http://stephencashmore.com Stephen's blog http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20240418145742 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20240418145742 It's Thursday. On Saturday the launch of Three Into One Does Go is going to take place at Hillhead Library in Glasgow. Might be as many as fifty people there, all intently listening to my every word. Eek. It's been a while since I spoke in front of a largish audience but I'm hoping it will be... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20240418145244 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20240418145244 You can't smile words. You can say them, you can shout, whisper or scream them, but you can't smile or (worse) beam them. 'Yes, it's a nice day,' smiled Roger. No no no. Just turn it around and you can see how wrong that is. Roger smiled, 'Yes, it's a nice day.' If Roger really has to sm... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20240408201100 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20240408201100 I needed a bit of cheering up after recent news (see last post) and what happened today certainly helped. I went in to Waterstones in Ayr today to get a ticket for an upcoming book launch later this month. Very much to my surprise, copies of Three Into One Does Go were on the shelves, and ... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20240407182149 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20240407182149 If you read my blog you'll know I went to the launch for this book, and got myself a signed copy. I quite enjoyed it. The writing is fine and most of the characters are too; the plot is sometimes a bit clever for its own good and I noted a couple of places where it was a little shaky. But overal... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20240404205253 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20240404205253 I had been trying to contact my old friend Beryl, who was planning to come up to my book launch from England. She appears in the book and we were going to do a sort of duologue as one of the readings. But alas, she didn't answer for some weeks and then just yesterday her brother picked up instea... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20240328120734 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20240328120734 Excitingly, here is a sneak peek at the cover of Three Into One Does go. Actually, not much of a sneak peek if you are a Twi... X user, as it appears on my pinned tweet. But here it is anyway. The book launch itself approaches in April. More of that anon. ... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20240328115104 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20240328115104 Anyone who has read Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell (as I have) and who thoroughly enjoyed that fantastical masterpiece (as I did) will expect quite a lot of this latest Susanna Clarke book. They wouldn't be disappointed (and nor was I). It's a strange book in many way. It creates ano... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20240327222220 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20240327222220 This is one of Sparsile's publications, and on top of that Barrie is a member of the Glasgow SF Writing Circle, as am I. So naturally I went along to his book launch to grab a signed copy of his latest book, which I shall call CTU for short. I am not going to pretend that CTU is a literary maste... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20240327221606 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20240327221606 Kia is a member of CIEP (Chartered Institure of Editing and Proofreading), as am I, so naturally I got a copy of The Shot to support her. The book is good fun, a light read with some naughty bits. It's one of those books where you really know what's going to happen practically from page 1, bu...