I guess I’m a cannibal
It's official: We've made it to the end of yet another week, and now the weekend is upon us. Can I get a Hallelujah? Personally, it's been a VERY productive week for yours truly. – Book 7 of The Divided Region is hurtling forward despite making some plot changes on the fly (both […]
Old habits are like lard
I must fess up: I completely forgot to send out an email for my newly anointed pilot series, Fun Fact Friday. Instead, I wrote for my The Divided Region addicts, which was by no means a poor substitute, but it does beg the question… Is my heart and soul even in FFF? The […]
Addicts, I tell you
In response to yesterday's "reveal," where I cooled some blood pressure that Book 7 wouldn't be the end of the journey (despite it being the end of The Divided Region)… I got a few questions from people whom I can only describe as ADDICTS. (And the Lord knows how much I love 'em.) They more […]
Will The Divided Region end on Book 7?
A question I get every so often is: "Does The Divided Region conclude in Book 7?" It always struck me as a half-hearted question. On the one hand, they genuinely want to know, and on the other, you can practically hear them muttering, "PLEASE NO." For a while, the answer used to be a resounding […]
The one pun to rule them all?
Long-time readers of mine will know I've got something of a morbid fascination with crocodiles. Particularly the big, gnarly ones like the Nile and Salties. So, it doesn't take a Mark Zuckerberg to imagine what my Facebook feed looks like. And if you do, well, just know that between every written post, there's a safari […]
Yet another reason I don’t play in the sea
I watched a 17-minute YouTube video last night that reminded me why I don't play in the sea much these days. It followed a young fisherman out in a skinny kayak that had enough cameras to make China blush. The skies were blue, the waves were soft, and so, with these perfect seafaring conditions, it […]
Why Aussie subscribers can’t get enough of this
A little while ago, I emailed some East London idioms (also known as Cockney Rhyming Slang) to Legionnaires, and… It was a hit. Particularly with the Aussie members. Mind you, that didn't come too much as a surprise given how so many of their ancestors hailed from these parts before they willingly (and, […]
4 Lord of the Rings facts I bet you didn’t know
Last week, I cast my hook deep into our little conclave to see if anyone would take my Fun Fact Friday "bait." To my surprise, many did chomp down on it. So I figured, why not just launch the damn thing and see how it fares? Worst-case scenario is that this pilot series […]
I was wrong, and I’m not apologising
Yesterday was quite the day. Vast swathes of England and Wales were officially declared in drought. Our fifth heatwave of the year finally kicked off (yay). And we had that small matter of a total solar eclipse— —Well, that's not exactly true, now is it, Daniel? (Sigh) Apparently not! It appears I am […]
My dad woke me at 3am for this
It was 11th August 1999 when my dad shook me from my sleep in the wee hours of the morning. "Wake up," he whispered. "Put on some clothes and come with me." At the time, I was no more than eight years old, so there was more chance of me reciting the Pythagorean theorem backwards […]
I’m about to get a big energy bill
The UK is now bracing itself for the fifth and final heatwave of the year. And my God, it cannot come quickly enough. Why? Because your Overlord & Saviour has (finally) sourced an air conditioning unit! And you can bet your last wattage that I'll be blasting this sucker over the coming days, […]
Uh oh, it’s that time of year again
It's the annual migration season in Kenya, and that only means one thing: Wildlife enthusiasts from around the world fly in to watch hundreds of thousands of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, and other herbivores make the perilous pilgrimage to greener pastures. And where there are droves of prey… THERE ARE ALSO PREDATORS. One route, […]
Thank you, China
Cast your mind back to the start of the Iran conflict in March, when everyone and their uncles said we were on the cusp of World War III. Headlines warned of the historic oil shock that would lap all our shores. They said our economies would go into freefall. Or, at least they should […]
I accidentally revealed a guarded secret
Well, well, well. I'll be damned. It's been over a week now since Among Wolves was released to the world, and it's been quite the whirlwind. Feedback is now starting to roll in — with many people absolutely loving this sequel, but being equally maddened that they now have to wait for Book 7. Well, […]
Wrap your head around this one
Here's a fun fact for you: A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. It takes Venus about 243 Earth days to rotate once on its axis, but only about 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun. Kind of mental, eh? Honestly, space and the greater universe are truly a subject matter […]
I’m spent
For the last week, Lady Laura and I have endured a pretty hellish time here at Watson HQ. Long story short: the boys came down with a virus after a visit to a germ factory — I mean, soft play. Liam, our resident toddler, shook it off quite quickly. But Nathan? Well, let's just say… […]
My road rage regret
The following is a true story: A couple of weekends ago, while driving back home with Lady Laura and the tots, I had a couple of near misses. It was a Sunday, so naturally, I had my wits about me. If you know anything about the roads, you know that Sunday drivers are very real […]
Why I ditched my growing social media account
A couple of months ago, your daily host and Overlord & Saviour here at the Legion was on the road to becoming something of an "influencer." I say that in air quotes because I've loathed the term ever since some nerd coined it. And just for the record, I'm not talking about academics, philosophical heads, […]
$32 to ship a single paperback?!
It's been 24 hours since Among Wolves took its first breath, and the response so far has been great. While there hasn't been any feedback on the story itself yet — though I imagine that will change in the coming hours and days — there has been no shortage of excitement: Got my audiobook copy!!!! […]
🚨 Among Wolves is LIVE
Lords and ladies, boys and girls, ghouls and goblins, rejoice. At long last, after a year since The Great Betrayal's publication… Among Wolves is finally LIVE! The latest sequel to my gritty, fast-paced, epic fantasy series has officially dropped into the public domain for you to gobble up in e-book, audiobook, or glorious […]