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After a bit of a gap with nothing to report on the writing front, I've recently had success with two projects.
I've been a fan of the BBC sci-fi series, Blakes 7, from when it was first broadcast at the end of the 70's. Big Finish Productions recently acquired the licence to make B7 audio dramas and books. They invited fans to submit ideas for a 20,000 word novella, set in the first season, and mine was one of three chosen for an anthology to be published next year.
Some of the first writing I ever did was Blakes 7 fanfiction, back when the programme was still being aired. I've written more since then, some of which has been in fanzines. It's very exciting to think that I'm going to be an officially published B7 writer. The series has been part of my life for so long, and in so many ways, and now I'm going to be part of it !
The other project is kind of related to the first. I've been writing western novels for 20 years now. One of the actors in Blakes 7, Paul Darrow, once said in an interview that he had always wanted to be in a western movie. So, a few years ago, I wrote a western that 'borrowed' the characters played by Paul Darrow and Michael Keating in the series. I made Avon and Vila into a sheriff and his deputy, and gave them the surnames of the actors who played them. 'Darrow's Law' came out in 1999, with 'Darrow's Word' and 'Darrow's Badge' coming later. The fourth book about them, and my fourteenth western altogether, is 'Darrow's Gamble', which has just been accepted by my western publishers. It's nearly three years since my last western was published, so it's a bit overdue. (I've written a lot of SW fanfic in the meantime).
I'm very happy about both acceptances, and will be even happier when I finish actually writing the B7 story 
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). People that made this happen won't be avilable for a week.
. But what of Halo Wars and ODST?
. I'm not too fussed about that, as I got Sergeant Johnson for Firefight). Glad you're enjoying 3 
