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I haven't received official conformation yet, but it appears the paperback edition of Blowing Hot and Cold is now generally on release. All the signs are there - suddenly available from various different sellers on Amazon, and the availability suddenly goes all to pot from Amazon itself - a wait of one to two months, according to amazon.com, which I don't believe for a moment. The important thing is that it can now be bought online from a number of different retailers, and from your local… Continue

Here’s a chance to win one of five signed copies of Approaching Our Destination in paperback.

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What is the first name of the girl that Gordon meets in the title story of Approaching Our Destination?



You can find the answer by viewing the book preview pages at… Continue

Everyone's talking about the death of the book. From now on everything will be transmitted electronically, over the web, or you'll be reading it on your shiny new Kindle. This seems to me to be unduly pessimistic (or optimistic, dependent upon which side of the fence you're sitting).



Historically, every new development in the entertainment media has been greeted with much self-flagellation and cries of the death of literacy. First of all it was radio, and then TV, and then it was the… Continue

I'm unable to be in the same room as someone that is reading one of my books. It can be friends or family, or a complete stranger, but my reaction's always the same - a mix of excruciating embarrassment and curiosity, and a feeling, really, as though I've been stripped entirely naked and everyone is staring at me.



I think it's because writing is such a personal thing. When you write, there's only you, and the paper (or these days a PC screen), and nothing else. The ideas, the images,… Continue

Anyone reasonably literate can write. Really, they can. At some point, probably everyone has, whether it's angst-ridden poems as a teenager, or love letters, or that elusive novel that everyone is supposed to have in them.



This isn't a “how to” guide to writing. Everyone has different styles, techniques and objectives. Some people are ideas people, others love the composition of a taut, thrilling story, with well-rounded believable characters. I don't really fall into either of those… Continue