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Some amazing art from Vincent Sammy

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Into the Polity and Beyond

Originally posted on Kárb0n-K:
Last year I had the amazing honor of being approached by Neal Asher to do the covers of his previously self published novellas and short stories. Needles to say , I jumped at the…

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I host the SciFi Readers Club Chart Show

I’ve just started a sci fi chart show over at the FB group where I often hang out. Still figuring out how this is going to work and be fun for all without taking up too much of my time. … Continue reading

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I write short stories too!

Yesterday was the launch of the first Hit World anthology, You Pay; We Slay. It contains the first story I’ve written for nearly twenty years that isn’t overtly science fiction or fantasy. By weird coincidence, I received paperback editions of … Continue reading

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AMAHA – Ask Me And Him Anything

We had fun at an AMA last weekend hosted by audiobook reviewer (and listener!) Brian Krespen. The other person in the hotseat was Steve Campbell who was narrating Department 9, the third Chimera Company novel. (I say ‘was’ because he’s … Continue reading

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Achievement unlocked: 10 years as a full-time writer

Feb 15th, 2011 was when I went full time as a writer, pushed into it initially on account of being made redundant from the place I’d worked for 20 years. A decade later and I have five novels coming out … Continue reading

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SF Publishing in 2020: part 2 of 3

They Shall. Not. Pass! The traditional publishing model hasn’t changed much since the introduction of paperbacks in the wake of the Second World War. [#1] Hardbacks are the golden eggs-laying machine of this model. And the primary way that readers … Continue reading

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A podcast series with a top science fiction author* ;-)

*That author being me! Well, Mum and Dad think I’m a top author, so I’m owning it 🙂 I’ve been appearing on the Sci Fi Thoughts podcast every Wednesday with Lancer Kind. When Lancer interviewed me, we talked for an … Continue reading

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Oh, my! Politics in science fiction

A shorter version of this article was first published in Legion Bulletin #107, Oct 28th 2020. Politics. There’s a lot of it going about it the moment! As I write this, we’re days away from elections in the USA, the … Continue reading

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On Theme in Science Fiction

Today I want to talk about themes in science fiction. Themes, thematic statements, morals, messages. For simplification, I’d say these are essentially the same thing and use the umbrella term theme. Conventional literary theory states that a theme of a … Continue reading

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