So. 2012 is finally ending, and the newborn 2013 is already starting to make it’s way around the world as I write this, my summary of the year. A year where I began at my lowest ebb and slowly clawed my way back up. Well, that might be a little melodramatic - after all, I wasn’t ending the year at the

I’m a full time, professional writer. Which not only means that I write a lot, but more importantly that someone actually pays me to do this. Someone willingly reaches into their own pocket, pulls out their wallet and gives me money for the thing that I am writing. Which is nice, I’ll admit. Okay, it’s more a company accounting department

So tomorrow I’ll be avoiding this lovely sunny weather we’re expecting in London, and instead spend whole days in effectively an air conditioned airplane hanger, sitting behind a table, signing comics at the London MCM Expo. Well, I say that, but as I’m making the times and schedules for my time at the table up as I go along, you

A few months ago, it was announced that Dan and I had sold the rights to our graphic novelHope Falls to Future Films, and that I would be writing the screenplay. Well, the screenplay’s been written, redrafted and accepted, and now we’re in talks with directors, which is very exciting. And Dan’s been designing concepts for the main characters. As you can understand,

It’s been an interesting week. On Tuesday I had a meeting with Dan in London. On Wednesday Bleeding Cool announced that Dan and I had signed a deal with Future Films to produce Hope Falls, our Markosia book from 2008, which had an ‘Ultimate’ edition this year. We didn’t say anything, we refused to comment because a) we hadn’t signed anything and b) we had no