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Hell Ship Speaks
Posted on August 15, 2011 | No CommentsA huge envelope arrived through my door this week, and inside were Sharrock, Jak and Sai-ias – the three protagonists of my novel Hell Ship. This was the audio... -
A-Z of the Palmerverses
Posted on August 7, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve just been proof-reading ARTEMIS, which is my fifth novel for Orbit Books, and is published later this year. And I had a bit of a ‘wow’ moment. Wow! Four... -
Sai-ias Speaks
Posted on July 18, 2011 | No CommentsThis is the longest of the excerpts provided by Recorded Books from their audio book version of Hell Ship. It’s narrated by Sai-ias, who is the heroine of the story ... -
Hell Ship
Posted on July 12, 2011 | 1 CommentSlayer of Universes -
Jak Speaks
Posted on July 8, 2011 | No CommentsYesterday I played a brief excerpt from the audio book of Hell Ship, featuring Sharrock, one of the book’s three narrators. Today, meet Jak. Jak is an alien from a... -
Sharrock Speaks
Posted on July 7, 2011 | No CommentsToday is the UK publication date of HELL SHIP. And I thought I’d celebrate by introducing you to Sharrock, one of the three main characters in the story. Sharrock has... -
Moodboard for Hell Ship
Posted on July 1, 2011 | 6 CommentsHELL SHIP: PUBLISHED TODAY IN THE US OF A! Regular readers of this blog will know that occasionally I produce ‘moodboards’ of my various novels. Here’s Debatable Space. Here’s Red... -
How DO you say that?
Posted on June 8, 2011 | No CommentsA big box arrived in the post this week with first copies of Hell Ship. It’s a wonderfully cool cover – lurid purple – with the words ALIEN, INVADERS AND... -
Further Conflicts
Posted on January 22, 2011 | No CommentsI’m delighted to say I’ve just had a short story accepted for the above volume, published by Newcon Press and edited by Ian Whates (author and founder of the Newcon... -
The Week Reviewed
Posted on February 27, 2010 | No CommentsWriting isn’t the hardest job in the world – not by a long chalk. In fact, it comes very near the bottom of the list of hard jobs, well below... -
The week reviewed
Posted on January 8, 2010 | No CommentsIt’s been a week of highs and lows this week…I’ve started writing my latest novel Hell Ship, and as I always do at this stage, I’ve allowed reality to unravel...