I’ve decided to try and lighten my writing workload by taking today off (from my day job) so I’ve just got time to congratulate this year’s Hugo Award winners. Sorry … Read More
Monday Metrics – 2nd September 2013
If my writing was a starship most of its systems would be turned off to conserve energy and life support would be at a minimum, just enough to keep the … Read More
Untranslatable Words
I need a word to describe that horrifying moment when all your portable electronic devices run out of charge at the same time. [Untranslatable Words by Philip Harris first appeared … Read More
Kicking Elysium’s Ass
My wife and I took a day off work yesterday. We had planned to go to the Vancouver Pacific National Exhibition but the weather wasn’t great and my wife has … Read More
Metrics Monday – Now With Graphs
I’m mildly obsessed with metrics – both at work but especially at home. I suspect it’s my engineering background triggering a bit of OCD. I track my running in three … Read More
Hanging with the Bone Boy
My love of horror started somewhere around 1989 with two books – Immortal Blood by Barbara Hambly (published as Those Who Hunt the Night outside of the UK) and Clive Barker’s … Read More
Thank You, Captain Insomnia
I have a nasty tendency to wake up early in the morning. It seems to coincide with our evening training runs. Whether it’s the late night endorphin rush or the … Read More
Lost Souls
Every reader a book that really speaks to them, mine is Lost Souls by Poppy Z Brite. I read Lost Souls right in the middle of my goth/horror phase – it was the … Read More