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First review of Jupiter SF 23

Thanks to Annie over at Random Thoughts for a very positive review of "The Darken Loop", calling it "Beautifully crafted". Click here to read. So far the overall feedback on the story has been great and I have a real desire to expand on the Axiom Few universe to learn even more about who these guys are, and why they got into the sort of fringe stuff they do.

Science Fiction Concept Art

Concept artist Marvin Herbring has produced a stunning illustration of the ten-kilometre wide Parts Yard station from my novel "Schaefer's Integrity". I think Marvin has done an incredible job of capturing the sheer size of the thing. It's really great to see my ideas come to life in an image like this. The illustration is available to download as a desktop wallpaper at 1600x1200 and 1280x800 resolutions. Click here to visit the page to get the wallpaper. Check out Marvin's other work here .

The Novel: A Love-Hate Relationship

So I started writing this novel. Well, probably a novella. I come up with titles quite early and I decided to call this one "The Fourdrinier Operator". I'm 400 words in and I synchronise it to my Palm Pilot so that I can write it on the train, even when it's overcrowded on the morning commute. That was how I wrote "Spireclaw". I'm having a real burst of creativity on this one and I'm knocking out a respectable 2000 words a day. After just over a week I've written 16000 words and the juices were showing no signs of drying up. I think you might know where this is going. I'm thinking I ought to backup the file. So I sit down in front of my laptop on a Sunday afternoon and sync it back to the computer. Does it sync the right way? Does it buffalo! I'll never forget that moment, and the way I felt; the moment I overwrote a 16000 word document with a 400 word document. It was one of those moments like where you're trying to open a bag of ric

Jupiter SF 23 : Kalyke - out now

My short story "The Darken Loop" appears in the January 2009 issue of Jupiter SF which was released today. It is the second story involving the 3 members of the Axiom Few, and is a prequel to my earlier story The Ceres Configuration, which was published in Jupiter issue 4. Click here to purchase your copy, or subscribe.

Schaefer's Integrity now on Amazon

I received my first 5 copies of the book through the post over Christmas and I'm very pleased with the result. It's quite special having a book in print. I'm hoping you'll buy a copy, as a substantial part of the royalities will go to charity (more on that later). If you're in the UK, go here to purchase your copy. If you're in the US, go here . And have a very Happy New Year!