Shh, don't tell anyone, this is my favourite corner of the science fiction cupboard. I take a spin through a whole CENTURY of space opera from the gaudy to the deadly serious. Check it out 👀! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ

To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.” www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

Do NOT license your voice to ElevenLabs. Their highest-paid actor made $30k last year. Sounds a lot, but that’s from 1.2 bn paid uses - $0.000025 per job. ElevenLabs charge 20 cents per 1,000 words. So they’re making at least 8,000 times what their artists are. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Every ad now

The force of the Enterprise is strong with this one.

The continuing disappointment of buying a really crap loaf of bread - Day 3.

#booksky #signalboost #bookstand #AuthorSky #AuthorLife #BookMarketing #SelfPublishing Is there a better way of marketing my book to boost sales, without spending thousands on an ad campaign? Asking cos I literally have 4 sales 😂😂 I’d appreciate any shares *he mentioned casually 😉*

Spent all afternoon teaching myself how to make a semi-respectable (you may disagree) #voiceover resume and now my eyes are bleeding. Anyhoo, here it is. I hope you like it 🙂

With alt text.

It baffles me that plays- words intended for performance- are taught as solely literary texts. As soon as you get them up on their feet, you feel what it is-you understand the sounds, the meter, the shape of it all. To quote Hamlet, on acting “suit the action to the word, the word to the action”

Out on December 9, available to preorder fromNewCon Press now. Do you believe in miracles?

I can only admire Quinn's taste in literary criticism. But admiration that takes third place, after (2) his abs and (1) his superbly laid-back on-the-stairs dog.

If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.

I recorded a small role for this splendid #DoctorWho fan series because, well, it's Doctor Who, innit? Handily, I feature right at the start, before the opening sequence (and that opening sequence is really rather brilliant).

More than 20,000 people have wishlisted AETHUS! tinyurl.com/aethus20k The end is in sight, and your support means the world ❤️ #IndieDev #GameDev #survival

For no particular reason here's some stuff on my walls. It would be fair to say I might have a slight sci-fi obsession.

If you see this post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.

Hey! I'm looking for people to help me with game/puzzle design to make a demo for my game. This is a paid position but I’ve got a small budget right now so I can’t pay industry rates, but the goal is to use the demo to find a publisher. Drop me a DM if you’re interested! #gamedev #indiegame #unreal

I had similar advice from Tom Disch in the early 1970s, about writing into a niche, changed my life & seems broadly applicable

All Voice Actors on Blue! We’re officially casting the voice of Agent THUNDER (yes, this gentledog below)! Show us your stealth voice, your heroic bark or “I just stole a toy and feel fabulous” charm 😉 Audition lines + details👇 docs.google.com/document/d/1... #VoiceActing #VoiceActor #Casting

Today's essential #voiceover tip: Don't apply to rosters when you've got rice on the boil.

Was recently given a bike and the only place to put it is the thoroughfare between living room and kitchen and it's just a tiny bit too narrow and I keep walking into it. So, if my house was thinking about taking on any #HouseofLeaves traits, now would be a good time.

I've narrated a book about trains! Written by the legendary journalist Paul Routledge with such palpable flair and gusto, I was genuinely surprised how much I loved doing this. And oh my goodness me there's even a quiz at the end. THERE'S A QUIZ AT THE END!

I remember laughing out loud reading this, not because it's a comedy (it isn't), but because the writing was so damned good it made me giggle with delight.

We are living in the world that could rapidly become the Star Trek ideal. UBI, free healthcare, many jobs done by machine, freeing up humans to pursue the arts, education, exploration. But it's being run by the fucking Ferengi.

Hurrah for this!

I am begging you to keep using your brain for tasks rather than genAI. Thinking and doing are good for you. You don't want atrophy of muscles, so why would you want the brain equivalent?

Trees a crowd.

I had the great pleasure of narrating this.

Just noticed that the ebook editions of my recent novels (Beyond the Burn Line, War of the Maps, Austral etc) are just £2.99 at the moment. Lots of links here: www.unlikelyworlds.co.uk/print.html

this is honestly my main argument against AGI hype

Having not borrowed a dog for a few weeks I'd forgotten the loveliness of autumn.

🔥 Hey everyone, just a heads-up from the solo dev corner! Pompeii: The Legacy is still 20% off in its first ever Steam sale. It’s been an amazing first month of Early Access, thank you all for the support! 🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/2632240/... #indiegamedev #screenshotsaturday

Happy Halloween BRINEheads! 🎃 Once you’ve finished trick or treating, maybe you can check out our new BRINE update! Featuring a limited time Halloween option which spookifies the map! Link and patch notes below! #indiedev #retrofps #boomershooter #halloween #gamedev #uk #cornwall #doom

Just as an aside: tell EVERYONE you know about this. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Thought it was about time to revisit the Culture and to my great surprise found I had a signed copy of Matter. I don't remember getting it, although, somehow, I'm pretty sure I did. So now I'll be spending the rest of the day being thoroughly disgusted at myself for forgetting I met Iain M. Banks.

Yes, this is what reading 'House of Leaves' feels like.

Hey, lovely audiobook narrators, or, indeed, anyone who might know. I'd love to get involved with LitRPG narrating. Do any of you peeps have any suggestions for finding a way in? 🙏 #LitRPG #Audiobooks #Narrators #AudiobookNarrators

Uncle Lee's Cookbook has reached 1000 wishlists! 🎉🥳 The Next Fest is over, but our #demo is still available! Explore the ghost-infested town of [redacted], where it's spooky season all year round—it's the perfect time to give it a try and hear our fantastic cast! store.steampowered.com/app/3777930

Hang on. A *new* Samuel R. Delany? electricliterature.com/exclusive-co...

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Behold! The fridge of a jobbing actor.

Back from a *just for fun* play-reading of The Crucible at the Dukes Theatre in Lancaster. I managed to wangle reading John Proctor in the last act, so I've FINALLY been able to perform the line "Because it is my name!" God, I miss doing theatre.

Alex is a joy to work for and his game is bloody marvellous.

They got me at Hello Dear. Hello Dear, Our expansion has warranted me to contact you, we have a proposal for you, so therefore i'm interested in discuss with you about an important topic. To further explore this possibility I would like you to respond to me as soon as Possible.

A very satisfying audiobook narration session finished for the day. Many Nazis were punched.

A good read, this, if your attention span hasn't already been smothered by the fluffy pillow of tech. "Maybe the dawn of the new golden era of stupidity doesn’t begin when we submit to super-intelligent machines; it starts when we hand over power to dumb ones."