We're a third of the way through 2026 and racing through, so may the fourth be... Nah, I'm not going to say it! I'm still working on "REVOLT!" (sequel to "EXODUS" in the Destination Empire series). A couple of surgeries set me back over the winter but I'm catching up as the post-op pain fades. …
Tag: Sciencefictionwriter
YouTube and ARCs
Just a quick post this vacation month... YouTube and ARC copies 1. YOUTUBE I launched my first YouTube video this week, featuring a tale from my Galaxies and Fantasies collection. Video available at https://youtu.be/sjS3aQCGvKE I hope you tick the Like button and subscribe, and why not give a comment? All comments - good or bad …
OOPS!
Apologies to email recipients of my Blog for the formatting issue on many email apps. The scramble of text was supposed to be a table. Please view it in a browser to it properly at this url...https://andymckell.com/ Hope you find it interesting/entertaining/enlightening.... 😉
Spring has sprung or still springing?
I just got back from a great trip to Tenerife, to get away from the dismal winter weather. Here's an ocean-side restaurant we enjoyed. The sunnier south is very commercialized amid a quite arid landscape. The north is very different. It's not tourist-centered. It's lush, with banana plantations and other farms, though less sunny. (I'm …
A Merry Christmas!!
Here we are again, snow on the roof in the north and beachside barbeques in the south. But it's Christmas everywhere!(Also Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Mid-Winter Fest, Yule, and belated Rohatsu.) Have a wonderful time... feasting, family and friends, not to mention gifts! Many of you will be getting Kindles, notepads, or gift vouchers in your stockings. …
HAPPY YEAR END !!
Hi there! First, let me wish you a Happy Christmas, Hannuka, MidwinterFest, New Year, Hogmanay, or whatever you celebrate. Hoping the New Year brings relief to us all!(And yes, I said the same thing last year...) So what's that odd image above? It's the all-seeing Eye of Horus, the symbol of the Pax Diktat, the …
About a Story, Maybe
Let me tell you a story... about a story. Or maybe it's about a writer. Seven years ago I started to write a story. It grew like topsy. I was squeezing an epic series spanning thousands of years into a single novel. So I found break-points and spread the tale over three, then four, books with yet …
Heading for Year-End
First off, belated HAPPY THANKSGIVING from snowy Luxembourg! No, there wasn't this much snow, yet, but it's a lovely photo of the town in midwinter. NovaCon Sci-Fi Convention in Nottingham, UK Was this a convention to remember! I got serious food poisoning on the way there and my (newish) car broke down on the way …
Getting Hissed
Can you hear that? No, you probably can’t. But I can. Tinnitus: ringing or buzzing in the ears. That definition just does not do it justice in my case. A concentration-shattering, perpetual whistling, more like. A shrill, hissing, sibilant, headache-inducing screeching that eases off to a whispering susurration at times. Or maybe you can hear …
Onward and Upward
It's a sunny day here in Luxembourg. The heatwave has eased, the rain has stopped, and it's perfect weather for sitting out on the patio and pouring thoughts and words into my laptop. I started looking through my Scrivener folder of "Unfinished Works". More accurately, it should be called, "Started and Stalled". Some authors struggle …
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