July 2025
At the beginning of this month I finished writing some additional chapters for my current novel Rising Tide, which I think will strengthen the plot and open up possibilities for a sequel. I have put this project to one side again, to let my thoughts settle on how to proceed.
In a surprising (to me) change of plan, I have resumed work on a short story for a themed anthology. I wrote a rough draft late last year, but then the anthology’s editor had to put the project on hiatus due to health issues. He’s now much better, the anthology is “go”, and the call for submissions opens soon, so …
I will probably also commit drabble again this month. Some habits are hard to stop.
Busy, busy!
Forthcoming Events
None scheduled.
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Positioning
I make no apologies for the following messages. They are important to me. If you don’t agree with them, that’s up to you. But if so, I really don’t think you’ll enjoy my fiction. In which case you might do better to move on.
I hope everyone is keeping safe and well. If you haven’t done so already, please get yourself fully vaccinated against flu and Covid as soon as possible while continuing to take appropriate precautions, whether legally obliged to or not.
I continue to say “F*ck Putin”. Yes, I realise the West is far from blameless, but that doesn’t excuse the Russian invasion of Ukraine or the pounding of residential buildings and civil infrastructure into rubble, killing and maiming many innocent people in the process. The same applies to Hamas and Israel’s government. Stop the slaughter, now! As for Elon Musk and Donald Trump: words fail me.
The climate emergency is not a hoax. No, it isn’t being exaggerated either. Act now. Demand that your representatives act now. In my pre-writing working life, I was a professional scientist and technologist for many years, so I trust climate scientists in exactly the same way that I would trust a cancer specialist. You should too.