I’m actually too busy to blog right now. This is not a boast – this is ridiculous. I’m too busy to write something promoting my books…in a launch week for one of my books.

The blog on the site has been severely underused resource in the past couple of years, and I’ve been trying to remedy that a little this year by posting something worth reading at least once a week. So far, it’s worked out pretty well – in particular, this post about leaving home got some wonderful, heartfelt reactions – but this week, there’s just too much going on to give it my full attention, so this post is a little shorter than usual.

Normal service will resume next week. Until then, here are some bits of news that may or may not change your life and/or make your wife/husband pregnant.

1. Outer Earth is here! If you don’t know what that is, it’s a trilogy of scifi books that Orbit published in 2015 and 2016, collected in a single volume. It released today (February 6) worldwide, and right now, it’s getting a lot of love online, which is great to see. I’ll be honest: if you’ve already read the trilogy, you won’t find any new material – there just wasn’t enough space to include it, which I went into in a little bit more detail here. But if you haven’t yet experienced the story, and want to find out what all the fuss is about, this beast of a book is the absolute perfect way to do so. It’s the complete trilogy, in one handy package, and you are guaranteed not to have the author die before the series is finished. I make no promises about whether or not you will die before the series is finished. Maybe it’s best to stay away from busy roads for now. Just in case.

2. I’m featured in a big piece in the latest SFX Magazine, talking about how authors can use social media. It’s a fun panel discussion, along with my good buddies Maria Lewis and Lucy Hounsom, as well as Dhonielle Clayton, who I haven’t met yet. Sadly, the piece isn’t yet available online – they do a print edition first, an online later – you can see a preview below, and read the piece here.

3. I’m going to be a whole host of columns and events this year, across the US and UK. I’m locking down plans for those now, but first up is Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle this March. I’ll be on a panel about how to promote yourself without selling your soul, which is something I like to think I’m pretty good at. Mildly good at. Sort of OK at doing. And then for the rest of the convention I will be lining up to get an autograph with David Tennant, something else you can do if you want to come and have no desire to see me speak (which I totally understand).

4. If you’re in Vancouver, I’ll be appearing on stage at February’s Vancouver Story Slam, telling a completely original story. This event is consistently sold out – I couldn’t even get into the last one, because I arrived late – so if you’re around, and you want to hear some killer stories, make sure you arrive early. Also, there is a very good chance I may just flame out spectacularly on stage. If that happens, I promise to fully commit, and complete my humiliation by tearing off my clothes and running screaming down the street. At the very least, nobody will be able to say I didn’t make the effort.

That’s it for now. I promise to write something a little bit more substantial next week. Oh look! Next week is even more mental. I’ll get back to you.

OUTER EARTH: THE COMPLETE TRILOGY
Dropping 6 Feb 2018 – Orbit Books

This new edition of the OUTER EARTH series contains three adrenaline-fuelled novels: Tracer, Zero-G and Impact.

Outer Earth is a huge space station orbiting the ruins of our planet.

Dirty, overcrowded and inescapable, it’s humanity’s last refuge . . . and possibly its final resting place. There are dark forces at work on the station who are seeking to unleash chaos. And if they succeed, there will be nowhere left to run.

‘FAST, EXHILARATING, AND UNFORGETTABLE. ONCE YOU START, YOU CAN’T STOP.’  Sarah Lotz, author of The Three

‘SETS A NEW STANDARD FOR ALL-ACTION SF’ Ken MacLeod

‘RELENTLESSLY FAST PACE…VIVID ACTION SCENES’ SFX

‘EXHILARATING. GUARANTEED TO KEEP YOU HOOKED TO THE VERY LAST PAGE’ Glamour

‘IF YOU’RE AFTER A FAST-PACED, ACTION-PACKED, CINEMATIC SPACE ADVENTURE THEN [THIS] IS ABSOLUTELY FOR YOU’ Civilian Reader

PREORDER NOW: 
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(Don’t see your favourite store here? Let me know, and I’ll add it!)

 

LISTEN TO THE NOVELS ON AUDIOBOOK:
Tracer
Zero-G
Impact

(NB: Sometimes Audible diverts to the US store, and says the titles aren’t available in your country. They totally are – you may just need to navigate to your local store page to do it!)