Fresh Youtube Review of Our Vitreous Womb

I woke up to a lovely review of Our Vitreous Womb on YouTube.

May 19 • 

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April 2025

Keystone Codex is born!

Head over to my dedicated substack to follow the progress of this innovative approach to short fiction

Apr 19 • 

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The Keystone Codex

Sci Fi Magazines Evolved

Apr 16 • 

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Interview: Jon James from Incensepunk Magazine

I’m trying something different today, and was lucky to chat to a pioneer in the new wave of indie sci fi writing amid the fall out of…well… everything…

Apr 14 • 

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The Lifecycle of Stories: Unpressing the Flower

A seed sprouts upon the soil.

Apr 4 • 

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March 2025

The Taste of Grok

Today I did a little experiment to see if an LLM (Grok) could understand my own personal reading tastes enough to predict my reading preferences.

Mar 30 • 

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Podcast Appearance on The Hybrid Author

I sat down for a lovely chat with Joanne Morrell at The Hybrid Author the other day and the episode is out now for you to enjoy.

Mar 28 • 

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Brisk Fiction: One Thousand Blinding Flowers

Plus a quick announcement

Mar 12 • 

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February 2025

Approaching Perfection

The Keystone Awards take shape

Feb 22 • 

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Scalable Solutions to Your Indie SFF Novel Competition Needs

Following some lovely feedback from other authors, I had another look at the model.

Feb 16 • 

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Locking the Keystone

Further refinements on an author-judged indie sci-fi competition

Feb 14 • 

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A Sketch of the Sympetition

I recently put together a twitter threat that outlined a possible structure for an author-entrant judged writing competition (which I am calling a…

Feb 11 • 

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