Scribe Award Nomination and SDCC and Uncanny Magazine, hurrah!

Some lovely news yesterday, when I discovered I was nominated for a Scribe Award! These awards are for writing , I was nominated for my Doctor Who audio, Peake Season. It’s a Fourth Doctor tale featuring Mervyn Peake as his temporary companion after the Doctor mistakes him for JRR Tolkien. (Yes, it’s meant to be a comedy, and in the spirit of Season 17, which I consider a truly glorious year of Doctor Who.)

I’m thrilled to be nominated, and delighted to see so many friends on the list too. A hearty congrats to everyone!

The award ceremony takes place at San Diego Comic Con, and so I’ll actually be able to attend in person as I’m heading to the US next week to attend SDCC for the very first time. I’m obviously excited, and a little nervous. It’s a big convention…a very big convention. What if I get lost? What if I’m buried beneath a mountain of Funko pops? What if I’m overwhelmed by the sheer awesomeness of the cosplay??

In other news, I’m also in the latest issue of the exquisite Uncanny Magazine with an essay, House of the Dragon and the Empress Who Tried to Rule England. It’s a thinly veiled excuse for me to flail about the Empress Matilda, one of the medieval eras most fascinating monarchs.

And the latest episode of Hammer House of Podcast is out today! This month Paul and I discuss the exceptionally meh Straight On Till Morning.