It's always nice to get a namecheck outside of your circle of regular influence. Over at The Mark - the gargantuan Canadian online news site - Victor Barac took note of my somewhat heartfelt Nickelback album review at The Void. It would have passed me by if half a dozen people hadn't sent me the link, so thanks everybody - that got the day off to a good start. More than it simply being cool, the article itself says an awful lot about the state of music these days - and that is that there are too many people working in influential places that haven't a clue what music really means to people. I haven't looked but I'm guessing that most of the reviews haven't been favourable but that's OK. Music fans are not dumb beasts and - as one myself - you can usually tell within the first few words when a piece is little less than a hatchet job because the writer doesn't like a band. I think I shall scrabble around in the grey matter further and build an article around it in the next few days. Yeah... why not. Work continues on Roll Away The Stone and Monster Magnet 2 for a post-Christmas release. Both are going well and I'm getting a much better handle on where the stories are going. I even had half an idea that the characters could maybe randomly appear in each others books, but right now that's a little complex for me with a head full of creatures and odd plot lines. Right now though, I am going to put the finishing touches to Black Dye, White Noise (the audio promo material should be back soon) and write something for Almost Human that was in my head when I woke up.