A little self-congratulatory piece here. Not only was my first story, "Finspace", published in February, but tonight sees the Premiere of "Asta (Who Killed Asta Nielsen?)", a short movie in which I play the Doctor. (No - not THAT Doctor, but at the rate the BBC is going through his regenerations, they'll get round to …
Author: Andy McKell
A guy who writes speculative fiction, between doing a bit of acting
Team Writing
I recently mused about writers having more ideas than time. Is there a solution to the conflict between over-inspiration in a finite lifespan? How about sharing the load? The Association of Ghostwriters claims 50% of best-sellers are ghosted. Shocked? The Old Masters of painting sketched out their ideas on canvas, leaving students to produce …
No Revolution Is Too Big: Finspace
I am proud to announce that the latest in the series is my own work. The alien Rescue Broker, Stelfson, visits a teenage Earth girl with whom he had worked as a small child, leaving confused memories. He needs a good swimmer for a mission to help a peaceful aquatic race who are being oppressed …
From Blocking To Overflow
If, as I suggested in an earlier post, writers have more ideas than they can cope with, how about Writer's Block? And is it a creativity killer? Block prevents the transfer of ideas into word-count on the page. The idea is usually in there, somewhere, but not well-formed enough to get past our internal filters. Sometimes, …
No Revolution Is Too Big: Vol 5
(This series is highly recommended...) Series Originator, Mike Lynch says... Rescue Brokers are one of the most notorious professions known in the galaxy, and the most benevolent, for the right price. Of them all, Stelfson has set himself apart. He has transformed himself into human and saved a race threatened with extinction, freed an enslaved …
Ideas to Ink
(This post was written as a Guest Post on Helping Hands site) © Freds | Dreamstime Stock PhotosI read of a literary agent who dreaded parties. “Someone always sidles up, saying they have this great story idea, but don't know how to write a book, and maybe one of my authors would appreciate the idea?” The …
Last-Minute Workplace Gifts
I have had my share of the corporate workplace experience and was happy to wave it goodbye. But some scars endure... Let me state up front that most of my colleagues were charming and pleasant people with whom I would be happy to be trapped in a lift (for a short while, at least). But …
No Revolution Is Too Big: Vol 4
A few days ago, I told you about the SciFi series, "No Revolution Is Too Big". Each story in the series is written by a different author and explores the universe devised by bestselling author, Mike Lynch. Volumes 1,2 and 3 had already been released when I wrote, and now Volume 4 is available from Amazon and …
No Revolution Is Too Big: Vols 1-3
After a bit of an absence, due to family, writing and acting commitments, I'm back with news about one of the projects I have been working on. Award-winning writer, Mike Lynch, has launched a series of short books, all set in the universe established in his original story, "No Revolution is Too Big". That story …
Do You Have “As You Know, Bob…” Syndrome?–How Writers Can Butcher Dialogue & How to Fix It
This post addresses an aspect of bad writing that I really, really hate! Thanks Marcy and Kristen.
Andy McKell, Speculative Fiction Author 
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