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October 1, 2016
Ten Little Astronauts – Milestone Rewards
You might recall that I promised to release My Name Algernon – a never-before-seen work of interactive science fiction – if Ten Little Astronauts reached 25% of its goal by the end of September. Well, that hasn’t happened. Partly I think that might be because I underestimated how much of an influence the initial surge […]
September 29, 2016
Review – Face of Glass by Damon Wakes
Originally posted on shona kinsella:
I recently was given the chance to read Face of Glass by Damon L. Wakes. Now, in the interest of transparency, I was given a copy of this book by Damon, in exchange for an honest review. From Amazon: In ancient days when the island was new, the three elements—Mountain,…
I recently was given the chance to read Face of Glass by Damon L. Wakes. Now, in the interest of transparency, I was given a copy of this book by Damon, in exchange for an honest review. From Amazon: In ancient days when the island was new, the three elements—Mountain,…
September 28, 2016
EGX 2016 Writeup
It’s been a ram-packed four days (plus travel), but well worthwhile. EGX 2016 was the first event of its kind that I’ve been to but, much like Agatha Christie’s birthday celebrations, I’m already looking forward to the next one. I pretty much just caught the train up to Birmingham and stayed in the cheapest hostel […]
September 19, 2016
Happy Birthday, Agatha!
On Thursday I got up at 6 and hopped on a four-hour train to Torquay. The reason? Agatha Christie’s birthday celebrations! Also, the event marked 100 years since the creation of (perhaps) her most famous character, Hercule Poirot. There were a fair few Poirots at the festival itself, which reminded me somewhat uncomfortably of Stevyn […]
September 11, 2016
Six Word Sci-Fi
In order to spread the word about Ten Little Astronauts a little farther afield, I’m running an event on Twitter. Retweet the following to get your very own six word work of science fiction: Everyone who retweets this will get a six word sci-fi story just for them!#SixWordSciFi #TenLittleAstronauts https://t.co/vK4RXhts3G — Damon L. Wakes (@DamonWakes) […]
September 6, 2016
EGX 2016
I’ve had a ticket for gaming trade fair EGX 2016 for a while now – I actually managed to snag the very last early entry one on offer – but only just got around to booking transport and accommodation. If anybody else is planning to go (or just happens to be in the general vicinity […]
September 5, 2016
Ten Little Astronauts – September Bonus Reward
The campaign to get Ten Little Astronauts into print has now hit 15% of its goal! A strong start, but to keep up the momentum I’ve got something new in mind: if we hit 25% by the end of September, I’ll reward all supporters with a new, polished work of fiction immediately. Ten Little Astronauts […]
August 26, 2016
Name Flash Fiction Anthology Number Five!
I’ve been so focused on getting the word out about Ten Little Astronauts recently that it’s easy to forget that I’ll also be releasing another book very, very soon. Flash Fiction Month 2016 is over, and all 31 stories are done: all that remains is to collect them together, top and tail them with an […]
August 24, 2016
Meet Me at Fair Oak Library
Since the launch of Ten Little Astronauts by Unbound (in fact, more or less since it was first accepted), I’ve been planning to turn up at various places and talk about it. From the very beginning Fair Oak Library was more or less guaranteed to be the first, though in the end wasn’t because Charlotte […]
August 17, 2016
Ten Little Astronauts at Ten Percent!
Ten Little Astronauts has hit 10% funding. Double digits! Everyone who’s pledged so far has done their bit to get the book to the stage it’s at now, and you’ve all earned my eternal gratitude. Still I’d like to thank The Writers at Lovedean in particular for having me over to speak and to run […]
