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Man O’War released on Monday 23rd November

I can’t really believe it’s happened so quickly, but Episode 1 of the Bookstreamz adaptation of Man O’War will be available to view on the Bookstreamz platform from Monday 23rd November. Elaine Sturgess and her colleagues Leslie, Paul and Wendy have done a brilliant job in getting the production ready to fly in such aContinue reading “Man O’War released on Monday 23rd November”

“Top Boy’s” Alessandro Babalola to star in Man O’War

Alessandro Babalola will play Adem Johnson, the Machiavellian heir to the Johnson Petroleum Corporation who has chosen to develop his career in the English civil service in my 22nd century world. Alessandro gave a star-making turn as the terrifying hitman Haze in Netflix’s brilliant drama Top Boy, and won an Olivier for his performance inContinue reading ““Top Boy’s” Alessandro Babalola to star in Man O’War”

‘True Blood’ star Jessica Clark to star as Naomi in Man O’War

Ok, this is starting to feel quite real now. Jessica Clark, who played the vampire queen Lilith in HBO’s epic sexy horror show True Blood is going to be taking the star role of Naomi the kokeshi in the forthcoming dramatisation of Man O’War.

Man O’War to be Adapted for Bookstreamz

Remember that Booksoffice vote thingummy where Man O’War was shortlisted back in January? Well, even though it didn’t win, the people at Booksoffice were suitably impressed with Man O’War to choose to adapt it for a new type of online dramatisation that has, serendipitously, found a useful niche in the age of lockdown.

Everything Must Go!

Yesterday I recorded a guest spot on The Constant Reader podcast with host Richard Sheppard, tackling the cancerous old curiosity shop that is Stephen King’s Needful Things. As always it was a pleasure to drop by and discuss books, horror, bargaining with the Devil and other such homely stuff. The episode should air around ChristmasContinue reading “Everything Must Go!”

Essex Father Of Two Cures IT Meltdown With This One Weird Trick

I had a major IT hardware malfunction last week; the backlight on my Macbook Pro suddenly failed, with no options for repair. This was exacerbated by the sinking feeling I got when I realised that the most recent 40,000 words of my manuscript for the The Green Man had not synced properly with my onlineContinue reading “Essex Father Of Two Cures IT Meltdown With This One Weird Trick”

Culture War: It’s not Past vs Present, it’s rescuing your father!

The supposed “culture wars” get a lot of airtime these days. The most infuriating part of it is that, once again, everything (and I’m looking at you, Social Media) is engineered to force people into camps that are binary in their delineation, and must by definition be diametrically opposed. This reduces complex areas into zeroContinue reading “Culture War: It’s not Past vs Present, it’s rescuing your father!”

Makin’ Music Part 1

Necessity is the mother of invention, and while the commercial outlet for creativity has been stifled, people are ever-ready to innovate to stave off lockdown boredom and do something fun. So it was that, after a chat with my old mate Ryan Barquilla, with whom I use to play in Tom Likes Dogs, The World’sContinue reading “Makin’ Music Part 1”

Building Empires In The Sky

March 28, 2018 And like that – [clicks fingers] – March was gone. Time flies when you’re busy, regardless of whether you’re having fun. But busy can be fun, too. It makes you feel like you’re heading in the right direction. Since I last updated these pages a few things have been going on. Man O’War has smashed through,Continue reading “Building Empires In The Sky”

The Hole In The Sky

I’m about fifty-five thousand words into (The) Hole In The Sky (I’m still undecided about the The), which means I’m probably going to finish it (yay!) and will hope to publish it some time after Man O’War, the publication of which has recently been delayed. Hole In The Sky – let’s call it HITS, shall we? – concernsContinue reading “The Hole In The Sky”