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This is not a synchrotronI've just written a short story for a competition being run by Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchrotron facility.What? What's a synchrotron?Come on, everyone knows what a synchrotron is.Anyway. They're running a competition called Light Reading, which is calling for stories of up to 3,000 words (or flash fiction) that… Continue reading Diamond Lights

I just heard from Bernard J. Schaffer that the Kindle All-Stars project now has its own website:http://apiarysociety.typepad.com/kindleallstars/I quickly discovered that within that site I have a page myself, with excerpts from my webpage, an interview, and (somehow) links to books of mine that are available on Amazon - specifically the Extinct anthology, Last Chance and… Continue reading Kindle All-Stars – the website

My friend and fellow Tunbridge Wells Writer Jess has started a blog of science fiction poems - check out Futurology Now.

The Kindle All Stars anthology that will contain my short story Perks Of The Job is now officially titled Kindle All Stars Presents: Resistance Front.It will also contain two short stories from major authors. One is Alan Dean Foster. The other is TOP SECRET and very exciting. You can now buy Kindle All Stars-themed merchandise… Continue reading Resistance Front

I broke 50,000 words on the first draft of my novel yesterday. It's an entirely arbitrary figure, but it feels like a milestone. Probably because my equally arbitrary "target" for a novel is 100,000 words. Even though a novel is ultimately exactly as long as it needs to be. So I'm arbitrarily at least halfway… Continue reading 50,000

The Kindle All Stars short story anthology that I wrote about recently now has seven confirmed stories (including mine) - a guy called Frank Zubek is charting the progress of the anthology, as well as managing its promotion, so check back there to find out the latest. There's also a Facebook group, plus you can… Continue reading Kindle All Stars update

The ever-resourceful Phoenix Sullivan has set up a new site showcasing the novels, short stories and anthologies published by Dare To Dream Press and available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords - including the Extinct Doesn't Mean Forever anthology and my short The Restoration Man. Check out Dare To Dream Press for more. 

I was browsing around the Kindleboards forum the other day when I stumbled across a post in which someone had quoted a poem. "Poetry?" I thought to myself, "Pah." Then I read it, and it knocked my socks off. I loved it. So I contacted the author to say how much I liked it, and… Continue reading Liquid logic

I just found out that my short story Perks Of The Job has been accepted for inclusion in a Harlan Ellison-approved anthology of speculative fiction, the profits for which will go to the National Center For Missing And Exploited Children. The editor, Bernard J. Schaffer, contacted Ellison on setting up the project (codenamed Kindle All… Continue reading Harlan Ellison Specficanth

An interesting post by Diana Estill on being an independent author: http://totallyskewed.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/its-not-easy-being-indie/ My favourite part is how she employed the generally frowned-upon marketing tactic of "not doing anything" and managed to get readers anyway.