can sometimes be a difficult part of a book …)
I’ve had some difficult moments, but generally it’s going well, and I’m particularly pleased with the scene I wrote today in which a massively fat woman eats a bat. Oh yes. There are reasons, believe me … it wasn’t just that she was hungry.
More updates coming soon, including news concerning a couple of my books that have been under opton for a while.
Meantime … we’re waiting for more snow. Horrah! I see no one commented on my snowman, you must have all thought it was shite! So here’s hoping I’ll have another one to show you tomorrow.
I received my advance copies of The Map of Moments today, the dark fantasy novel I’ve written with my most excellent collaborator Christopher Golden. The book looks fabulous, is attracting some great reviews, has already attracted some movie interest, and goes on sale at the end of the month. But pre-orders are Very Good Things, so if you’re interested pop along to your local bookseller and put in a request. Or order it on amazon.
Had a nice New Year’s present from Gwent Police – a speeding ticket! Haven’t heard how much I’ll be fined yet, but it’s three points on the licence. Good job they haven’t got any real criminals to catch grumble grr.
It’s been a good week workwise. I’m well into my new novel ECHO CITY FALLS, having a great time with it – though today it took a three mile run for me to think myself out of a corner I’d successfully written myself into (no mean feat for a post-Christmas fat bastard like me) – and I can’t wait to see how this one turns out. That’s an exciting part of any novel writing project for me … I produce a detailed synopsis to set up the deal with the publisher, then when I’m writing that often gets defenestrated at the first plot turn. And I always look forward to seeing what happens at the end!
Have a great weekend! Sometime over the weekend I’ll be posting a new Recommendation or two for you. Watch this space!
Following on from the Publishers Weekly starred review of the forthcoming dark fantasy novel with the exceedingly excellent Christopher Golden, The Map of Moments, here’s another great review from SFRevu. A nice way to start the new year.
And talking of starting something, I began my brand new dark fantasy novel ECHO CITY FALLS today! I fell into the swing of things pretty quickly, and I’m really pleased with the prologue I wrote. This really is dark fantasy ….
A big Happy New Year to you all!
I always love January. Many people get depressed, but for me it’s everything back to normal (kids to school, and me back to the keyboard), and the onslaught of consumerism seems to fade off, just a little. There’s still the Mega-Sales, of course, and holiday companies exhorting you to buy their packages, and supermarkets trying to sell you dieting products when they’ve spent the last three months trying to get you fat. But generally for me, Janauary is calm. January is good.
2009 is set to be a busy, exciting year for me. There are lots of projects lined up, including my new huge fantasy novel ECHO CITY FALLS which I’ll be starting tomorrow. I’ll also be working on the third Hidden Cities book with my mate Christopher Golden, as well as another novel later this year which I can’t announce just yet.
There’ll also be another novel released in my homeland – hoorah! – as well as an as-yet unannounced screenplay project. In fact, lots of what I’m working on this year has yet to be announced, for various reasons (contracts not signed, or official announcement not yet released by publisher etc). So please do watch this space, as over the next few weeks I’ll be revealing what they are.
There are also several books due this year, you can check here to catch up on what they are. I hope you’ll take a chance and check them out – I’m very proud of all of them.
2008 was a difficult year for almost everyone, and 2009 looks set to be worse in many ways. Here’s hoping that we can weather the storm. As for me … all I can do to to sit down and write, so after another day off today – a long walk up the mountain, having a nice (healthy) meal later this afternoon, and reading – it’ll be back to the keyboard.
I can’t wait.
