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Collecting some Sci-Fi blog posts…

I used to run a static, handwritten-in-HTML blog, and often shared longer posts as pdf’s. When I switched to WordPress, I brought those posts across as normal blog posts, but I still see some people searching for the old pdf’s. So, for your convenience, this post brings together links for those, commonly sought, older postsContinue reading “Collecting some Sci-Fi blog posts…”

All of my books can now be downloaded from my website for free…

It’s 10 months since I left the ‘gulag’ of full time employment and became a real person. I’m now enjoying life properly, as it’s meant to be lived, and feeling grateful every day for having retired. One decision I’ve made is to carry on writing, but to share my work for free. This gives meContinue reading “All of my books can now be downloaded from my website for free…”

A Proposed UK Response to the USA Foreign Policy Emerging Under the New Trump Administration…

Even before Trump assumed office in ’25, it was obvious that his second term as US president was going to be rough for the rest of the democratic world. But I don’t think we expected such an abrupt about-face by the nation respected by most as the so-called ‘leaders of the free world’. In justContinue reading “A Proposed UK Response to the USA Foreign Policy Emerging Under the New Trump Administration…”

Book review – “Contain” by Saul Tanpepper…

It is a pleasure to say that “Contain“ by Saul Tanpepper is a good book. It is obviously independently/self-published (despite stating Brinestone Press as the publisher), and indeed a look at the final page shows that it was printed by Amazon in the UK. However, this book is at the upper end of independently publishedContinue reading “Book review – “Contain” by Saul Tanpepper…”

“In Cinemas No One Is Hearing The Audience Scream” their anguish over yet another botched film in the Alien franchise…

I had been very excited about seeing the latest film in the Alien franchise, “Alien: Romulus”, after seeing a short trailer and the theatrical release poster. It looked like the film was going to be everything we want from an Alien story: scary, gritty, exciting, realistic…. … but I could not have been more disappointedContinue reading ““In Cinemas No One Is Hearing The Audience Scream” their anguish over yet another botched film in the Alien franchise…”

A Problem with Fundamental Physics…

In my opinion, the purpose of Physics is to determine the key physical processes governing how the natural world works, and to write down the associated mathematical Laws which describe them. From Galileo to Newton to Einstein, building on the work of thousands of scientists, much (obviously not all) of the focus has been onContinue reading “A Problem with Fundamental Physics…”

Accessible Popular Science books about Cosmology and Physics…

In 2002 I graduated from the Open University with an excellent (2:1 Honours) Open Science degree, at a time when their fees were much lower. This enabled me to boot-strap my education as an adult, after a pretty lacklustre grammar school experience. Working from the basement level up, using the OU’s distance-learning materials, I essentiallyContinue reading “Accessible Popular Science books about Cosmology and Physics…”

Just shared my latest vlog about progress on the second book in my ‘Lissa Blackwood’ conspiracy-thriller series

from my original blog on 26/7/19: – take a look at https://youtu.be/OgUBg5yxHqg In the vlog I talk about how some feedback about the plot for Book 2 helped me to find a ‘delicious’ development for Lissa Blackwood’s character arc and editing of a previous novel called ‘Dead Snow’

New YouTube vlog about the writing of the Brexit Conspiracy-Thrillers…

I’ve added a video blog about the writing of my new series of Brexit Conspiracy-Thrillers to my YouTube channel. In this first episode I introduce the post-Brexit social-economic background to the books: take a look at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3qzA5TEe0w The stories begin just a few years after a very hard BREXIT. The EU has collectively decided toContinue reading “New YouTube vlog about the writing of the Brexit Conspiracy-Thrillers…”

‘This Is Your Revolution’

I really enjoyed offering my poem ‘This Is Your Revolution’ for criticism and feedback at the August meeting of the Inspirations Writers’ Group – this was the first time that I’ve shared a poem, in person, in public, and it was quite an experience. I did not expect to feel so vulnerable when reading itContinue reading “‘This Is Your Revolution’”