Published?Mine? Ten so far. These two are nearly finished.
I was under the impression Mr Larrington had literary aspirations...
Final draft of my frankly awfully overlong SF magnum opus space opera thing that I wrote as a pub dare after a long gripe about multi-volume SF series. Really, just don't bet me stuff. No I mean it, it's like 900,000 words and two years of my life. For £10. And they changed the rules. Apparently I don't just have to write the thing, it has to be published (properly, not vanity or self-publishing), and only then I get my £10.
On the plus side, that's probably twice as much as most authors earn for a book.
I'm reading it now on my kindle and it's not that bad, but could stand to go on a substantial wordage diet. But hey, it's SF. I should probably try to do something with it (tbh, writing is a labour of love rather than a plan to make a living). If anyone knows a literary agent with a masochistic bent (OK, that's possibly all of them), let me know.
That out of the way, I'm working on on my far more enjoyable vampire book. Oh, I know it's hackneyed cliché pile up of a genre, but really, if you like undead sarcastic librarians, murderous angels, serial killers, the anti-christ, and, erm, the apocalypse coming to Croydon, you might like it. If you like Twilight, really you won't. Like I say, I write for fun rather than to expose my talents or make a living. Which is probably for the best. Plus it diverts me from writing crap on the internet.
Final draft of my frankly awfully overlong SF magnum opus space opera thing that I wrote as a pub dare after a long gripe about multi-volume SF series. Really, just don't bet me stuff. No I mean it, it's like 900,000 words and two years of my life. For £10. And they changed the rules. Apparently I don't just have to write the thing, it has to be published (properly, not vanity or self-publishing), and only then I get my £10.
On the plus side, that's probably twice as much as most authors earn for a book.
I'm reading it now on my kindle and it's not that bad, but could stand to go on a substantial wordage diet. But hey, it's SF. I should probably try to do something with it (tbh, writing is a labour of love rather than a plan to make a living). If anyone knows a literary agent with a masochistic bent (OK, that's possibly all of them), let me know.
That out of the way, I'm working on on my far more enjoyable vampire book. Oh, I know it's hackneyed cliché pile up of a genre, but really, if you like undead sarcastic librarians, murderous angels, serial killers, the anti-christ, and, erm, the apocalypse coming to Croydon, you might like it. If you like Twilight, really you won't. Like I say, I write for fun rather than to expose my talents or make a living. Which is probably for the best. Plus it diverts me from writing crap on the internet.
Where can we download these tomes of wonder?
Final draft of my frankly awfully overlong SF magnum opus space opera thing that I wrote as a pub dare after a long gripe about multi-volume SF series. Really, just don't bet me stuff. No I mean it, it's like 900,000 words and two years of my life. For £10. And they changed the rules. Apparently I don't just have to write the thing, it has to be published (properly, not vanity or self-publishing), and only then I get my £10.
On the plus side, that's probably twice as much as most authors earn for a book.
I'm reading it now on my kindle and it's not that bad, but could stand to go on a substantial wordage diet. But hey, it's SF. I should probably try to do something with it (tbh, writing is a labour of love rather than a plan to make a living). If anyone knows a literary agent with a masochistic bent (OK, that's possibly all of them), let me know.
That out of the way, I'm working on on my far more enjoyable vampire book. Oh, I know it's hackneyed cliché pile up of a genre, but really, if you like undead sarcastic librarians, murderous angels, serial killers, the anti-christ, and, erm, the apocalypse coming to Croydon, you might like it. If you like Twilight, really you won't. Like I say, I write for fun rather than to expose my talents or make a living. Which is probably for the best. Plus it diverts me from writing crap on the internet.
Where can we download these tomes of wonder?
Nowhere at the moment because I've not decided what I want to do with it*. It genuinely needs the skills of a proper editor.
My vampire book is about to go through the final revision, admittedly mostly so I can moon over the heroine, the immortally sarcastic, and splendidly freckled Jess. My wife thinks it's unnatural that I spend my late evenings in front of a computer doing this rather than 'downloading porn like a normal bloke.'
*If anyone is that keen to read nearly a million words of pre-release SF claptrap you can have it provided you heartily promise to buy the vastly overpriced published version should it ever become available and also promise not to sue me for any mental distress reading it may cause.
You are Peter F Hamilton AICMFP. I can wait until you get your tenner though.
I'm still angry about how stupid the ending of one of his ridiculously lengthy trilogies was.
You are Peter F Hamilton AICMFP. I can wait until you get your tenner though.
I'm still angry about how stupid the ending of one of his ridiculously lengthy trilogies was.
Oh, let me guess, was that the one where the (devilishly handsome) young hero flies off and finds the mysterious shiny (definitely not a McGuffin) neo-god and talks it into saving the universe?
Published?Mine? Ten so far. These two are nearly finished.
...and another one published, a police story:
The Job. It's also listed under 'Sussex Border Stories' on Amazon, and I have taken the liberty of dedicating it to three people OTP.
It is set around Cardiff and Barry.
My books get scary in places, as they are real world stuff, or as real as I can make them. What I concentrate on is the power of love, friendship, family in the broad sense. Both the Dun Run and PBP make appearances in the set... as well as the FNRttC...and another one published, a police story:
The Job. It's also listed under 'Sussex Border Stories' on Amazon, and I have taken the liberty of dedicating it to three people OTP.
It is set around Cardiff and Barry.
Is it scary?
My books get scary in places, as they are real world stuff, or as real as I can make them. What I concentrate on is the power of love, friendship, family in the broad sense. Both the Dun Run and PBP make appearances in the set... as well as the FNRttC...and another one published, a police story:
The Job. It's also listed under 'Sussex Border Stories' on Amazon, and I have taken the liberty of dedicating it to three people OTP.
It is set around Cardiff and Barry.
Is it scary?
Have a box of tissues ready. Let me know what you think?
No. Not a box of tissues for that reason, you filthy lot.
I totally forgot the zombie babies. There are zombie babies.
It's up.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076KB1C8H/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508424244&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=susters+sussex+border
It's up.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076KB1C8H/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508424244&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=susters+sussex+border
It's book 9, do we need to read books 1-8 for this to make sense? Does it spoil any of the others?
J
I'm not surprised. Paul Klee called drawing 'taking a line for a walk'. Writing is taking a phrase for a ride. Poems and Short stories are wee spins: novelists are audaxers. :P
I saw this on twitter from one of my favourite authors and it made me think of you all...
https://twitter.com/megelison/status/1289642958849847297 (https://twitter.com/megelison/status/1289642958849847297)
J
I'm not surprised. Paul Klee called drawing 'taking a line for a walk'. Writing is taking a phrase for a ride. Poems and Short stories are wee spins: novelists are audaxers. :P
I saw this on twitter from one of my favourite authors and it made me think of you all...
https://twitter.com/megelison/status/1289642958849847297 (https://twitter.com/megelison/status/1289642958849847297)
J
Started the last volume today. It should be finished sometime in 2023 and then I can review the whole lot and decide what to do with it. Volunteer proof readers welcome. Its all in Time New Roman 11 but that can be line spaced and changed at the touch of a Command-Shift-A.
I don't know what Mordor Central is.