THE SKINNER

I finally got round to reading this (I really needed the escape) and enjoyed it immensely. Mr Reynolds also got double royalties from me due...

We have a guy here who used to be a social worker in Britain and therefore accustomed to dealing with the socially challenged (scum). He exp...

So, despite all the shit that has hit the fan this week the work on the ruin is looking good. All the ‘sovar’ or rendering has been done ins...

Crete seems to be a place of extremes, on one hand you have magnificent beauty and humbling kindness, and on the other extreme there’s greed...

First I have to make a big disclaimer here: I’m no expert on Greek, far from it, and doubtless there are those who will read this and pick m...

Okay, more now from your correspondent in Crete. We are still occasionally getting clouds in the sky here, but 19 is the lowest the temperat...

I photographed these two up on our pergola and, my goodness, an insect’s life might be a short one, but it’s certainly a merry one. These t...

The first work I was aiming to have done was to raise the height of the windows and door, put in another window, raise the height of all...

Just a little to report this time round. My back is a lot better, possibly after stretching it a bit in the sea; I’ve sunk a water barrel in...

And here'sthe French cover of Shadow of the Scorpion. Wonderful stuff!

WOW, AGAIN.

In the past, like many readers of genre fiction, I have been overcome with guilt about my addiction and a mistaken urge to self-improvement....

We’ve been watching the BBC2 series The Tudors, and thoroughly enjoying it. I have also been considering how much things have changed in the...

News from the Cretan front. Damnit, I put my back out and have been walking about like an 80-year-old for the last three days ... hang on, m...

Okay, this is a first; I started the new book Zero Point on 16th April. This is a first because I have never before actually recorded when I...

Here's Jon's take on Orlandine from Polity Agent. Brilliant stuff yet again!

The three Zero Point Energy books progressed to a stack in the hall – ready to go down to one of the bars in Makrigialos that keep books to ...

Still no luck with the Internet – it turns out that OTE just don’t provide it up here in the wilds. Basically they provide it where there wi...

So, the first book of my new contract is to be called Zero Point. In the past I’ve read fragments about zero point energy and thought it see...

Having attempted to read a couple of fantasy books within the last few months, and having failed, I was beginning to wonder if I was going o...