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Rain, rain, rain

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13:24 GMT, Wednesday 16th December 2009.  It doesn't seem to have stopped raining for a month now.  It's a cold, unpleasant sort of rain, not helped by the lack of heating in the house.  Can't afford to have it on much at the moment.  I've just lit the big cast iron stove and stuffed it with logs (one's I spotted on the side of road whilst out with Pete earlier this year - I recall wondering if mum would ever get a chance to burn them when I was cutting them up). Weather forecasters reckon the temp is going to drop to around zero during daylight hours from Friday... I reckon it's going to be mighty cold in this house with me and little sis living huddled next to the stove. 

I'm deep into the modified bubble world of Jesmond.  Dealing with each day as it comes.  In the mornings I go upstairs to mum's room. Light a candle.  Deal with the emotions. "Sound of silence" by Simon and Garfunkel is still in the CD machine from those last days.  I play it sometimes when I'm up there.  Talk about heart-wrenching.

Then I head out to my cafe and I write.  Dog Eat Dog is coming along at a good pace.  This morning I finished a Drobna chapter: brilliant character, such good fun to write with.

I spent the last couple of afternoon's rebuilding my website. Stripped out all of the design fluff and got it down to essential information: I'm very pleased with it.  Minimal.

Late afternoon there's usually a game of "Fury of Dracula" with Pete and the gang next door.  Certainly always one after they finish dinner around 8pm.

So in a way it's life as usual.  But of course it's not.  It's just a semblance of how it used to be... but that's what I'm here for.  To soak up these final moments of the house as it always was... before the big changes come sweeping in at some point next year.  It's all psychology but it's working.

My sister and I are closer than ever.  I'm cherishing these days alone with her.  She's good company.

As part of the website rebuild, I'm getting my mind back into promoting my work.

So, if you've not yet read EDGE, or if you're looking for a new writer to get into, now's your chance to buy this novel at a discount price.  Here's the promo blurb:

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December '09 and January '10, promotional discount on EDGE. Save £6 GBP!!!

Normally £16.95 you can now buy EDGE for dramatically discounted £10.95.

Order a copy now

Offer ends January 30th 2010.

EDGE: (novel) One of the world's most successful technology innovators is close to burn out. Desperate to find himself, he goes on a somewhat impulsive trip with a relative stranger to an exclusive snowboarding resort in New Zealand. Instead of rest, he is plunged into a world of spine chilling terror as something monstrous and unseen oozes into our reality from a place beyond time and space.

<<Themes>> Cthulhu Mythos horror/thriller, new Great Old One; Mount Ruapehu, Whakappa; Snowboarding community; development of HTMD technology.

<<Comments>> "The main characters are wonderfully described and you really get under their skin. It's a wonderful story with the typical unexpected turns. It's not the usual pulpy Mythos story either, it's subtle and mature affair. I can really recommend this book for everyone, especially Stephen King, Cthulhu and cyberpunk fans." Preview•Buy

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