It's my birthday - I'm fifty today. And it's odd, because I still feel about sixteen in my head.
I didn't want a fuss, so a quiet day is in order; a few beers and a meal planned with the family is all it takes.
1 week ago
About Me
- Steven Pirie
- I'm an author living in Liverpool, UK. My comic fantasy novel, Digging up Donald, is published by Immanion Press, as indeed is my new novel Burying Brian. My short fiction has appeared in numerous places all over the world.
Who's blogged what recently?
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When a Book is an Event - Regular readers (hello, Bestwick) will know I've posted about all of the books I've read this year. As I was ahead with my blog posts, you may not have ...
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Book Review: Stormblood by Jeremy Szal - I met Jeremy Szal briefly at WorldCon in Dublin last year. That’s all there is to that story I’m afraid. *Stormblood *is his debut novel, a 500-page milit...
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The Dangerous Strangeness - My first book of short plays has been published and is now available. I am more excited about this volume than I am about most of my short-story collectio...
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Lamb Maqlubeh - Gotta get this one down before I forget what I did. 1. Rinse thoroughly, then soak two cups of Basmati rice in water (one inch above the level of the rice)...3 months ago
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Taking Off My Publicist Hat - Over the last 5 years of so, I’ve worn a lot of hats. Author, editor, slush reader, copy writer, occasional Wiki editor, and publicist. This was partly out...6 months ago
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Reading time! - First of all, for those of you who want updates on the status of "God in the Girl" and the end of The Infinity Trials, please hold tight. I'll have a post...
8 months ago -
Michaelbrent Collings’ Ultimate Horror List - I adore Michaelbrent and his works. He’s a pretty phenomenal guy and he just put together the coolest list of favorite horror books and movies as suggested...
1 year ago -
This week in books 7/14/17 - This week! Books! But first, a programming note. Posts will be a bit sporadic in the next few weeks as I am headed to San Diego for the wonderment known ...
2 years ago -
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Let's Try This One More Time... - Once again, I have revamped this blog, in an attempt that it will stay in my mind to use it once in a while. I guess only time will tell. I don't usual...
4 years ago -
Fire Starter - The older I get, the more I am interested in learning about things that didn't even register for me when I was even 40. Growing up, I was interested in ...4 years ago
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Heroines of Fantasy - my second post is up! - My second post over at Heroines of Fantasy went up today. I think it should create some conversation, make people think and hopefully inspire people to wr...5 years ago
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Scardiff Event - Had a day out in Cardiff today with Paul Lewis. We attended the second year of The Scardiff Event in The Masonic Hall and thoroughly enjoyed it. There was ...
5 years ago -
Happy New Year - So 2014 has arrived and once again I have decided to try and be a little more active on this blog. Last year I wanted to get back to writing and I did...to...6 years ago
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New Me - The smart serious new me is now over at http://aliyawhiteley.wordpress.com/ and there are details up about the redux version of *Mean Mode Median*, my sto...8 years ago
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More reviews - Major Giles Brandon-Forbes-Smythe writes: It's all very well one reviewer telling us how wonderful you are, but for all we know that reviewer could be your...9 years ago
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BROKEN SYMMETRIES BROKEN-HEARTED - I see I've been a bit lazy with my blog - five months without an entry. BS of course didn't even make it to the short list, but this was not unexpected, s...9 years ago
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THE ART OF BAD WRITING - *Steve and the Really Horrible Monster* “Oh my God!” thought Steve to himself, “this is the end! It’s all over for me! I’m finished, done for!” The big bla...10 years ago
1 comment:
So that's why we have an abundance of sunshine today. Happy, happy birthday.
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