http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/ "Welcome to my Blog. If you have any comments or questions about the books, me, Mongolia or anything else, feel free to post them or e-mail me. A writer's life tends to be fairly isolated so feedback is always welcome. Sit back, grab a cup of tea (or a glass of airag...) and enjoy... Sincerely, - Michael Walters" en-US Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:31:06 GMT Michael Walters's Blog BP Blog 7.0 http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=366 http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=366 Well, folks, I've finally decided to take the plunge and move this blog over to Wordpress - not least in response to Minnie's input about difficulties in leaving comments here. We'll get all the links and archives and stuff sorted out shortly, but... Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:02:08 GMT Blogs http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=365 http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=365 More positive news from Mongolia. As this report from the BBC indicates, it's been a hard winter for the country, with intense cold and protests on the streets, but perhaps now, to coin a phrase, things can only get better. Wed, 7 Apr 2010 17:05:28 GMT Mongolia http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=364 http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=364 There's not been a lot of good news coming out of Mongolia over recent months, but I thought I'd draw your attention to a typically intriguing story from the always-reliable UB Post. These are people who will literally bend over backwards to entertain... Mon, 5 Apr 2010 13:04:10 GMT Mongolia http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=363 http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=363 Excellent coverage from today's Sunday Telegraph on the devastating impact of Mongolia's harsh winter. Perhaps surprisingly for the Sunday Telegraph, the article suggests that the impact of the natural disaster has perhaps been exacerbated by the... Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:28:04 GMT Mongolia http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=362 http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=362 Interesting piece by Tom Sutcliffe in The Independent last week exploring why, in his words, 'we sometimes complain that a novel or a film has taken us for a ride...while at other times we celebrate the fact'. Sutcliffe's article takes in a couple... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:28:37 GMT Crime Fiction http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=361 http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=361 Another account of this year's devastating winter in Mongolia. As the article says, this is the country's second successive dzud - a harsh winter after a dry summer - and the impact on livestock and herders has been incalculable. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:01:36 GMT Mongolia http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=360 http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=360 In the UK, we have to contend with the private lives of footballers John Terry and Ashley Cole. In Mongolia, they have the champion Sumo, Asashoryu. I've written about Asashoryu and his (substantially) larger than life antics before, but the latest... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:17:07 GMT Mongolia http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=359 http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=359 I've discussed previously the very harsh winter that Mongolia has endured this year, and its devastating impact on people and lifestock. Here's a piece from the Economist blog about the immediate and longer term impact on the nomadic herdsmen who... Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:08:00 GMT Mongolia http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=358 http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=358 Just a brief addendum to the posting below to let you know that today is the official release date for the new US mass market edition of The Shadow Walker. Available in all good bookshops and, I hope, quite a few not-so-good ones too. And I'll be... Tue, 2 Mar 2010 08:28:03 GMT Books http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=357 http://www.theshadowwalker.com/blog_7.0/template_permalink.asp?id=357 Apologies for the lack of posts over the last couple of weeks - unfortunately, I've had one or two other distractions to contend with. For the moment, just a brief interruption of the radio silence to let you know that those good people at Berkley... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:28:53 GMT Books