It’s been a while since I posted a blog entry, but trust me, I have a good excuse this time instead of just falling back on my laziness. I’ve been meaning to put this entry up for a while, but have been a little busy recently, and not just by the towering amount of work I have to do…

I’ve been so busy because at the end of August, our son, Evan James McNeill, was born, all 9lb of him. So we’re now proud parents of a month-old baby boy.

Me with Evan the day after he was born.

He’s a bonny wee lad and is the spitting image of me, so I’m well proud to have my own mini-me. My parents have shown me pictures taken when I was Evan’s age, and it’s uncanny how much he looks like I did (much to his mum’s chagrin…).

Mini-Me McNeill.

So, as you can imagine, it’s been a busy time around here, but we reckon we’re doing a pretty good job so far (after getting a lot of help from our families) so little Evan’s already had a great start in life. I’ve already had him roll some dice for me; a respectable 4, 6, 5 and 4, so his Space Marines all hit their targets, and have read him a little of A Thousand Sons, which he seemed to like and I’m taking as a good sign. So, I hope you’ll bear with me if my blog entries slow down a little, as there’s a new master in the house, and it ain’t me. The McNeill household now dances to Evan’s tune and no-one else’s.

Bedtime stories as I read Evan some of Blood Pact.

In non-baby related news, I’ve just finished Book 2 of A Thousand Sons, which is proving to be an ever-expanding monster of a novel…there’s just so much to fit in! But I’ve now reached the point where the warriors of Magnus have returned to Prospero after the Council of Nikaea, so things are hotting up for the big scrap we all know is coming.

And it can’t have escaped many people’s attention that it’s UK Games Day on the 27th of September. I’ll be there all day to sign books, chat and talk all things Heresy, Ultramarines, Time of Legends and so on. Hope you can make it, as it promises to be a cracking good day, but bear with me if I look a little tired and strung out from all the restless nights.

Right, I’m off to plan out The Chapter’s Due, as I’m meant to be starting it soon once the razing of Prospero is done.

Take care, and see you all at Games Day.

Graham