::Acquired Taste

Regular visitors to ::Acquired Taste will know of my devotion to the works of Jack Vance, who died at the weekend aged 96.  His books...

Past visitors to ::Acquired Taste may remember that a couple of years ago I was working on a story called "Shadow Puppet", the st...

The arrival of local writers causes Attibassi to empty instantly I've long admired the work of my fellow ex-Macmillan New Writer, ...

Most writers will reach a point in their labours where they find that commercial publishers are not interested in the book which have been ...

About this time of year in 1997--16 years ago, although that barely seems possible--I sat down in front of my very first PC.  I was determi...

After a break of over 18 months, ::Acquired Taste lives again.  You may want to believe I've spent the interval on a new--or more accu...

I'm delighted to announce that the ebook of The Last Free City has been re- released today as an ebook with Thirst eDitions - who also r...

Furst Among Equals You all got the ebook of Dragonchaser while it was free, right? (If you didn't, it's now £1.53 so it shouldn...

Get Dragonchaser - free! Monday 23 April marks the launch of the Thirst eDitions ebook of Dragonchaser , alongside the promised excell...

Coming Soon - a New Edition of Dragonchaser The word 'exciting' is grossly overused in publishing.  I am allowing myself a fris...