It’s all been a bit hectic! DARK RUN is coming out in North America on the 24th May and there’s actually been a bit of a buzz around it! I mean, we’ve had: – Tor.com releasing the first chapter – Tor.com… Read moreDARK RUN is gathering speed

Last weekend I ventured off into the Derbyshire countryside once more, as the weather promised to be fine. In fact it promised to be sixteen degrees and overcast, and ended up LYING TO ME by being more like twenty degrees… Read moreGetting sunburn on Froggatt and Curbar Edges

Those lovely folks over at Tor have graciously agreed to host the opening chapter of DARK RUN, which is coming out LATER THIS MONTH in North America! So go take a look and please feel free to order it if you… Read moreDARK RUN excerpt up on Tor.com!

As regular readers may know, I like to go on jaunts to the Peak District when I can. A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to do that twice in one week, through the method of not being… Read moreBack Tor and The Three Dales

A few weeks ago I got an email from my agent Rob, which ran something along the lines of “Hi Mike, Del Rey licensed the rights to audio books of Dark Run and Dark Sky from us, but they’ve never… Read moreAudio books! Publisher’s Weekly! Birdwatching!

So, I’m just back from seeing Deadpool (which I very much enjoyed), and I thought I’d write a post about it. I mean, it’s already out-earned all the other X-Men movies (and it’s sort of technically an X-Man movie, maybe?)… Read moreLessons from Deadpool

It’s LGBT History Month in the UK, and I decided I would mark this with a blog post. Although it’s possibly more of an essay. When I say ‘essay’, I don’t mean that it’s going to have a bibliography or… Read moreLGBT History Month Blogpost – Bisexual Erasure

So says io9, in this rather wonderful article outlining the 40 Fantasy and Sci-Fi books they’re most excited for in 2016. And Dark Run is on that list. You know, alongside authors like China Miéville, Ken Liu, Liu Cixin, Joe Hill… Read moreIn 2016, I will ROCK YOUR WORLD. Apparently.

What can you say about a year in which you have your first two novels published by one of the ‘Big Five’ publishing houses? Well, this: Yup, pretty much covers it. Seeing DARK RUN released in June was a truly… Read moreThe Inevitable 2015-in-review Blogpost

Yesterday, I travelled to London to meet up with a bunch of old friends and watch a movie. Way back in 2000, I found myself on TheOneRing.net as I searched the internet for news on the upcoming Lord of the… Read moreThe Force Awakens