Where was I... oh yeah... climbing a mountain to steal a crown.

First, thanks to everybody who sent mucho kind words about recent loss of my grandmother. I thought I would have a lot to say about it - I normally do - but I guess some things are still sacred...

Excellent news this week as I hook up with a massively talented artist called Dennis Bevan. You can find examples of his work here. We're going to be working on some new projects together and although we've yet to iron out exactly what they are, I'm just about as excited as I get about it. Dare I write a Batman story?

Other excellent news this week sees The Fire Sermon tipping over 20,000 readers and all other stories at the digital bookstore climb, climb, climbing. Would it be over-optimistic of me to think 40,000 on The Fire Sermon would be possible by Christmas? I don't think so. With more graphic shorts on the horizon, I'm really pleased (and bloody thankful to everybody that likes it) that it's a successful as it is.

In other scraps, the TV screenplay Fox On The Run is approaching the end of its first draft, my second Inspector Kang short - The Moon Upstairs - is also muscling onwards, although Kang himself seems to be going through some serious changes in his character and personality. There's a whole bunch of other stuff in the wing mirrors as well but some objects may appear closer than others and all that...

As a parting shot, if anybody is looking for a summer read that will really will last all summer, try Justin Cronin's The Passage. For once, everything 'they' are saying about it is true. That is one seriously well written novel.