One of the hazards of being a science fiction writer is the worry that your story will become obsolete--an especial concern is that it will become obsolete even before it is...
It's been a while since the last post, so I thought it was time to give an update.The last six weeks have been quite good for me. October 28 Farspace 1 was finally ready and was...
I've decided that, rather than fill up my browser bookmark list with links I'll rarely visit again (largely because they'll get lost among the mess), I will post in the Stellar...
I was just in Abingdon (near Oxford) this weekend for a one-day course on 'how to get your books into the stores' (basically). The course, called <b>Shelf...
It's been a while, but I'm back and posting. This year's been busy, with moving, house hunting and a baby and so not much time for writing. I have, however, managed to whip the...
Yes, in many way the death of science fiction author and visionary Arthur C. Clarke on Tuesday feels like the end of an era. Along with Isaac Asimov and Carl Saga, Arthur...
It sounds slow, 20 grains of rice at a time, but since October 7, 2007, FreeRice has raised over 20,000,000,000 grains of rice (yep, that's over 20 billions grains).Why am I...
I've just signed up at YouWriteOn. It's a site for writers to get helpful reviews and, perhaps, to be noticed by publishers--the top five stories of each month are sent to...
The move is almost done and hopefully soon my routine can return to something vaguely normal (at least until April). In the meantime I'm looking into way to make the Farspace...
Many of you may have heard of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest but for those who haven't, basically 5000 people have submitted their novels to Amazon and the winner...
Today I officially closed submissions to the Farspace Anthology. Now begins the work to whip it and the stories into shape. Many of them are already there, but some...
The Farspace Anthology is nearing the end of the submission period. It is an anthology of speculative fiction compiled from selected works submitted by authors from...
Well, after a long while, I'm finally whipping the Stellar Garden into shape. I've got a few novels nearing completion or in the revision stage and I thought now would be...