As mentioned in this post: https://makingfiction.com/2020/06/06/why-i-wont-be-trying-to-sell-you-my-next-book/ I don't want to mass market or sell the latest books. So, if you want to get them for free, they are available today (15/06/20) on ebook via Amazon. You might need to try the link a few times as the promotion times are in a US timezone, but …
VSS365 – my thoughts
As the person first responsible for the idea of VSS365, bringing it to life, hosting the first year of prompts and designing the ideas for the anthology, I have been asked to provide my thoughts on a few things. VSS365 is a vibrant, supportive and inclusive global community. It doesn't work without the following: People …
Why I won’t be trying to sell you my next book
My dear friends, It's blog time. A very rare event, I know. Firstly, an apology Sorry it's been a while, I've been busy as you all have, I suspect. I won't dwell too much on the strangeness of recent times, other than to say it's hard for lots of people, I've found it hard too, …
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My Writing Journey (so far)
I haven't written a blog post in a while and I've been meaning to write this for a while. Looking back, my writing journey started late in life. I was roughly 42, it was about five and a half years ago. I had not been fortunate enough to study at further or higher education level …
VSS365 Anthology One: Update
The first #vss365 anthology has been an incredible success and this is a message of thanks to you.
One Million (a magic number)
An overdue update and a magic number (twice).
VSS365 Anthology: Release Date
Greetings friends, As you may have seen, I've been working day and night to get the anthology ready. Thank you to all those that responded while we were performing author checks. Reading the stories, communicating with the authors (and those that contribute each day) has reaffirmed what an incredible pool of talent we have and …
VSS365 Anthology – work left to be done and possible timeline
Thank you (again) to everyone involved with the vss365 community, from the very first story to the latest Tweet - you are amazing! One of the draft mock-up covers A quick bit of background... As most of you know, this anthology was not my idea. I was asked a number of times ( over a …
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Walking on the moon
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. So I thought a short blog was a worthwhile thing to do. Some of the conspiracy theories are very convincing, but when you visit NASA at the Kennedy Space Centre, as I did only a few days ago, you can't help but be truly …
VSS365 Anthology Announcement : Selected Contributors
The anthology is a massive job for the people involved in creating it. Our Ambassadors have worked tirelessly, volunteering many days of their own time to read every one of the thousands of submissions. Hopefully everyone who submitted is incredibly thankful to them. They have been nothing short of generous, amazing and inspiring in their …
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Metropolitan Dreams 