Our next book
Stars Uncharted will be published on 14 August 2018. It's a space opera, in the same character-oriented with a bit of fun style, but it's not part of the Linesman series.
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How do you write ‘good’ characters versus ‘bad’ characters?
One thing writers try to do is ‘show’ a character by his or her actions. That is, rather than say, Bob Jenkins was a bad man. You show it by Bob Jenkins pulled into the petrol station one midnight, just after Granny Stevens had closed up, and demanded she unlock one of the bowsers so... Read more →
An exercise in editing—from first draft to second
Please, bear with us. The first example is bad. It’s meant to be. The second isn’t much better. This is designed to show the drafting process. Two drafts is never enough. At least, not for us. Email, me to Sherylyn: What do you think? Unlikeable? Eliud Frank was building a stark arrangement of human... Read more →
What bot is that – answers to last week’s quiz
Last week,I gave you six bots and asked if you knew which books they were from. Bot 1 Once upon a time there was a cyborg. That’s me. You might think my life is a fairy tale. I can tell you it’s not. I live in New Beijing with my stepmother—who hates me—and my two... Read more →
What bot is that?
Our book is done. This draft, anyway. Due date was the 1 June. We delivered, although of course we’d love to have another round of editing right now. Books are like that. Every time you look at your writing you see something else you want to change. I have to clean my desk ready for... Read more →
Voting for the Hugos
In which I attempt to explain how Hugo voting works, and why I like the system*. Compulsory voting Here in Australia we have compulsory voting in elections. I have to confess that in politics, I’m a huge fan of compulsory voting. If you live in a country where voting isn’t compulsory, you probably think I’m... Read more →