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Recursion
“Overflowing with provocative ideas, Ballantyne’s debut displays enviable mastery of both suspenseful storytelling and technological extrapolation. Mark him as a writer of considerable promise” Booklist…
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Year’s Best SF 18 (ed. Hartwell)
If Only: Year’s Best SF 18 (ed. Hartwell)
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Six Tips on Showing not Telling
Remember, the reader isn’t stupid; you don’t have to explain everything. They’ll probably understand what you’re getting at. Describe effects, not causes: she shivered not she…
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Six tips for Writing Character
Giving a character a colourful hat or a stammer does not make them into a character. It may fix them in the reader’s mind, which…
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Connoisseurs
Everyone’s a connoisseur nowadays. Patisserie, whiskey, cheese: all the little pleasures in life are seen not be enough, they need to be ranked and properly…
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Working to Deadlines
If you’ve been reading this blog you will be aware that in between Marching to Time I’ve been writing a serial, Cosmopolitan Predators! for Aethernet Magazine. Aethernet…
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21st Century Science Fiction
The Waters of Meribah: 21st Century Science Fiction
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Civillian Reader Interview
In case you missed it: Civilian Reader Interview Part of the Dream London Blog Tour.
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Writing Tools
Charles Stross has written an interesting polemic about Why Microsoft Word must Die over on his blog. I broadly agree with him. But this post isn’t…
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Dream London Signing
Oldham Waterstones Saturday October 19th 12 – 3pm
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Dream London Blog Tour
27th September 2013 Civilian Reader Interview 2nd October 2013 Geek Native Blog Post 8th October 2013 Sci-Fi Bulletin Blog Post 10th October 2013 Falcata Times…
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Dream London
Dream London: Solaris October 2013
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