The journal of a military squib

May 31, 2006

Some of you have probably noticed the often lengthy comments on here from a guy called Seb Nemeth. Well, he’s finally set up a space to comment as much as he likes without taking up other people’s bandwidth! Seb has a blog now called The Four Corners. On...

Mutant storylines

May 29, 2006

I had a client cancel on me at the last minute yesterday, so I decided to treat myself to some downtime. I went to see the new X-Men movie, The Last Stand. I’ve always been a big fan of comic books and superhero stories, so I usually try to catch the new superhero...

Broken records and unqualified success

May 22, 2006

Talking of bestsellers (see previous blog entry) another guaranteed superbook is on the horizon. Apparently, Oprah Winfrey has just landed US$12 million advance from publishers Simon & Schuster to write a book about keeping weight under control. She’ll be writing...

Bestsellers and insecurity

May 22, 2006

I saw a great comedian on television the other day. He said he was working on a new book that was sure to hit the top of the bestseller lists. It was going to be called “Harry Potter and the Da Vinci Sudoku”. A guaranteed winner there, but for plagiarism. I’m...

Excuses and romance writers

May 18, 2006

My apologies for the lack of activity on this blog lately. I’ve been quite busy. One of the things taking up a lot of my time is the sequel to RealmShift. I’ve been working on it a lot lately and I’m very happy with how it’s progressing....