"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." - Ray Bradbury
Once upon a time, in the West of London, there lived a man who had grown tired of the law. He had spent a decade amongst the dusty tomes of cases, both ancient and modern, wallowing in the finer intracacies of ius cogens, the ius in bello and the ius ad bellum, until he realised that there was something more that he desired.
Tired of war crimes, the man began to pay attention to the stories and voices that bubbled up in his head. Rather than let these images swim around his mind and haunt his dreams, the man took up pen and paper and tried to imprison the shadowy fragments of imagination.
And so the man turned his back on ivory towers, on pretensions to working at The Hague, or New York, or Geneva, set up a small wooden desk in his garret, and with fingers poised over his keyboard declared "I am a writer"...
Feedback is incredibly important to me - I need, even crave, feedback. I would greatly appreciate your comments, criticisms and congratulations (!).
I have a Contact form, so please make use of it. Some of you have, and that's been great. Some intriguing thoughts on the name of the site and questions about my inspirations were very encouraging to receive. Please don't be afraid to tell me what you think, ask any question you like, or simply bug the hell out of me about how the writing is going. This is never going to work unless I get some honest feedback!
Oh, and welcome, enjoy looking around, and come back often...
What's new?
Writing
25/04/2009 - From now, until 31 December basically, I'm going to keep my head down, and grind out the words. The goal is that Long Watch: Apocatastasis and Long Watch: Lucifer Falls will be ready by the end of the year. Oh, and that the third part, LW: Megedo Field, will be started as my NaNoWriMo project.
24/01/2009 - For the next 12 weeks I will be taking part in The Artist's Way. I'll keep you updated on how I'm doing.
27/12/2008 - Sorry for the disappearing act folks - we had server problems, but I'm back online now. A huge thank you to Renate for getting me back on the road again!
19/11/2008 - Sadly, I'm having to give up on NaNoWriMo this year. Issues in my personal and work lives have collided and mean I'm unable to complete this year. Still, I made a good start, and there is always next year.
Podcast
Been on a little bit of a hiatus while I've been doing The Artist's Way. Almost finished though, so hope to be back recording shortly.
What is Paul up to...
