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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 →

The Cost of Doing Business

In many situations, we need to compare the cost effectiveness of actions. For me, it is spending the limited pot of money on various ways of making one of my books more attractive or more obvious to readers. And for … Continue reading →

Dead Fabulous Presidents

Larry Kramer’s latest book The American People Volume 1: Search for My Heart suggests, among other things, that both Abraham Lincoln and Richard Nixon were homosexual. Despite the suggestion Lincoln wasn’t heterosexual being raised at least a decade ago, Kramer’s … Continue reading →

Unelmoija: The Dreamshifter by Elle Boca

Combining an interesting twist on the modern world and fast-paced plot with a growing friendship that doesn’t escalate to obsessive commitment in the first book, Boca avoids the clichés of paranormal romance without abandoning the frisson. Following false accusations of … Continue reading →