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New Who cover
I'm writing this less than an hour after writing the last sentence of my new Doctor Who book, Ghosts of India. Hurrah! It's always a great feeling to finish a book. My official deadline is on Monday,...
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The British Invasion
New horror anthology The British Invasion is now available to pre-order from the Cemetery Dance website, a link for which you can find on my Links page. Apparently copies are selling out fast, so if I...
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A Night of Horror
Blimey, I've been busy this past month!As well as finishing the (quite extensive) rewrites to my Hellboy novel, The All-Seeing Eye, I've recently embarked on a couple of potentially very exciting...
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Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf
The family Morris all went to see Toby Hadoke's Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf at the Little Theatre in Hebden Bridge on Friday. For those who don't know, Moths... is basically a stand-up comedy show,...
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Who's on Tour
Hi allI'm getting ready to head off on a much-needed holiday, but before I do I thought I'd let you know that I'll be out and about in September, promoting my new Doctor Who book, Ghosts of India,...
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Moaners
My fellow World Fantasy Award judges and I have now completed our six-monthly task of ploughing through the hundreds, if not thousands, of books and stories published in the genre last year, and after...
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The Joy of Books
One of the nicest things about no longer being a judge for the World Fantasy Awards is being able to read the books I want to read, and at my own pace. You don't realise what a luxury this is until you...
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Twenty Years Ago...
Twenty years ago today I sold my first novel, Toady, to Piatkus Books. Even now I remember the day so well. I'd spent it round at Nel's (she was then my girlfriend, and is now my wife), working on what...
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Big Finish & Torchwood
For the past few months I've been working on a couple of projects which I've had to keep under my hat until now. However they've finally both been officially announced, which means that I need keep...
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Pausing for Breath
This last month has been mental! In fact, this entire past year has been mental. I'm sure I've written more words this year than I've written in each of my previous twenty years as a professional...
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Merry Christmas
Had a great few days at my old mate Tim Lebbon's house the weekend before last. Tim and I are working on a project together, and we had an incredibly productive couple of afternoons in Tim's study,...
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The Concertina Effect
What is it they say about best laid plans? The eagle-eyed among you will notice that I haven't updated this blog for almost three months now - but I do have a very good reason.Having enjoyed a couple...
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Thanks...
...to everyone who sent me best wishes regarding my son, David, after my last blog. I'm now delighted to report that Dave is fit and healthy, and has had no reoccurence of the rapid heartbeat that was...
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Fiddleback
Just a quick one. I've managed to get hold of a couple of dozen Pan paperbacks of my J.M. Morris novel, Fiddleback. If anyone would like a signed copy at half-price (that's £3.50. including p&p),...
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BFS Open Night
Just a quick note to let you all know that the next BFS Open Night on Friday 3rd July at The George pub in Fleet Street (that's in London, in case you weren't sure) will have a distinctive Torchwood...
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Village of the Damned
Now that this month's issue of Doctor Who Magazine has spilled the beans, I'm finally at liberty to announce that I have written a four-part Doctor Who audio drama for Big Finish Productions entitled...
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Sherlock & Cenobites
Just thought I'd update you on some of the stuff I talked about last month. It's been a pretty hectic few weeks, promoting the Torchwood books in London, Leeds and Winchester, and continuing to beaver...
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Wolf Men
I'm just back from my hols and trying to catch up on a bunch of stuff, so will hopefully blog in more depth in the next few days.For now, though, I just wanted to let you know that I'll be at...
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FantasyCon
Ah, FantasyCon. I love it so much. I haven't missed a single FantasyCon weekend for over twenty years now, and though the event has evolved over the years, and though various venues and attendees have...
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Cinema Futura/Plague of the Daleks
Cinema Futura, the science-fiction follow-up to the British Fantasy Award winning Cinema Macabre, will be published by PS Publishing in September 2010. The book, edited by me, will contain 60 essays by...
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