2016 is nearly done, so as usual I’m spending a few minutes, and a few paragraphs, summing up my year in writing.
It started as a bit of a ‘tie-in’ year when it comes to book releases, with books 2 and 3 of The Rage War trilogy both released this year. I had a lot of fun writing these books and immersing myself in the Alien and Predator universes, but I’m also pleased to be able to get back to my own original work, too. The Rage War has been very well received, and I continue to get emails and messages about these books regularly.
Rime was an original science fiction novella released as an ebook from Venture Press. I think it’s really good, and I’m hoping to look into a print edition next year.
My second thriller The Family Man was released in the summer. An indirect sequel to The Hunt, I think it’s a better novel, and people seemed to mostly like it. Unfortunately it didn’t make it into the supermarkets (The Hunt was available everywhere), which obviously had an effect on sales.
I had a few short stories published this year too, including a couple of reprints, in anthologies such as Peel Back the Skin, Something Remains, Year’s Best Weird Fiction Vol 3, and others.
When it comes to new work, this year I’ve been writing a new fantasy novel with Christopher Golden for HarperCollins (we’ll be revealing more about this next year), as well as developing a couple of new novel projects, writing the Kong: Skull Island novelisation, and beginning work on the follow-up to my forthcoming novel Relics.
2016 has ended with some exciting movie news which I’ll be able to say more about in the New Year. With The Hunt being pitched to some major Hollywood studios right now, and this new news about a separate project, 2017 could turn out to be quiet interesting!
Also, 2017 sees the release of Relics in the UK and US, the first in a new series from Titan Books.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a safe, Happy New Year.
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