Idiosyncratic Blog

I'm in trouble with my publicist.

He's told me off for not making a big enough fuss about the kind words uberblogger Sarah Weinmann had to say about MILK TREADING. Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind is an entertaining and well-read site with a heap of book reviews and comments from the ever-prolific Sarah.

Here's what she had to say about my premier effort:

Julius Kyle was once a bestselling writer fending off throngs of fans. Now he's lost his muse and toils as a journalist and wonders where his life's headed. Then his best friend jumps out the window and Kyle gets embroiled in political intrigue, class warfare and searching for his next bowl of milk -- milk? Well yeah, Kyle's a cat. As are many of the characters in this surreal novel, unless they are the dogs they fight with. It's weird as hell but Smith smartly plays everything straight so why wouldn't we accept anthromorphic cats engaging in a hardboiled tale like this? Look out now for Smith's next novel, THE KITTY KILLER CULT, which is Kyle's "comeback" novel...