• Final time travelling edit

    27 July 2023

    I finished my FINAL edit of my next Darren Dash book today, the time-travelling sci-fi novel which I've spoken about occasionally in recent months. My editor ZOE corrected the few typos that she...

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  • Rebecca Proenza article

    26 July 2023

    There was an interesting interview with author REBECCA PROENZA recently, on Bold Journey. She talks in it about self care, her work, the attributes she feels a person needs in order to develop, and...

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  • Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1

    24 July 2023

    I went to see the latest Mission: Impossible film recently. As with most of the entries in the series, it's a fun, fast-paced, thoroughly satisfying piece of escapism. I'm old enough to have seen...

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  • Sci-Fi Weekender 2024

    20 July 2023

    As most of you are all too aware, I've done extremely few in-person events since the end of my Zom-B series. I try to squeeze in one or two a year, but that doesn't always happen -- this year is...

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  • The Anomaly

    19 July 2023

    I read The Anomaly, by Herve Le Tellier, while on holiday recently, and thoroughly enjoyed it. A thought-provoking piece of lightly-sci-fi, with a very large cast of characters, that takes its time...

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  • The Ballad of Darren

    18 July 2023

    I have subscriptions to three magazines -- Empire (movies), National Geographic (world events), and Mojo (music). My latest issue of Mojo arrived today, and when I tored it open, I found myself...

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