I haven't been able to update this blog lately, largely because we went through a period of not-so-much internet, which is one of the perils of living in rural southern Italy. But not much has been happening. other than a few new reviews of The Damned Busters, most of which were kind. The Drying Ink blog has followed up with an interview with me, which some might find interesting.
In other news, I've bought a membership for Fantasycon in Brighton at the end of September. I look forward to meeting some of the new fans that Chesney Arnstruther's adventures are bringing me.
I've written about 13,000 words of a new Luff Imbry novella, as yet untitled, which will be out from PS Publishing next year. I mean to finish it in the next couple of weeks, then perhaps write a couple of short stories for magazines. In the fall, I'll start the third To Hell and Back book.
I finished a third draft of the on-spec thriller, One More Kill, with the invaluable assistance of notes from my agent, John Berlyne, who helped me bring the central character into better focus. The ms is now being submitted here and there. Fingers are crossed.
And I received a few pages of notes from James Sutter, my editor at Paizo, for whom I've written a rogues' adventure tale set in Golarion, the Pathfinder role-playing-game world. The notes helped me avoid any clashes between what I'd written and the complex reality that Golarion has developed into over years and years of gaming-scenario evolution. The book has now acquired a title -- Song of the Serpent -- and should be out later this year. When I get a firm date, I'll post it here, and I'll put up the first chapter on my web page.
