Exhibitions I like to take in as many exhibitions and events as I can and it has dawned on me I never make a note of these. Today I’m fixing that and starting with what I’ve been to this week. I visited the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh to view the Ian Rankin archive … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 40
Works in Progress Update It’s a busy time as I try to clear my writing decks. The follow-up to The Kill Chain, a contemporary cybercrime thriller called The Kill Switch, has been completed to the stage it now requires editing. I’m hoping this will be picked up later this year, so for now it’s on … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 39
Mental Toughness I attended a cyber security conference yesterday and the keynote speech was given by Penny Mallory with the theme of Mental Toughness. It’s a welcome feature of many conferences to have an inspirational speaker, providing insight and takeaways for your own life situation, without specific reference to the cyber security industry. I can … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 38
EVA Today sees the publication of my first Novella, called EVA. Here’s the blurb: When A.I. goes bad Astronauts Karl Leven and Mark Taylor return to Earth from deep space after five years of suspended animation. While both men undergo a series of psychological debriefs, it becomes apparent their interpretation of what occurred during the … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 37
Novellas I’ve taken more of an interest in the Novella format over the last year. I’ve read a number of the more well-known ones and have written one of my own which I intend to publish. I had written it for a particular submission, but it was rejected as not what they were looking for, … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 36
The Kill Switch I have finished up draft 4 of my work in progress called The Kill Switch. Draft 5 is now being prepared. This draft is formatted, double-spacing, wide margins, header, Time Roman 12pt, and looks good. My impression of the novel changes once it appears this way and is really useful for catching … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 35
General Update Thanks to all who downloaded or shared my postings over the weekend. In the Techno Thriller chart, my cybercrime novel The Kill Chain made Number 2 in the UK, US and Canada and number 1 in France. The book also made number 2 in the Suspense chart in France and number 6 in … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 34
Free Book Weekend This weekend, February 18th and 19th, my best seller The Kill Chain is on free download. If you haven’t caught up with it yet, this weekend is an ideal time to grab a copy and see what it’s all about. You can download the book by clicking on this link here I … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 33
Third Draft – Completed This week I finished up draft three of the sequel to The Kill Chain. I still have the working title of The Kill Switch and I feel that is going to stick now. Looking at last weeks post, I listed a number of titles of future novels in this series. I … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 32
Future Novels My next writing project always appears to be more exciting than the one I’m actually working on. I have so many ideas for new stories it can challenging deciding on what to write next. I’m finishing up my thirteenth novel, called The Kill Switch, within the next week. Other than book one of … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 31
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