I'm back on the 🎙 Talk Radio Europe Book Show once again, chatting to Hannah about The Dog Sitter Detective Takes the Lead 🐶🔍

Meanwhile, in the park outside my window there’s a kitten bouncing around in the long grass trying in vain to catch a butterfly, and it’s the most adorable thing 😂😻

My latest newsletter is a quick one listing upcoming appearances at festivals and online, with links to tickets – plus a short mention of how SILENT HILL ASCENSION won an Emmy(!) 🤯 No point in posting the link because of the Elon algorithm nonsense, so check the image…

Sweet potato and mushroom curry (with a bit of extra veg that needed eating 😅) topped with fresh coriander and served with roti. Cooking soundtrack: best of Carpenters (!)

SCOOP: The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive has resigned, leaving dev partners scrambling to figure out what's next. The video game publisher had been negotiating with Annapurna owner Megan Ellison (Larry's daughter) to spin out. Deal fell through. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

LOL. First frost of the season this morning, and two hours later it sounds like every goose in Pendle has gone “right lads, bugger this” and is flying south 😂🪽

Just read the debut issue of ONE FOR SORROW by my old friend Jamie McKelvie, published by DSTLRY and available for pre-order now. An eerie Victorian noir mystery, compelling and atmospheric. Everyone knows Jamie’s a superb artist; not many know he’s also a great writer. Recommended 👍

I’m currently doing editorial rewrites on Can You Solve the Murder, and today I finally solved a big problem. #Writing fiction is essentially all about problem-solving, day after day. There’s no better feeling than finding a great solution which will make the story even better 🖋

I always wanted to write a story where someone's going around killing retired 007s, so the surviving so-called "Bonds" have to band together, figure out who's behind it, and stop the killer. Sign this man up for the lead:

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE 2ND ROUND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE ZOOM INTERVIEW WITH THE TEAM WITH THE VAMPIRE WE HAVE DECIDED TO PURSUE ANOTHER CANDIDATE BUT WILL KEEP YOU IN MIND IF FUTURE POSITIONS OPEN UP WITH THE VAMPIRE

So obviously I'm biased, but this game is super sweet. 🍬 The art style is pixel perfect, plus it's written by the people responsible for some of the writing in Resident Evil Village, Dead Space, and Still Wakes the Deep! (Antony Johnston (@antonyjohnston elsewhere, too) Emma Beeby) Go throw money at it! 😘

Almost 400% funded…!

Moz talking bollocks? This is my shocked face theguardian.com/music/2024/sep…

Perfect web in the morning dew 🕷