THE SKINNER

Here I am rambling on...

Last weekend I decided, rather than sit in the house and arse around on Facebook, that I should head off and walk somewhere pleasant, mayb...

New laws on vaping in the EU coming in next month. A prime example of the aphorism ‘the Devil makes work for idle hands’ when it comes to ...

I am constantly surprised by the prejudice I find in some against vaping – the unthinking bias and the fact-twisting. It’s taking millions...

Okay, book signing in Forbidden Planet… I headed up to London aiming to arrive at the bookshop at around 4.30 where I was to...

When I say that I don’t plan, that it all happens at the keyboard for me, that is perhaps a little bit Inaccurate. I do have vague plans i...

I've just been writing out some bits and pieces for publicity, specifically 'Top ten things about me I'd like my readers to kno...

Weird the trials and tribulations my body has been going through lately. I started weight training and gained weight. A lot of it was musc...

Okay, there you have it. Thursday the 23rd of March between 6.00 and 7.00pm. Be there or be square, or some such. At Forbidden Planet in L...

Well that’s good. I tried out this fasting and did four, then two then three days, with the days in between eating my usual amount. I’ve l...

When I came back from Crete in August, still suffering from anxiety and panic attacks, I was pretty slim from kayaking, swimming and walki...

I posted this on Facebook yesterday and there was quite a response – debate, agreement and even outrage: Interesting. I've been read...

So, anyway, I think I’ve promised to post here more regularly about four or five times over the last couple of years, so I won’t be doing ...

Last week was pretty good with a word count above 5,000 but still, sadly below my target of 10,000. I think I missed recording one day so ...

Okay, that’s the final page proofs of Infinity Engine gone through and sent back to Macmillan. I’ll just say that I haven’t copped out on ...

I’ve finally turned it around. The latest book, written intermittently over the last couple of years, was a mess. I’ve said before how I j...

Thanks to John Lewis for these. Here are some Polity timelines he put together... Thanks John!

Here's the British version... And here's the American version...

Well, the exercise at the gym has been knackering me. I’ve done an hour plus in the morning seven out of the last eight days. I’ve then co...

I’m back in England early this year for a couple or reasons I either cannot or will not talk about here. What I will say, however, is that...