Free Comic Book Day 2015

As it was Free Comic Book Day today, I dragged the family to Forbidden Planet in London so that I could pick up the special FCBD 2000AD.

As it turned out, m'colleagues Al Ewing and Cav Scott, along with Rob Williams, were all signing the special FCBD Doctor Who comic from Titan, so I picked up that as well.

Rob Williams, Al Ewing and Cav Scott at Forbidden Planet for Free Comic Book Day 2015

While I was in the store I stumbled across this...

You Are The Hero on sale at Forbidden Planet London

and this...

I have a short story in Resurrection Engines, although strangely there were no Pax Britannia books on the Steampunk bookcase

and this...

Remember - the official launch of SHARKPUNK is being held at Forbidden Planet London next Saturday, 9th May 2015

I also picked up these objects of desire...

and then headed over to the Covent Garden Games Workshop store to check out the new Assassinorum Execution Force boxed game.

So all in all, not a bad Free Comic Book Day. :-)

Short Story Saturday: On the illicit love of short stories

For today's blog I shall direct you to Cavan Scott's blog and in particular his thoughts on writing short stories and how they differ from novels.

Tie-in Tuesday: Cav Scott on the Importance of Tie-in Fiction

Things are a bit busy right now, in the lives of Family Green, so over the next few days I'll be handing over the blog to wiser minds than mine and sending you to read their blogs instead.

Today it's the turn of Cav Scott, who guest blogs here about the importance of tie-in fiction.

The Next Big Thing: What Happened Next...

So last week, I talked about Pax Britannia: Time's Arrow as being The Next Big Thing (well from me at least). At the end of the post I tagged various other authors to answer the same questions I did this week - and some of them have!

Click the following links to find out what they had to say:

Cavan Scott

Joshua Reynolds

Sarah Cawkwell

Writers round-up

New year, new round-up, starting with...

Cavan Scott, on hating your current work in progress. Reading this, I was reminded of Tony Jordan's comment when asked if he liked writing: 'No. I like having written.'

Then there's Mark Gatiss, on turning Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic, The Hound of the Baskervilles, into a modern classic.

Lavie Tidhar's had a busy year, which you can read about here. And so has Dan Abnett.

Lately, inspired by New Year's resolutions, William King has written an interesting post on the subject of changing habits.

And Juliet E. McKenna has been posting on the subject of awards and self-promotion. (All I'll say on this matter at the moment is if I was eligible for the Legend Award I'd damn well make sure everyone knew about it.)

To end with, here's a comment from the Script Doctor on Facebook:

'Write what you know' is probably the stupidest advice you'll ever hear. 'Don't write what you don't know' is some of the best.