Sample of Xaghra’s Revenge

Sample of Xaghra’s Revenge

Apr 21, 2018 | Blogroll

Xaghra’s Revenge excerpt from Chapter 23 used on talks Read to the Salon literary event in Malta April 2018 and at the Gozo Central Library 1551 – Stjepan was one of 5,000 people on the island of Gozo, near Malta, who were mass abducted by pirates and sold as slaves...
Why do a book tour?

Why do a book tour?

Apr 20, 2018 | Blogroll

Why do a book tour?    (link to excerpt at https://geoffnelder.com/sample-xaghras-revenge/) It was inevitable. I’d written a historical fantasy set in the Maltese islands. We go there for a holiday every few years so as sure as sand + cement = mortar, this year’s...
Storm in a teacup

Storm in a teacup

Mar 10, 2018 | Blogroll

Bénard cells in a beverage  As a teacher I relished taking unconventional steps to the delight and edification of my students. I’d be the rare teacher that would allow pupils to rush to the window to watch a rainbow, catch snowflakes, measure the acidity of rain and...
Angular Size is up for a #BSFA Award!

Angular Size is up for a #BSFA Award!

Feb 16, 2018 | Genre: Science Fiction

What a turn up for the books – well, short story. I have a preposterous tale shortlisted for the prestigious BSFA Awards 2018. If you are a member or are attending the FollyCon / EasterCon in Harrogate this Easter I would be enormously grateful if you would consider...
Ambushed by Anita

Ambushed by Anita

Feb 1, 2018 | Blogroll

There I was cycling happily along a winding country lane when a wagon forced me off road. Lying in the long grass the driver said, “We’ll let you back on the highway as long as you publish word of a fabulous new book by Anita Kovacevic.” I had no...
Merlin and ‘A Mind Of Its Own’

Merlin and ‘A Mind Of Its Own’

Jan 14, 2018 | Blogroll, Writing

Mind Of Its Own is a magical fantasy story featuring King Arthur’s Merlin when he was given the task to escort a teenage girl on a strange journey. It is for adults only. It is for adults with a sense of humour only. This story was selected as the Story of the month...

Books read in 2017

Dec 31, 2017 | Blogroll

Maybe it’s because I am in a couple of book groups requiring me to read at least two books monthly, plus what the members call ‘side reads’ along the lines of if-you-enjoyed-that-you’ll-like-this’ I have quite a long list here. In fact...
Photography

Photography

Dec 23, 2017 | Blogroll

I’m inspired by my next door neighbour to blog some of my own photographs. He is Matthew Martin and his blog of inspirational gems is here. I have to confess that I have no decent camera and lazy enough to be using my phone cam in recent years. I hope I have an...
Crater’s Edge by Lucy Andrews

Crater’s Edge by Lucy Andrews

Dec 21, 2017 | Blogroll, Genre: Science Fiction

Crater’s Edge by Lucy Andrews You know me by now, a sucker for holes – the ones in the ground. Hence my POTHOLE short story about a small hole that doubles in size every day until… argh! To be featured in my INCREMENTAL collection coming out in 2018 Then there is...
Cigar-shaped spaceship Oumuamua

Cigar-shaped spaceship Oumuamua

Dec 13, 2017 | Genre: Science Fiction

Artist’s concept of interstellar asteroid 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua) as it passed through the solar system after its discovery in October 2017. The aspect ratio of up to 10:1 is unlike that of any object seen in our own solar system. Credits: European Southern...