THE SKINNER

Okay, I’m thinking about buying a decent smartphone but, before I waffle on about that, let me get something straight. All I have ever used ...

I had gone off Horizon programs because of how dumbed down they’ve been, how so often they were lacking in content – what content they had o...

Bloody hell, it’s pouring out of me. It’s 3.25PM as I write this and I’ve done my 2,000 words despite having taken an 8-mile cycle ride and ...

We took a little walk around the Maldon prom a couple of weeks ago. Here's a few pictures: Maldon on the mud. Thames barges. ...

Hitting the sack last night to read for a while I did not get to see the 10.00 o’clock news (probably a good idea) but I did hear some menti...

I’ve just been told by the nice lady who deals with the copy-editing on my books that they can and do correct mistakes in the books after pu...

Well, it looks for sure like Piper’s Ash , who published Runcible Tales, has closed: After some 40 years promoting new authors, we regret ...

It didn’t take me very long to go through the copy-editing of Zero Point . There were a few questions asked to which the answers ranged from...

I just love this kind of thinking... The structures of the power plant basically revolve around the central SMBH in Keplerian motion to ...

Having gone ‘ouch’ a few times after daring to venture a peek at the bad reviews on amazon and elsewhere, I’ve been having a little think. ...

Macmillan emailed me the copy-edited version of Zero Point , along with a list of questions from the copy editor and also a request that I s...

Here's the latest. As always, further questions in the comments section below.

The other night we watched two episodes of something Caroline had taped – Borgen – then went on to watch another two episodes shown on Satur...

Someone bought me a journal for 2012 with a blank page for every day. I had been filling in such journals for many years until a couple of y...

I do have a bad habit with anthologies I’ve been published in. I tend to receive them then stick them on a shelf as eye-candy yet, of course...

So, I just passed 30,000 words on Penny Royal (having been slowed up over the last two days by feeling crap). The backstory I previously men...

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of those video clips. I’m told by various people that they like them but, unfortunately, I’m not getti...

I’m starting to get the feeling that Penny Royal is struggling to turn into something larger. I started out by jotting down backstory invol...

Damn but I wish I had dreams, and nightmares, more often. Last night I was chasing sheep off a vegetable patch I had in my parent’s garden w...

Thanks to Geoff Utley for this picture. It seems that Barnes & Noble might be a little bit behind the curve, but nice to see this anyway...