Somehow, in all the baby-related excitement I managed to forget to mention the fact that Blood of Aenarion is on the Long List for the David Gemmell Legend Award this year. At any other time in my life this would have been huge news but with the arrival of young Will, it just kind of flickered across my awareness and got lost at the back of my sleep-deprived brain. I had an email from the good people at Black Library reminding me about the Award yesterday so I thought I would mention it today. For the two of you who don’t know, the late, great David Gemmell was one of the most successful British Fantasy writers of his generation, and probably the most successful author of heroic fantasy of recent years. I’ve been reading his books … [Read more...]