So, this is a quick note to explain why it's been a little quiet on here recently. About a month ago now, I lost my father in an accident, and as you might expect it shook my life up more than a little bit. I'm gradually getting my life back on an even keel, but it's affected my ability to work on my painting etc. as well as making me less interested in responding to every comment and fave like I usually would. If you've started watching me in the last month or so, please know that your interest is appreciated and I hope to have more uploads soon. Likewise, even if I don't say so personally for a while I greatly appreciate the faves and comm

I don't often do Journals here any more since I now have a blog, but I thought I'd take a moment to wish my watchers, any random passers-by and even that guy right there (yes, you) a merry Christmas (or religiously/ secularly relevant holiday of your choice, because this will be up for a while). Yeah, that got needlessly complicated. Merry Christmas! There we go. Anyway, I'll just mention that over on the aforementioned blog there's also a new 40k short story, The Ork Mass Miracle, which puts an Orky slant on a traditional festive tale and also serves as a follow-up, if not exactly a sequel, to the much-loved Greenwater Bargain.  If you'r

In this case, by actual thunder, or to be more precise lightning since you know, thunder is a sound and all that but that doesn't sound as good in an AC/DC song. I should stress that I wasn't actually hit personally, though it was a near thing, but our street took a blasting and it's killed all sorts of kit including several of our computers etc, so updates will be erratic for a while as we get things sorted out!