Monthly Archives: March 2014

Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: March 2014

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors (plus one small press book) newly published … Continue reading

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Photos: Oldenburg

The Thursday just before I got sick was a beautiful spring day, so I took the opportunity to visit Oldenburg, a city approximately fifty kilometers west of Bremen. Oldenburg has long been a good place to go shopping, since the … Continue reading

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Sick

I should probably apologise for the lack of blogging, but I’ve been sick with some kind of stomach bug these past few days. I probably caught it either via dodgy oysters or dodgy tomato truffle pesto, since those were the … Continue reading

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Too tired to blog, so here’s something pretty

Proper blogging will resume soon, but last week was really crazy. This week started out quieter, but then something really unpleasant happened, which pretty much ruined my sleep last night and left me rather zombified today. So instead, here is … Continue reading

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An Interview and a Plug

I have a story in an upcoming charity anthology called Something To Take On The Trip, edited by Stella Wilkinson. Like everybody else involved in the anthology, I donated the story to raise funds for Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal, … Continue reading

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Look what the mailman bought

I’ve mentioned before that I’ve got a story in a charity anthology called Something for the Journey, edited by Stella Wilkinson. Now of course I already have an e-book version of the anthology, but I wanted a physical edition as … Continue reading

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Views of Bremen at Springtime

I had to take my Mom to Bremen today, because it turned out that our local suburban bank cannot procure Malaysian ringgits within four days (which is when my Dad is supposed to fly to Malaysia to oversee the repairs … Continue reading

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A Tale of Two Scandals

March 8 is International Women’s Day. Time to talk about awesome women, even though at least the SFF community is still stuck talking about a man. International Women’s Day has never been a big deal in Germany, even though the … Continue reading

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New Romantic Suspense Novelette Available: New York City’s Finest

It’s new release time again. This time around, I have a new crime novelette to announce, first in a possible romantic suspense series. I’m a big fan of using online generator for story ideas and writing prompts. One of my … Continue reading

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The media spin machine at full power or This is totally not what happened

We’re still talking about the eight hour stint of Jonathan Ross as Hugo host and indeed the debate about the whole issue has now lasted much longer than Jonathan Ross ever was the official Hugo host (for my previous posts … Continue reading

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