Whats Occurring

I've been quiet recently, but there are some good reasons.
Yeah, I know.
Excuses. Excuses. Excuses.
I've been working hard on my short story anthology, to the point where I'm nearly at the editing stage. Should be out for the summer, so you can read it in the garden without being blown away. How very lovely.
But I'm usually working on something anyway, so that isn't a good reason.
The main reason I've been quiet is that my wife is now 9 months pregnant. Just two weeks today till the due date. And so she has been keeping me very busy. I've been busy discussing breast pumps, mucus discharge and Braxton Hicks (which I have imaginatively renamed Branston pickles).
But I will be back soon with more interviews, reviews and features.
Promise!

Tales of the Unexpected

Hello, hello, hello!
When I was young (or younger than I am now) I had pen-pals. The thrill of receiving a letter through the letter-box was immense. Much, more more enjoyable than a message popping up on your email screen, I promise you (in some ways, I am quite anti-technology).
Anyway, yesterday morning I was clearing out my cabinet (the clearing out of my cabinet is very irrelevant) when something that sounded big dropped through the letter-box (no, it wasn't a bomb).
It was a package from Amazon. Nothing unusual there. Although, unusually, I haven't ordered anything from Amazon in quite some time. I tore open the cardboard packaging (I am very strong) and it was a book entitled The Expectant Dad's Survival Handbook.
Somebody had taken the time to buy the book and arrange for it to be delivered to me! I was very touched.
I've just found out (over a day later) who it is - one of my best friends, Adrian.
What a star!
Anyway, the moral of the story is - good old-fashioned surprises kick arse!!!