ISBN's sorted, paperback and hardback proofs approved, checked, and uploaded, Kindle edition uploaded and proofed...I think with any luck that's everything ready for the release of Echogenesis 3, Echoterminus, this coming Wednesday 18th.

I have a new rule that wherever I see this crop up, it immediately gets reposted. Still incredible. Best with headphones.

@gregorypeccory.bsky.social · 5mo ago

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku15...

And while I'm here, should probably mention book 3 in the Echogenesis series is done, dusted and ready for publication on March 18. Ebook is all prepped for Kindle in all territories, with paperback and hardback to follow close behind. Preorder link: www.amazon.co.uk/Echoterminus...

Popping in on one of my rare visits to social media these days to say I'll be visiting Glasgow in the second half of May for, errr...the first time in over a decade. There's a con on around then and I may be at that, and if I know you IRL and you fancy catching up, that would be great.

Cover art for Parsec #15, including my story, Night Like the Devil's Wing. The cover is by Ben Baldwin, who also worked on several of my books. There are also stories by, among others, Lavie Tidhar, Liz Williams, Priya Sharma and David Gullen. pspublishing.co.uk/parsec-79-c....

Donna Scott@wishusdonna.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Available now from PS Publishing, issue #15 of ParSec featuring stories by @lavietidhar.bsky.social @garygibsonsf.bsky.social RB Kelly, @dergullen.bsky.social ❤️ @priya101.bsky.social @lisafransson.bsky.social @spires.bsky.social @starkholborn.bsky.social and me. pspublishing.co.uk/parsec-digit...

Xenopraxis is a great continuation of @garygibsonsf.bsky.social's Echogenesis, and I absolutely devoured it. Just like the first book, it has plenty of action, peril, and lots more revealed about the colonisation mission, the indigenous Cents, and the planet itself. Highly recommend this series.

Heard there was a trend for posting first pages of novels on Bsky so figured why not: except this isn't the first page, exactly; it's the first page of an individual novella from a collection called Butterfly Box and other Stories. Link: mybook.to/ButterflyBox

Heard someone talk about it being hard to get traction for their new book. I often pick up books after seeing a review on social media, so if you like a book and think other people would too, then, you know, tell us. In my own case, i just started 'High' by Adam Roberts, a 120 page ebook novella.

Been flattened by flu since the New Year, but seeing Europa Deep finally broke 1500 ratings/reviews on Amazon makes up for it while I'm hard at work on Echogenesis Books Two and Three. www.amazon.co.uk/Europa-Deep-...

Can never think what the hell to say that remotely connects with my writing day job (zero probs posting about cycling), so maybe I'll talk about what I've been reading: Observer by Nancy Kress, in collab with Robert Lanza, a leading medical physicist. The glittering diamond-tipped blade of hard sf.

Came across this nearly half a decade late, but it's still worth it. Stellar work. youtu.be/2Qs1J612nZs?...

Dave Brubeck - Golden Brown

YouTube video by Laurence Mason

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Scare your health CEO with this one, simple trick: send them some Monopoly money.

Well, there’s a story.

Very occasionally I’ll get a reviewer comment about one of my books (hard sf/space opera) having a touch of ‘woo’. I’m guessing none of them have read up on what quantum physics has to say about human consciousness, or about the nature of reality being a construct formed through consensus.

Funny thing is, he said my Scottish accent 'wasn't quite as strong' as his friends. Funny, because back in Scotland I was occasionally accused of sounding 'insufficiently Scottish' to the point I'd be asked if I was English. ENGLISH. "Yurr no' frae aroond here", etc.

Chatted with an American English teacher here in Taiwan and he mentioned a former work acquaintance from Scotland who had to receive special phonics lessons before he could even attempt to speak Chinese without a heavy accent that left everyone baffled. The struggle is real, people.

It's nearly Christmas, there are sales, so...the audiobook of Echogenesis is 70% off? Non-DRM, if that helps. www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

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An alien world teeming with deadly life. And fifteen strangers with no memory of how they came to be there. From the moment Sam Newman and fourteen others awaken inside metal coffins next to the bu...

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Should hit 50k on the first draft on the second of Echogenesis's two sequels later today. Now thinking I'll have complete first drafts of both books sometime late January. Hope I'm not overestimating my abilities by thinking I can edit an estimated likely total of 200,000 words by August.

Monday, I headed out on the bike a little after dawn, and got back home half an hour before sunset, making it not only the longest bike ride I've ever gone on, but also the hardest at 120km total distance. Add in 4,000ft/1,100 metres of climbing, and you've got a long, hard day in the saddle.

Cycled to the N/E coast of Taiwan today: 6am start, then east to Fulong and north to Longdon, before turning west to Keelung for the train home-then snapped my bike's front derailleur 5 minutes after disembarking and had to take it on the subway instead. 100km ride, 4,000 ft total ascent.

I remember seeing this bellend on the UK news and the thought of him being in charge of anything more serious than a puppet show is less than edifying.

Gav@antihippy.bsky.social · 2y ago

Wow. Looks like the US is going all-in on FAFOcracy.

There's cozy romance, cozy mystery, and more recently, cozy fantasy. ...does that mean there's such a thing as cozy weird fiction?

Forgot to mention my most recent book Europa Deep is a 99p Kindle Monthly Deal on Amazon UK until the end of this month. www.amazon.co.uk/Europa-Deep-...

Oh, for the time to read them. www.openculture.com/2024/11/free...

Free: 356 Issues of Galaxy, the Groundbreaking 1950s Science Fiction Magazine

Along with Astounding Science Fiction and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Galaxy Magazine was one of the most important science fiction digests in 1950s America. Ray Bradbury wrote for it...

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When not writing, I go cycling in Taiwan. usually post about this on FB, but figured why not on Bluesky too? So here's a pic of the north-east coast of Taiwan on a very rainy, very blustery day. Meant to be a sixty mile ride, but cut it short at forty when the rain got too much.

Just added a shitload of sf-related starter packs. If I just followed you and you're wondering who the fuck I am: Scottish sf writer, some hard sf/space opera/whatever books out from Pan MacMillan, and a bunch of others through small presses and my own imprint, Brain in a Jar. Lives in Taiwan.

Publishing industry challenge: evolve past your absolutely bonkers privileged 1950s white author model and pay writers a living wage. Make every title a lead title, only acquire what you can market and support, remove barriers to BIPOC authors, and dismantle the top 1%.

Still think this man is an absolute legend.

Butterfly Box and Other Stories, my new collection of short fiction and novellas, is out now. Get it here in ebook, paperback and hardback: mybook.to/ButterflyBox More details can be found on my blog: whitescreenofdespair.blogspot.com/2024/11/new-... Please share this post if you like my stuff.