tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5232310180330031281.post-3405053930197800212008-04-23T09:27:00.004+01:002008-04-23T11:36:24.925+01:002008-04-23T11:36:24.925+01:00So today is my birthday. I'm 39 years old. One year closer to death and one year away from looking officialy sad in my Mighty Boosh T-shirt.<br /><br />Anyway, to help combat the mortality blues I've started on a new novel. Hopefully I'll actually finish this one.<br /><br />The working title is ALL DEAD THINGS, and it's a Thomas Usher novel. Usher is my beloved serial character, the "star" of stories like HUM DRUM and the forthcoming collection TO USHER THE DEAD (due out in 2009).<br /><br />A major editor told me recently that he'd be very interested in seeing an Usher novel if I ever got round to writing one, and if that isn't a good enough reason to get one done I don't know what is...<br /><br />I already have most of the plot for ALL DEAD THINGS mapped out in my head. It features beautiful hanged girls, a dubious northern businessmen who runs a seedy strip club, a Jamesian ghost, hoody-wearing demons, Usher's tragic past and the genesis of his "gift", and something nasty from the great beyond...Gary Mchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00981206709642828785noreply@blogger.com3