Finishing a book is a great feeling, so why was I so sad last night? Well, I’ve written the last Viridian System book, and have to say goodbye to many people I like. I’ve been fairly useless in the real
Zanzibar’s Rings is the third and probably final book in the series. “Probably’ because the intention is for everything to come together and end in a final situation. But with my way of working, some other grand idea might turn
Looking back on past posts, not only has the news been sparse, it’s been somewhat repetitive. This is little different. Don’t get your hopes up too much. Zanzibar’s Rings (VS #3) The series was always intended to be completed in
August already. It’s been quiet on the Viridian front, as I’m involved with other things. However…. IWSG Anthology – call for stories Next year’s IWSG Anthology is a science fiction one, with the theme Dark Matter. Despite all that’s been
Firstly apologies for the technical hitch affecting several images, mostly newer ones. This is down to software handling my wordpress blog, which creates up to eight copies of an image I upload, in a variety of sizes. This creates a
Pleasant Valley has one main city – Walton City. It’s supposed to be a rough, tough, frontier type of town. I felt I hadn’t emphasised this enough, so when I did the second edition of the Perihelix I had Lars
Zanzibar’s Rings is the title of Book 3 in the Viridian series, but I haven’t even written the first draft yet! Why am I thinking about its cover? I’m planning some promotional material ahead of the autumn and hopefully book
Curved Space to Corsair, book 2 of the Viridian System series, is on sale this weekend only! It’s part of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Promotion, with many great ebooks from all aspects of science fiction and fantasy – and
I get the email update from New Scientist daily, but irritatingly, some articles, like this one, require you to pay for premium content. Sigh. Until I make as much from the books as subscribing for premium content costs, I’ll just
The paperback editions of The Perihelix (second edition) and Curved Space to Corsair, are now ready for distribution. It sometimes takes a while for the distribution system to land the books in the online shops, but they are on their