So , like most people at the end of a thoroughly challenging year, I'm trying to take the GOOD from the BAD.And this year there was plenty of BAD.BAD: After 48 enquires, I still do not have a publisher for Habnab. GOOD: One of those agents asked to s...
Dear ,I wonder if you have ever uncovered something about someone.It may not have been a secret. Maybe it was out there all along. Maybe you just didn't want to know. Like your granddad used to beat your grandma? Or your uncle keeps a separate wardro...
Dearest ,I wrote this short story The Worst Job at Christmas after I took my father's name off my Christmas card list.When Dad died in February this year he was just leaving early to avoid the traffic.If you are missing someone at your Christmas tabl...
Dear ,Is it better to adopt the attitude of the extraordinary Edna Mode, weapons designer extraordinaire of The Incredibles or to return and revise earlier work?I ask because I am defying my inner Edna and returning to where it all began - my first n...
Dear ,Last week, I saw an opera and made a discovery about The Surprising Pedigree of Fan Fiction.So tell me, do you have a favourite remake that was better than the original? I read every reply.Regards,Felix Longwww.felixlong.co.ukAuthor of 'The Unt...
Dear ,Science teachers are awesome. And not just to their students. When writing my fourth book (working title Slippery Identity) I wanted to inject some real science into my fiction. And so I decided to plug the gaps in my knowledge about DNA with K...
Dear ,It's a heist, it's a coup, it's a prophesy.It's finally here. My brand new novella The Untied Kingdom is unleashed on Amazon! It is available for free until midnight (GMT) on Sunday 11 October.So please grab yourself a copy and forward this ema...
Dear ,I have wondered a bit more than is healthy about that question. In this charming rom-com by P.Z. Reizin, an Artificial Intelligence program well and truly passes the Turing Test by acting as omnipotent matchmaker for his very own favourite huma...
Dear ,I am delighted to announce that my new novella The Untied Kingdom will be launched on Amazon on Saturday 10 October 2020.I'm sure you are going to love it.Keep an eye out for the official launch email on Saturday and please do reply and tell me...
