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One of the things that has always fascinated me has been bird migration – and how they find their way over thousands of kilometres of land and ocean. Some birds are born knowing; others learn from their family group – … Continue reading
. I loved the 2009 movie “Sherlock Holmes”. But even as I really enjoyed it, I felt a tinge of …what, regret? Regret that this film really wasn’t my idea of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, as per Conan Doyle. … Continue reading
I am a very messy writer, and getting worse with age as arthritis kicks in and cripples my fingers. (One of these days I am going to have to change to speech-to-writing technology.) Because I am not a good copy … Continue reading
Vive la France! The French publisher, Pygmalion, has just bought the French translation rights for the Stormlord trilogy. Which means they have bought two trilogies of mine in a year, and published a third… Je vous remercie, Pygmalion! … Continue reading
Warning: do not click on this link unless you can control your envy… http://bookshelfporn.com/archive And if you want to see what some of my study bookshelves look like at the moment here’s a shelf, panning outwards… And yes, those are … Continue reading
STORMLORD RISING is available in less than two weeks!!! If you live in North America. Click on the Borders link, or the Amazon thingy to order now – and guess what, it’ll be at your house on the release day. … Continue reading
Ok, the very last wasp photos, I promise. Now surely you can see how beautiful she is? How extraordinarily fragile? And how dedicated to her young? In these pix she is building the top wing of the children’s nursery. In … Continue reading
Something always goes wrong when I buy computer hardware. Yesterday we bought a wireless router. Should have known it was doomed… I think I’m death to technology. I followed instructions step by step and there I was last night, wifi … Continue reading
. Husband attended a Science Faculty meeting at the National University of Malaysia the other day, and there was some discussion on the new intake to the faculty. (The beginning of the university year is July here.) There were around … Continue reading