Best not write under the pseudonym Cash de Chekenrun.

Like the boat Boaty McBoatface is still called Boaty McBoatface by absolutely everybody including her crew despite being officially named something else because the owners objected to Boaty McBoatface. Jerky McJerkface might be equally as effective for your Jerky McJerkface character.

Thank you, Emma! It feels a lifetime ago that I wrote the last of the Burton & Swinburne series. Next up: THE ALBINO'S SECRET (due Oct 14), the first of a trilogy written in collaboration with Michael Moorcock. Full of wild adventures and eccentric characters! #booksky

Mike Moorcock & I are currently writing the third in the trilogy. More planned.

There were loads of 'em! 37 vols from DAW (I had them all). 58 in total (the later ones German). Very weird that I never read them back in the day. I used to suck in that sort of stuff.

Zelenskyy has made positive noises. Am I astounded? Actually, no, because—on reflection—he has no choice but to call the bluff.

So this first step is wholly to Russia's advantage and paves the way to a disastrous outcome for Ukraine. I will be astounded if Zelenskyy agrees. But if he refuses, Putin & Krasnov will portray him as the obstruction to peace.

Ukraine's power & infrastructure has been attacked persistently since the start of the invasion. It has survived. If Ukraine agrees to the ceasefire, look at what Putin & Krasnov want next: no more mobilisation of Ukrainians or rearming of its forces or foreign military aid or intelligence sharing.