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Month: June 2012

June 16, 2012August 16, 2015

Instrument No 1 (extract)

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Recent Posts: These Fantastic Worlds

Journey to Self-Publishing 03

If we needed reminding, life has a way of telling you how difficult it can be to fit in the writing amongst all the other stuff. I’ve had a tough couple of weeks with work, late nights, 90 hour weeks, preparing for a trade show. I have asthma and am used to the daily fight of it, but this week …

Journey to Self-Publishing 02

Another week of stolen time and sneaky reading on self-publishing and I’m beginning to separate the facts from the fallacies, the strategy from the tactics, the ideals from the possibles. It’s easy to be seduced by the talk of multi-million sales online (Looking at recent stats from the latest Author Earnings report (See links section below), the wave of self-published …

Journey to Self-Publishing 01

So here we are, back at the beginning. 10 years ago I started writing fiction again after a 20 year hiatus. I write Sc-fi-fantasy adventures, in a specific universe with quantum concepts, ancient creatures and humankind spread across time and space. After writing 7 books (yes!), 15 short stories, 30 flash fiction tales, 30 podcasts, 30 sci-fi Platonic-style dialogues and …

Dialogues | Dignity or Profit?

Bain and Shi Xin sit next to each other, trying to remain still. Waiting for Hunter has become a meaningless phrase, a distant hope evaporated into random sounds. They cling to the knowledge that Hunter has promised to return, but if he doesn’t the Service Robot seems persuaded to consider their plight. Bain’s weary eyes fall across the short length …

Dialogues | Is Belief Merely a Comfort?

Shi Xin and Bain sit slumped against the coffee cart, surrendering to their endless wait for Hunter’s return. The light of the long departing suns is finally replaced by the unsettling breaths of night so the service bot has turned itself into a pale android torch. The glow seems unnatural in the ancient walls of the cave, but it provides …

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