Writing thought for the week ... Read, ruminate, resolve.

It's still out there waiting for you! Get back to where it started. If you've never read scifi before, this is the place to start. Direct from the publisher https://www.templedarkbooks.com/shakert-end-of-night or via your favourite multinational.

Writing thought for the week ... Read, ruminate, resolve.

It's still out there waiting for you! Get back to where it started. If you've never read scifi before, this is the place to start. Direct from the publisher https://www.templedarkbooks.com/shakert-end-of-night or via your favourite multinational.

Rarer than hen's teeth, only a very few limited edition, hardback, signed copies of Diathesis: Descent Book1 remain with my publisher, but once Death: Descent Book 2 hits the shelves they'll be gone. It's nearly now or never people! https://www.templedarkbooks.com/

Want to write a truly representative novel? Include all those minority / identified people? Sorry, bad news, it might just be impossible. Read my latest blog post to find out why. https://ishmaeltheauthor.com/2026/01/17/bbq-troubles-and-why-representative-novels-are-impossible/

Writing thought for the week ... Read, ruminate, resolve.

Coming this year Death, the second part of my Descent sci-fi hexalogy. If you think things couldn't get any darker, you're wrong. But hope springs eternal - even when misplaced. https://www.templedarkbooks.com/

It's still out there waiting for you! Get back to where it started. If you've never read scifi before, this is the place to start. Direct from the publisher https://www.templedarkbooks.com/shakert-end-of-night or via your favourite multinational.

Who really does the hard yards with a novel? The Author? The Reader? And if one is made to do the work, should the other repay them? Interested? Have a look at this month's blog post over in my author website: https://ishmaeltheauthor.com/updates/

Writing thought for the week ... Read, ruminate, resolve.

It's still out there waiting for you! Get back to where it started. If you've never read scifi before, this is the place to start. Direct from the publisher https://www.templedarkbooks.com/shakert-end-of-night or via your favourite multinational.

A monthly musings meme. Not about writing, just random thoughts. Make of it what you will. The paper burns, but the words fly free

Rarer than hen's teeth, only a very few limited edition, hardback, signed copies of Diathesis: Descent Book1 remain with my publisher, but once Death: Descent Book 2 hits the shelves they'll be gone. It's nearly now or never people! https://www.templedarkbooks.com/

Coming this year Death, the second part of my Descent sci-fi hexalogy. If you think things couldn't get any darker, you're wrong. But hope springs eternal - even when misplaced. https://www.templedarkbooks.com/

Writing thought for the week ... Read, ruminate, resolve.

Want to read about the latest progress on my sci-fi hexalogy Descent? Want to learn a little more about the lady in the post, one of my central characters? Follow the link. https://ishmaeltheauthor.com/updates/

It's still out there waiting for you! Get back to where it started. If you've never read scifi before, this is the place to start. Direct from the publisher https://www.templedarkbooks.com/shakert-end-of-night or via your favourite multinational.

Writing thought for the week ... Read, ruminate, resolve.

It's still out there waiting for you! Get back to where it started. If you've never read scifi before, this is the place to start. Direct from the publisher https://www.templedarkbooks.com/shakert-end-of-night or via your favourite multinational.

Coming this year Death, the second part of my Descent sci-fi hexalogy. If you think things couldn't get any darker, you're wrong. But hope springs eternal - even when misplaced. https://www.templedarkbooks.com/

Rarer than hen's teeth, only a very few limited edition, hardback, signed copies of Diathesis: Descent Book1 remain with my publisher, but once Death: Descent Book 2 hits the shelves they'll be gone. It's nearly now or never people! https://www.templedarkbooks.com/

Writing thought for the week ... Read, ruminate, resolve.

It's still out there waiting for you! Get back to where it started. If you've never read scifi before, this is the place to start. Direct from the publisher https://www.templedarkbooks.com/shakert-end-of-night or via your favourite multinational.

Sometimes in writing less is more, and the Japanese are the sensei of the art. But most of the time it falls flat for western readers. Or does it? Interested? Have a look at this month's blog post over in my author website: https://ishmaeltheauthor.com/updates/

Coming this year Death, the second part of my Descent sci-fi hexalogy. If you think things couldn't get any darker, you're wrong. But hope springs eternal - even when misplaced. https://www.templedarkbooks.com/

Writing thought for the week ... Read, ruminate, resolve.

It's still out there waiting for you! Get back to where it started. If you've never read scifi before, this is the place to start. Direct from the publisher https://www.templedarkbooks.com/shakert-end-of-night or via your favourite multinational.

Rarer than hen's teeth, only a very few limited edition, hardback, signed copies of Diathesis: Descent Book1 remain with my publisher, but once Death: Descent Book 2 hits the shelves they'll be gone. It's nearly now or never people! https://www.templedarkbooks.com/

Just finished reading "Crude Britannia: How Oil Shaped a Nation" by Marriott & Macalister. If you're an author or reader you should always leave a review, no matter what. I've left mine on Goodreads. Have a look. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48856339-crude-britannia

Writing thought for the week ... Read, ruminate, resolve.

A monthly musings meme. Not about writing, just random thoughts. Make of it what you will. What is life? It is a flash of a firefly in the night

Coming this year Death, the second part of my Descent sci-fi hexalogy. If you think things couldn't get any darker, you're wrong. But hope springs eternal - even when misplaced. https://www.templedarkbooks.com/

It's still out there waiting for you! Get back to where it started. If you've never read scifi before, this is the place to start. Direct from the publisher https://www.templedarkbooks.com/shakert-end-of-night or via your favourite multinational.

Have a book on Kindle or Kindle Unlimited? Do you know what they will be doing to your work with their AI? Stay informed, make an informed decision. Summary from PCMag Australia. au.pcmag.com/ebook-reader...

Monthly progress update on Descent: Deceit is on my website - and you really don't want to miss this one. The guy in the graphic? That's Alejo, and he's on the wrong point of a love triangle - and that really hurts. Everyone. https://ishmaeltheauthor.com/updates/

Writing thought for the week ... Read, ruminate, resolve.

It's still out there waiting for you! Get back to where it started. If you've never read scifi before, this is the place to start. Direct from the publisher https://www.templedarkbooks.com/shakert-end-of-night or via your favourite multinational.

Rarer than hen's teeth, only a very few limited edition, hardback, signed copies of Diathesis: Descent Book1 remain with my publisher, but once Death: Descent Book 2 hits the shelves they'll be gone. It's nearly now or never people! https://www.templedarkbooks.com/

A weekly musings meme. Not about writing, just random thoughts. Make of it what you will. No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full

Coming this year Death, the second part of my Descent sci-fi hexalogy. If you think things couldn't get any darker, you're wrong. But hope springs eternal - even when misplaced. https://www.templedarkbooks.com/

Writing thought for the week ... Read, ruminate, resolve.

It's still out there waiting for you! Get back to where it started. If you've never read scifi before, this is the place to start. Direct from the publisher https://www.templedarkbooks.com/shakert-end-of-night or via your favourite multinational.

Want to write a truly representative novel? Include all those minority / identified people? Sorry, bad news, it might just be impossible. Read my latest blog post to find out why. https://ishmaeltheauthor.com/2026/01/17/bbq-troubles-and-why-representative-novels-are-impossible/

It's still out there waiting for you! Get back to where it started. If you've never read scifi before, this is the place to start. Direct from the publisher https://www.templedarkbooks.com/shakert-end-of-night or via your favourite multinational.

Rarer than hen's teeth, only a very few limited edition, hardback, signed copies of Diathesis: Descent Book1 remain with my publisher, but once Death: Descent Book 2 hits the shelves they'll be gone. It's nearly now or never people! https://www.templedarkbooks.com/

Writing thought for the week ... Read, ruminate, resolve.

It's still out there waiting for you! Get back to where it started. If you've never read scifi before, this is the place to start. Direct from the publisher https://www.templedarkbooks.com/shakert-end-of-night or via your favourite multinational.

Coming this year Death, the second part of my Descent sci-fi hexalogy. If you think things couldn't get any darker, you're wrong. But hope springs eternal - even when misplaced. https://www.templedarkbooks.com/

It's still out there waiting for you! Get back to where it started. If you've never read scifi before, this is the place to start. Direct from the publisher https://www.templedarkbooks.com/shakert-end-of-night or via your favourite multinational.