So, where are we?  Late October?  Only I'm writing this a few days earlier, because I'm about to go on holiday (off hiking in the L...

Sometimes it's hard to keep from being defensive in these Film Ramble articles.  For anyone who knows me will know that sometimes I ...

I guess "because I was asked" isn't an answer? It's true though; or a part of the truth, anyway.   On July 3rd this yea...

A grumpy turtle. It's fair to say I've wanted to be a writer for as long as I can remember, but that doesn't mean it's ...

So I mentioned last week that I was one of the three judges for this year's British Fantasy Award for best short fiction, and mention...

I've been thinking a bit about awards lately. And barely two weeks ago I was attending the ceremony for the British Fantasy Awards , ...

Well not random as such, it's just that I've reached a point now where I have so many novels in the works - at this point, four th...