The 2nd Aidy Westlake book, HOT SEAT, comes out at the end of the week and this Saturday, I’ll be at Book Carnival for my only SoCal signing. I hope to see my southland chums there. I’ll be signing with the lovely […]
Joseph had his Technicolor Dream Coat and I have Simon’s Coat of many Pockets. I’m busting it out for my flight I have at the weekend so I don’t have to pay baggage fees. I feel for the airlines that are struggling, […]
If you’re going out this weekend and meeting new people, remember this: “You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” ― Oscar Wilde
I’m going a little off piste today with something a little more personal than usual. As most of you know, I busted myself up while cycling last year. I picked a broken elbow, concussion, bruised ribs and assorted scraps and dents. Can’t […]
A revised version of ASKING FOR TROUBLE will be coming out at the end of the year. Working with the editors on it, a comment came back that a couple of the stories in the collection were too dark and they wanted […]
I have a big ride coming up this weekend, the biggest since my crash last year, so this seems apt. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” ~ Albert Einstein
A few years ago, I wrote about a company, the horribly named Genetic Savings and Clone, which cloned dead cats for their owners. They were recently forced to closed down, partly because there weren’t many customers and partly from pressure from animal […]
Things are getting quite exciting in Simonville. Last week, the blog was dark last week because I was in deadline hell trying to finish all the rewrites for all the books for Thomas & Mercer contract. I’ve never had to work on […]
I knew there was a reason why I liked this guy. “Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to be an oyster.”~Teddy Roosevelt
Have you ever noticed how jury selection is pitched to the proletariat the same way timeshares are sold? “Hey Bob, you’ve just won the county lottery and you may have won the chance to be on a jury. To claim your prize, […]