Hello from London,Happy New Year.Yes, 2020 was a lesson in humility, and the lesson is only two-thirds finished. We're living in our own little version of a dystopian future, where everyone has to wear masks and your neighbours fall sick with the pla...
Hello from London,A very happy holiday season to you all.Now that it's done, and all things considered, Christmas is perhaps not the ideal moment to launch a new book. Not that it makes it impossible or anything, but it's hard to pay attention to the...
Hello from London,The time has come. The Emily Voss Box Set, Episodes 1-3 is released tomorrow on Amazon Kindle.The first three episodes are:Past MistakesYour Enemies CloserIn Unlikely PlacesI'm very happy with the way they turned out, although episo...
Hello from London,All the memes I receive right now are about how 2020 is a complete write-off. It's been a shocker of a year, for sure, but oddly enough it's making me take stock of how lucky I've been.On the one hand, emotionally, professionally an...
Hello from London,I hope you and your loved ones are well.Lots to get to this week, with the monthly publication of a new episode of World of Skills (you can get the first instalment free here), a whole load of free and promoted books at the bottom o...
Hello from London,What, aside from science fiction and fantasy, have you been reading while the pandemic flushes our social lives down the toilet?I've read a number of books, a couple of which I recommend wholeheartedly if you happen to share one of...
Hello from London,We're in the weird half-life of the autumn-winter transition here in London. Like a strange planet where the seasons have yielded to entropy, it's neither Autumn nor Winter. Rather, the weather is a sad blend of light drizzle and a...
Hello from London,I had an idea about writing a near-future dystopia about a world gone to hell because of the loss of confidence in the US election and the global consequences of a subsequent meltdown in US civil society.Like most ideas, it can prob...
Hello from London,To those of you in the USA, what a year you're having!I hope I can distract you, if only for a few moments, from the relentless news cycle you are currently subjected to. Hopefully you can drag your eyes away from the election cover...
Hello from London,Hi also to new subscribers who arrived during the past seven days. Thanks for joining and I hope you find wordy things that you enjoy here. I encourage you to reach out and let me know what you think of the various stories you've se...
