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Nurglings.
It shouldn't come as a surprise (given some of the books I write) that I love painting small metal and plastic miniatures of things that don't exist. This is the latest batch, a cluster of tiny plague...
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The Shadow of RPGs
This wonderful slice of darkness turned up recently, and sparked equal excitement and nostalgia in me. Shadow of the Demon Lord is a traditional, pen-and-paper RPG (roleplay game, like Dungeons and...
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First steps made long ago
I was reminded recently that this ancient relic contains my first published work: Necromunda Magazine, Issue - 12, 2002. It was a small run, irregular mag and I did some fiction for an article. It was...
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Writing Fuel
I love coffee. If there was a ecological disaster and it disappeared I don't know what I would do. True, I might get more and better sleep, but fewer words would get written, and I would be decidedly...
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Quinjet assembled
The recent obsession with Lego construction continues. I am increasingly in awe of these kits - just beautiful, and so much fun to put together.
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The Joy of Inq28
If your not that fussed about small painted figures, or distopian sci-fantasy, look away now.Over the last few years a creative movement has sprung up amongst miniature converters and painters....
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Reference book pile
Behold the reference book pile (or should that be heap) next to my keyboard.I love this part of a new project: finding all the bits of lore I want to highlight, and digging out all of the ideas and...
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Exiled Assassin
More miniature painting from the dark fringes of Warhammer 40,000. Behold, the Exiled Assassin bearing a book of penance-kills on his back. This model is very much inspired by the art of John Blanche,...
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Interview with the Imperial Truth
I did an interview with The Imperial Truth podcast, and you can listen to it now.Click the link and you can hear me talk about working on the Horus Heresy novels, and get some behind the scenes...
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The First Praetorian of Dorn
Print copies of Praetorian of Dorn arrived ahead of its August releaseThis is not a small book. I know I should know that, because I wrote it, but there is something about a thick block of printed and...
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Interviews by the Hundred Weight...
Well not actually by the hundred weight. For starters I don't think you can weigh interviews... can you? Anyways, I have done a lot of interviews recently about writing, and books new and old.Here is...
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Alpha to Omega
Three years ago I pitched a crazy idea of a Horus Heresy book. Now it's here, printed and in readers hands. At the moment I can name ever of person who has read it. That's about to change...Endings and...
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The Inquisition Arrives...
Along side Praetorian of Dorn, a short story about the Inquisition in Warhammer 40,000 sneaked out from Black Library:http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/purity-of-ignorance.html Quite a lot of...
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To mark this blog reaching 10,000 views I am doing a Q&A. Post your questions in the comments between now and Friday 16th, and I will blend them all together and post answers on the blog. SPOILERS...
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Oathbound Bounty Hunter
Enoch Nos, Iron VenatorThis is one of my latest conversions inspired by John Blanche's artwork, and by the Inq28 movement and Blanchitsu pages of White Dwarf. I see Enoch as roaming the rust wastes...
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Your Questions Answered - Part 1
Back in September this blog hit 10,000 views. To celebrate I opened the fortress gates to you questions. There were... more than I anticipated. Here, at last, are the first set of answers. There are...
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Your Questions Answered - Part 2
This is the second part of the Q+A I did to celebrate this blog getting over 10,000 views. You can get Part One overhere.***SPOILERS***I have tried to answer all the questions here in a way that will...
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What are the Horusian Wars?
'So you're doing a book on Inquisitors…''Yup.''Cool, but what is this Horusian War thing?'What indeed.Prompted by a few short stories I did last year, questions like this keep coming up. Which is...
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The Lamp Bearer - An AoS28 Character
Light. That's what they all ask for. No matter who they are, they want light. They want to see it again. They want to feel it's warmth on their face. They want to know that - in this age of night'...
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Alan Bligh Remembered
Alan Bligh - 1974 to 2017This is not something I ever wanted to write. Alan Bligh died on the 26th of May 2017 after a brief fight with cancer. I met Alan in 2003. I was on the edge of deciding that a...
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Agent of the Throne
'Do what you need to do. Do not cause more trouble than you solve. If you get into trouble you are on your own. Good luck.'That is not what Inquisitor Covenant said to his new acolyte, but that is the...
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Horusian Wars Q+A - ask your questions now
Book #2 of the Horusian Wars series wasannounced by Black Library, and I am doing a Q+A about the series here on my blog.If you don’t know what I am talking about, Incarnation is the sequel to...
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1,000,000 words in print
Somehow the shelf of stuff that has my name on it has begun invading other shelvesSo, at some point in the last year, without me realising it, I crossed over into having written over a 1,000,000 words...
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In Memoriam Alan Bligh
‘I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere here when it is quiet, and just listen. After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our...
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Your Questions, My Answers
Two weeks ago (ish) I submitted myself to question by internet. Here are the all the answers:The Horusian Wars, Inquisitors, Incarnation, and all that stuffWhat (when) the heck is the Horusian War...
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