Phew - it's a hot one again. 'They' promised rain but no rain came which kind of makes the ark I've been building in the garden somewhat redundant.

With Broken and other manageable items under control, the remainder of the week will be taken up with finishing the script for Fox On The Run. How good is it? It's really good if I say so myself. I'm hoping for great things, but then isn't that what I always do? Also making some smart headway with Sherlock Holmes: The Dead Messenger but I haven't done any PR for that at all yet. I'm hoping the new Sherlock series about to start this coming Sunday will give it a jolt in the arm. It looks fantastic - Moffatt and Gatiss, I hate you, you pair of bastards...

I really like the way that Cherie Priest finishes up her blog posts with these three headers below to wind everything up, so I figured I would give it shot:

Things accomplished in fiction: I killed a dog, but it's OK really because he's been dead for a long time anyway and the story wouldn't really work if he wasn't. Also created a demon - who may be an angel - or may not exist at all. Either way, that's issue zero of Broken 99% in the can for a first draft and I'm uber-pleased.

Things accomplished in real life: Wrote a scathing blog post for Ida at ISLPR about what a heap of junk that Empire State Of Mind song is. Read it here.

Other: As a Kiss-head, I'm fired up to have discovered Strutter Radio via iTunes. There's songs on here that I haven't played in an eternity. I thought it would be dull after a day or so but I'm on day three and I ain't fallen off the wagon yet. When was the last time you heard Radioactive - demonic intro and all? Enjoying immensely The Passage, a real monster summer read. Checked Premier Inn website for a room over the BICS period in Birmingham - and then decided maybe it would be easier simply to do a single day and then go home.