You’re brilliant, and thank you!
Whoever keeps buying all these ebooks of mine, thank you! š When I first began writing the Tabitha books, I honestly didn’t know if there was a market out there … Continue reading You’re brilliant, and thank you!
Author: andrewinspace
Author of the Tabitha Trilogy. Fan of film & xenomorphs. Breaker of cups. Writer of space dragons. Team Hero's Journey.
Astre: A flash-fiction fantasy
Great flames raged hellish around her, pale unnatural blue. Countless toppling trees fed the firestorm. Towers crumbled into falling fragments as a vast shadow darkened the world. A pair of … Continue reading Astre: A flash-fiction fantasy
How to write a novel: some tips to get started
You write a novel in several drafts, improving on its structure each time. Like sculpting from rough ideas. Each draft carves your novelās shape and structure in greater detail. I … Continue reading How to write a novel: some tips to get started
Alex makes a phone call.
The end of the world came quietly last week and landed in the sea. No oneād noticed a mediocre meteor, or saw what was crawling from it. Humanity was busy … Continue reading Alex makes a phone call.
SINNERS
Itās happened before. All of it.Nothing new under these Suns.Earth was always here. Always.As in dawn-of-time always.No Empire youāve built is original.Nothing youāve seen or said is unique.You are a … Continue reading SINNERS
“Big things have small beginnings.”
Today, a friend asked me to dedicate a blog post to a “Tabitha Trilogy making-of”. So here goes. I’m sure it’ll be rambly, and there’ll be loads I miss out. … Continue reading “Big things have small beginnings.”
Alex dresses by the mirror.
A character study. * …I am more product and project than person. Something Iām immensely comfortable with, and something from which I derive great pleasure in engineering meticulously. Fine Art … Continue reading Alex dresses by the mirror.
Alex sweeps the floor.
Alex watched him from ruined office windows, a couple floors up. The guy moved fast between the car-wrecks, with a practiced precision. Pulse-pounding pace; perfect pistol posture. Ex-military maybe. Armed … Continue reading Alex sweeps the floor.
Ghost: opening chapter.
The following is the (split) opening scene of Ghost, my third novel in the Tabitha Trilogy. (So absolutely it’s spoilers, if you’re thinking of trying Tabitha first.)
Sky Queen: a winter scene.
In fiction writing, especially action-adventure stories, it’s vital to give our protagonist a moment to catch their breath. In the excerpt below from Sky Queen, Tabitha’s second novel, she’s been … Continue reading Sky Queen: a winter scene.
Short story: Mr Volinov
In the world in a country in a city in the park old Sergei Volinov was drinking juice. Not just any juice in fact but Doctor Waltzfelder Armorgradeās Patented Day-Glo … Continue reading Short story: Mr Volinov
Paper Dance
A poem.
ANDREW IN SPACE 