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Greenstar Diary Entry: Josie Muddles Along

Continuing the week of Greenstar Season 2 diary entries, Josie shares her thoughts on alien life and Pol’s hobbies. Dear Diary, Aliens are baffling. In a lot of television and movies, they look like humans, but every one of them … Continue reading →

Greenstar Diary Entry: Oddly Does It

In the second diary entry of Greenstar Season 2 release week we join Ensign Oddly Ingensen of the Special‘s science department. Dear Diary, This will have to be a short entry: Lieutenant Brink needs me to fit a new monitor … Continue reading →

Greenstar Diary Entry: Vesta Hartman Hates Being Special

Greenstar Season 2 released today. To begin the celebrations, a diary entry from Captain Vesta Hartman, the Burger Supreme captain with the most reason to catch the Greenstar. Dear Diary, The Special’s let me down again. And the crew aren’t … Continue reading →

Greenstar Season Two Paperback Cover Reveal

Only two days until Greenstar Season Two comes out in ebook. More details of retailers here. To tide you over until Friday, here in glorious Greencolour is the paperback cover. The paperback proofs are soaring their way towards me as … Continue reading →

Mutual Disagreement

Over the years, I have heard many people excuse their actions as being legal; which they were. However, those same actions still felt flawed. So, as some allege, is the legal system corrupt at its core, a creator of immoral … Continue reading →

Space For All

I am fond of fresh perspectives on space opera, and expect a significant proportion of you are too; therefore, you might be interested in Sherwood Smith’s suggestions for space opera from female writers: I’m so glad to see a female-written … Continue reading →

Going Through The Change by Samantha Bryant

Combining complex characters, some of whom happen to be women experiencing the menopause, with the engaging simplicity of a classic ZAPPOWW! to the face, Bryant creates a world that offers both escape from reality and an insight into very real … Continue reading →

Earth Day

To celebrate Earth Day 2015, a video on how going green is economic sense:

Greenstar Pre-flight

Greenstar Season 2 has a cover. The last of the tweaks are wrapped into the master document. And most of the metadata is ready. Which means it is almost ready for pre-orders. I am about as excited as an English … Continue reading →

Mad Tinker’s Daughter by J.S. Morin

Relying more on nuance than gross difference to separate cultures and places, Morin creates a world that is both obviously not our own and immediately recognisable as real. While this novel does not skimp on either action or fantastical technologies, … Continue reading →