I am delighted to announce that the lovely Solaris Books have commissioned Sparrow Falling, a sequel to my steampunk novel Shanghai Sparrow – (read an extract here). Sparrow Falling is due out in summer 2015. Shanghai Sparrow has been getting some nice … Continue reading →
Guest blog for Jacey Bedford: http://jaceybedford.wordpress.com/2014/05/20/guest-blog-2-gaie-sebold-how-not-to-write-a-steampunk-novel/ Where she allows me to witter on about my very messy writing process on Shanghai Sparrow in her otherwise elegant abode.
Continue reading →You know what? Sometimes this sucks. Sometimes I suck. Sometimes trying to get one single measly word on the damn page feels like trying to push an articulated lorry uphill, in the rain, with the handbrake on. Why? Why is … Continue reading →
Recently I found myself drawn to old-fashioned cooking. Lamb stew made from the leftover roast, with celery and pearl barley. I even made bread pudding. I don’t normally do puddings, we just don’t eat them often enough for it to … Continue reading →
There is a lot of noise out there. All the time. Sometimes it is stressful, unpleasant noise – sometimes it is entertaining noise. The problem is, it’s noise. And creativity often requires silence. This silence doesn’t have to be actual … Continue reading →
First, a couple of warnings. One, this post contains the occasional rude word. If you are easily shocked by such, look away now. It contains rude words because I am discussing things about which I feel strongly, and because I … Continue reading →
Anything you say in public can come back to haunt you – anything you say online can be a yell in an avalanche zone. Right now there’s a lot of yelling going on and stuff I care about is getting … Continue reading →
The first time I heard the word geek it had something to do with biting the heads off chickens in a dodgy sideshow. (Apparently they swallowed them, too. I can’t help wondering if the heads, like the bodies, carry on … Continue reading →
Gosh we genre writers are a dangerous bunch – apparently. Last night my partner Dave Gullen and I discovered both our websites were blocked by O2, under their ‘Parental Guidance‘ controls. A few tweets established that other genre writers, such as … Continue reading →
Spent a delightful Saturday at Andromeda One – a brand new baby con, run by the indefatigable Theresa Derwin. Who almost certainly cloned herself to get it all done. For a one-day con it managed to pack in an extraordinary … Continue reading →