Teamwork Makes the Dream Work I volunteer with Glasgow 2024 worldcon, a circumstance that came about as a result of me attending my first worldcon, Dublin in 2019. I’ve posted elsewhere on this site about what an incredible experience that was, bolstered by some very personal encounters; friendships strengthened and deepened, wishes crystallised, dreams coming…
Somewhere, Out There I have not posted here for some time. I would apologise, but I’m not quite sure if there is anyone here to apologise to! Anyway, that aside, I have a reason for being absent from the blogosphere, which is that I’ve been busy writing. As can be seen from the website update,…
Who the heck are you anyway? Not a question I have been asked yet, thankfully (or perhaps, unfortunately!), but – in addition to the information on this website, I thought it would be a good idea to link to a couple of interviews and posts that I have given/made relatively recently, in case anyone is…
Distant Gardens audiobook ‘in the can’ The Distant Gardens audiobook is now available! Narrated by the excellent Lynn Norris, Distant Gardens can be purchased from Audible. Lynn really has captured the essence of my own two stories, Dew Diligence and The Bibliothek Betrayal, quite beautifully. No mean feat considering she had to contend…
To Con, or not to Con… So, there’s been a global pandemic these last 545 days (as declared by the WHO on 11th March 2020 – not that we’re counting). Undoubtedly it has been a planet-wide disaster, costing the lives of some 4.5M people, which is horrendous. Hopefully humanity (or rather more of humanity’s members)…
2019: The year I discovered the ‘world’ In 2019, the World Science Fiction convention came to Dublin, and it was outstanding. Not only my first Worldcon, but my first convention of any kind. (Little did I (or any of us) know what was coming, and that conventions would be going online for a considerable time…
Robin’s thing My thing, arguably, is that I have too many things — figuratively and literally — and could be accused of hoarding hobbies. I have collections of stamps; beer caps, and beer mats; concert tickets; records/tapes/CD’s (1,500+); DVD’s (a wall’s worth). I love Lego*, and have done for 50 years (all those sets…), and…
How important is music in your writing process? This is something that writers vary on significantly, but I don’t think any would deny that music is a powerful influence on mood, and mood is a critical element of any writer’s process. For me, music is not essential, but can be valuable in drowning out external…