Alan Bligh
My friend Alan died tonight. Better posts than mine will come. They’ll be more detailed, more insightful, and with the benefit of time to take a finer form. I had to get this down, get it from skull...
View ArticleBLACK LEGION
BLACK LEGION is out at long last, with all the words I made for your precious eyeballs. Here’s the Limited Edition: http://www.blacklibrary.com/Home/black-legion.html And here’s the non-Ltd. Ed. for...
View Article[Vampire: the Dark Ages] In Wounded Avalon, Part I
I’ve not run an RPG for a long time. I’ve not blogged in a long time, either. It’s been years since I did either one with any regularity, and between haemorrhaging motivation for both of them, I’d more...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of Me: The Morning
I read that doing a “Day in the Life” was a good writing exercise to start your word count rolling, so I thought I’d try it. I’ll break it up into two parts, though, for the sake of mercy. I open my...
View ArticleDEATHWING: THE BEST OF THE BEST
Here, watch this important video. Some equally important notes: Valrak kept opening up with his storm bolter right next to my head. It was super-loud. I didn’t manage to save that guy. CHOWCE. I was at...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of Me: II – The Writing Exercise Continues
I need to talk to Alan, but I can’t because he’s fucking dead. I sit at my desk with my latest cup of coffee as a not-enough-word-count morning bleeds into a not-enough-word-count afternoon, and I know...
View ArticleHELSREACH: Part 9 –“Hades Will Burn.”
Just in case you’ve not caught it on my social media or Richard Boylan’s twitter and YT feeds: It’s hard for me to put into words how much this series moves me, and how grateful I am that Richard is...
View ArticleBlack Library Weekender 2017
Another BL Weekender done and dusted. I’ve already sent my thanks to the various staff that made it happen, but I wanted to add a thanks here to everyone who came – it was a good one, and I’d...
View ArticleBLACK LEGION: ‘Forbidden Lore’ Interview
It’s interview season, among other things. This weekend has a biggie with the Independent Characters, who are always super-lovely. This was for their Forbidden Lore section, discussing BLACK LEGION and...
View ArticleReddit AMA on r/Warhammer
I think this elegant and handsome portrait of the artist speaks for itself. Please enjoy this oh-so-easily sabotaged photo. Don’t ask me questions here. Or on Facebook. Or on Twitter. Or over email....
View ArticleNew Hobby Blog – Tales from the Aaronorium
Behold, my gaming group has a hobby blog now. Please enjoy my latest and hopefully not as-doomed-as-always attempts at getting my gaming life in order. Or don’t enjoy it. Ignore it. It’s your destiny,...
View ArticleMy Deathwatch Comic!
To break my blogging silence, I bring you… Ahem. Excuse me, I’m a little bit excited: This is so cool that I may explode. Suffice to say, my Deathwatch miniseries started this week, and if you’re...
View ArticleThe Shittiest Anniversary
It’s the 26th May, so it’s been a year today since Alan Bligh died. A year since I wrote my post about it, literally in the hour after we all heard the news. At Alan’s funeral, when Phil Kelly...
View ArticleSpear of the Emperor – Cover Art
I’ll spare you the words and move right on to what matters – the stunning cover by Marc Lee: Check out his Artstation, it’s well worth it. Clicky-click!
View ArticleLeague of Legends: ‘From the Ashes’ and ‘Ryze: The Burning Lands’
So, uh, I may have dipped my quill in some League of Legends-coloured ink. My short story ‘From the Ashes‘ is about a Freljordian tribesman called Kegan Rodhe, who in time will become… a certain fiery...
View ArticleSpear of the Emperor – The Intro
As you may or may not know, the limited edition of my new novel Spear of the Emperor is out for pre-order very soon. Like, imminently. I’ve posted the blurb before, but in case all of this is news to...
View ArticleSpear of the Emperor! (Totes on sale)
Hello and stuff. So, in case you fancied getting the new novel several months in advance – the Limited Edition of Spear of the Emperor is on sale today, riiiight here on Black Library.com and also...
View ArticleI totally have a website now…
Which I keep forgetting to mention here. BEHOLD. I hope you like it. I made it myself and it took me 193 years of intensive labour, which is true and really not a lie or an exaggeration, so shut up.
View ArticleSiege of Terra Interview!
I can’t stand watching myself in these things, and I can’t remember what I said in any of it, so… enjoy!
View ArticleThree Freaking Hours of ‘How to Write for Warhammer’
My voice is a bit hoarse today. Last night I was lucky enough to get invited by Anthony, the AoS Coach, to talk (for three bloody hours) on his channel about writing for Warhammer, including answering...
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