How is it I never saw this before??? www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKoS...

Here’s a timely (for me) post from John Scalzi about so-called marketing services for your self-published books. whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...

Well, this is gratifying and humbling. A Familiar Voice has cracked the top 100 “hot new releases” in its category!

I don't think I've ever heard of freezing fog, but that was the official weather forecast this morning. When I looked out the window, well, there was fog and there was frost. So there you go.

My new novel, a thriller called A Familiar Voice, is now available at your regional Amazon bookstore in eBook and paperback formats. It was a great deal of fun to write. I hope you enjoy reading it. Links are in my blog post. selimpensfiction.com/2025/11/18/a...

A Familiar Voice comes out in a few days, on the 18th of November. In the meantime, here’s a quick sample of what’s in store for Katy Lapointe. selimpensfiction.com/2025/11/13/a...

Finally watched Ryan Coogler's Sinners. Comparisons with Robert Rodriguez' From Dusk Till Dawn are inevitable, but both are excellent. Sinners is a slow burn for the first hour, setting up characters and situations. Then comes the payoff, and what a payoff it is.

Sigh. Well, this is embarrassing.

Stop making me feel old, dammit!

The Chimes was wonderful. I bought this new release as soon as I heard about it. Can’t wait to give it a listen.

Flocks of geese are heading south in droves, now. The last of the autumn leaves are settling down to earth. That can only mean one thing …

Perusing an early author copy of a thrilling #thriller! A Familiar Voice will be available from in eBook and paperback formats from your regional Amazon bookstore on November 18.

The Crow Girl is a six-eplsode series featuring Eve Myles, who we all know and love since she appeared in Torchwood. She and much of the cast give outstanding performances in this dark mystery story. The final episode will leave your head spinning. This is a must-watch.

Halloween’s almost upon us. And here I’d hoped to go through a whole host of horror movies. All I’ve managed this month, sadly, is 28 Years Later (which was very good) and Sleepy Hollow. Onto pumpkin carving tomorrow! And then … the monsters come out.

Some thoughts on the latest in the 28 Days Later series. This one, called 28 Years Later, is a thoughtful, coming of age story disguised as a zombie movie. selimpensfiction.com/2025/10/22/2...

If you don’t read GGK’s books, (a) What’s wrong with you and (b) Time to get started.

The Final Destination movies are, for me anyway, a guilty pleasure. Great art? Of course not. But there are always great thrills and chills. Final Destination Bloodlines is a worthy addition to the franchise and manages to very cleverly fit into the timeline of the other movies.

Having finished my first #novel, I’ve written a post about the #WritingProcess I used to get to the finish line, slowly but surely. #BookSky selimpensfiction.com/2025/10/10/o...

It's funny. You tell friends that you've written short stories and they're all, Yeah, whatever. But you tell them you've written a novel and their eyes pop. Really, they say. Wow. Novels are my first choice too, but let's rally around the poor, misunderstood short story.

My novel, A Familiar Voice, is a thriller. Synopsis below. Look out for it in November!

I’ve mentioned in other posts that I’m working on a novel called A Familiar Voice. I can finally announce that it will be available in November. Here’s the beautiful cover art by the omni-talented @georgiacooked.bsky.social.

No one tells you that the hardest part of writing a novel is coming up with a half-decent blurb.

I may have said this before, but from my perspective, we are living in the era of Peak Star Trek. Considering the quality of S3 of Star Trek Picard, and pick your season of Star Trek SNW, I think this is self-evident.

Today's the day that The Shattering Peace, the new book in the Old Man's War universe, is out in North America (UK, you have two more days). I wrote it to be enjoyable to new readers as well as old hands to the series. I hope you'll pick it up at your favorite bookseller!

I had to look twice to believe it. This wonderful Star Trek book is on sale for a steal!

Wishing a Happy Star Trek Day (U.S.) to all who celebrate! It’s been 59 years since STAR TREK first appeared on American televisions; here’s hoping it keeps going for at least 59 more. Live long and prosper, Trek fans! 🙂🖖

Would anyone be interested in beta-reading my upcoming novel? It's a thriller, so if you enjoy that genre you'll hopefully enjoy this. It's about 63K words or 260 pages. I'd be happy to return the favour in the future. Thanks.

I am really, really sad that Ken Dryden has passed away. An icon of Canadian hockey.

Big Finish is having a sale on their Short Trips range, including the Ninth Doctor story Battle Scars written by yours truly. Do check it out. www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/d...

If you love science fiction, fantasy, and horror you MUST already subscribe to Locus Magazine... Right? linktr.ee/locusmagazine link in bio!

HEADS UP, TREK FANS! Coming Monday, Sept. 8 (“Star Trek Day” in the U.S.), a new full-cast audio production from CBS Studios & Secret Hideout — STAR TREK: KHAN, starring Naveen Andrews and Wrenn Schmidt. Subscribe to the series through your favorite podcast platform and get ready for a wild ride!

One of the notable things about Star Trek is that you can tell stories in about any genre. Four-and-a-Half Vulcans was. The. Funniest. Star Trek. Ever. A wonderful episode that explored character while giving us more laughs than a hold full of tribbles.

My wife is beta-reading my latest and found a mistake three pages in. I took it pretty well, all things considered.

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Fact: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum by @unamccormack.bsky.social not only provides some essential backstory for Una Chin-Riley, it is a compulsive read that is also a story for our times. Some thoughts in my blog post. @startrekbookclub.com selimpensfiction.com/2025/08/24/s...

While Joan Hickson will always be “my” Miss Marple, we’re re-watching Marple starring Geraldine McEwan and loving it. Not only a great production, we’re seeing the sum total of British acting royalty, including some Doctor Who alumni (and future alumni).

In this week's episode of StarTrek Strange New Worlds, The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail, Kirk finds himself in the captain's chair of a wrecked starship facing impossible odds. It's a step towards Kirk becoming the captain we all know and love. An immediate classic.

Why didn’t anyone tell me that Essie Davis was in Alien Earth ??

In my continuing efforts to get the word out about our Unofficial #DoctorWho Charity Show, I've compiled all current information in one silly video! Any shares would be appreciated and PLEASE consider either booking a ticket to come and watch OR donate to our fundraiser! (Links in the replies)!

I'm working on the last chapter of my novel and it's quite bittersweet. I quite love the characters in this book and I don't really want to say goodbye to them. Ah well. There'll be more time spent fine-tuning things, but the end is in sight.

Some thoughts on the Star Trek Picard spin-off novel, Firewall, by David Mack. (Spoiler alert: I liked it!) selimpensfiction.com/2025/08/03/s... @startrekbookclub.com

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds hit another high note with the brilliantly conceived and absolutely hilarious episode, “A Space Adventure Hour.” I can’t wait to use the word … “diction” in a sentence.

I don’t know if 4K streaming wasn’t available from Paramount+ before in Canada, or if maybe I was too cheap to try it. But streaming Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Picard in 4K is a revelation.

And, in the finest Donna Noble tradition, I slept through it. I can just imagine what she would have said in the morning. “A man? Stepped foot on the moon? Tell me another one.”

We just finished watching the Netflix series A Man on the Inside. Ted Dansen goes undercover in a retirement community to get to the bottom of some thefts. It's funny, heartwarming, and brilliantly written. Pure joy to watch.

In other exciting news, I'm on the second last chapter of my upcoming book, A Familiar Voice. Finally, I'll have a first draft that I can tweak. Also, @georgiacooked.bsky.social has created some beautiful cover art that I can't wait to share with you.

I for one very much enjoyed Superman. Busy and overcrowded? Maybe, but also glorious and joyful and at times very funny. As an aside, I’ve always enjoyed Nathan Fillion’s work, but here he’s doing something completely different and pulls it off beautifully.

ITS OFFICIAL. MURDERBOT SEASON TWO. #Murderbot reactormag.com/murderbot-ha...