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Continue reading →: Adventures in spacetime: dating Unstable OrbitsUnstable Orbits is contemporary fiction. It’s set in today’s world, with ubiquitous smartphones in every pocket or bag and a pointed reference to ChatGPT. Contemporary fiction naturally ages, morphing over the years and decades into modern and then not-so-modern historical fiction. My previous book, A Room Full of Elephants, was…
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Continue reading →: Unstable Orbits: available nowThat’s another book in the can. Unstable Orbits is released. And now the peculiar, hot-cold mist of loss and achievement descends. The todo list becomes light on what’s inside the book, and heavy on what’s outside. I hover beyond the edge of my comfort zone like Wile E. Coyote about…
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Continue reading →: Meet the chaotic orbits of Nate’s life
If you follow me on Tiktok, Instagram or Facebook, you’ll have seen these. The amazing cover for Unstable Orbits shows four characters from the book: Nate, Luke, Preston and Elias. I thought it’d be fun to put together some promotional graphics showing their likes, dislikes, hates, heroes, and so on,…
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Continue reading →: ONS survey excludes gender
The UK Office of National Statistics (ONS) invited me, along with no doubt thousands of others, to take part in a survey called Shape Tomorrow. In the words of the ONS: Some other choice quotes from that page: “Taking part in this study is your chance to help us understand…
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Continue reading →: Unstable Orbits: scene 1Advance Review Copies of Unstable Orbits will be squishing through the cables to their recipients in a day or two. Just 15 days until release! If you missed out on an ARC copy, then here’s the first scene of chapter 1 as a teaser. To read the full chapter 1,…









