Yep, as you may have noticed, the diary's been slowing down in recent days, but hey, it's Christmas!  And I'm snowed in.  Again.  Which doesn't happen often in southern England, so twice in a month is really something.

I've also noticed this year that the diary has really turned into an "I'm doing this, here's a review of that" type thing, where all I ever talk about is work work work and self-promotion, etc, etc.  Which isn't how I started this diary, so I think that's going to change.

Not that I won't keep telling you important things like where to come see me if you want or when a new book comes out, but all work and no play makes a diary a dull, dull place.  So as we head into Christmas (Merry Christmas and all other December holidays to everyone) and greet the New Year, a pledge for a less promo-centric website.  Maybe I'll even do a redesign in the new year, who knows?

In the meantime, happy holidays, welcome to all the new commenters (a ton of you), and I leave you with this: Have you ever noticed that Chewbacca is basically just Bigfoot?