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Countdown to Silence

Posted on May 16, 2016 by J. S. Collyer

Well, it’s started. It’s 75 days until the 3rd and final book in my Orbit Series, Silence, is launched. It will go live on Amazon that day for paperback & ebook and I will also have paperbacks with me at … Continue reading →

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Call for ARC Readers of Haven (i.e. free advance ebook up for grabs!)

Posted on July 1, 2015 by J. S. Collyer

Can I tempt anyone to some FREE fiction? And that’s FREE fiction BEFORE everyone else gets their hands on it? I tease ye not! As some of you may already know, Haven, book 2 in my Orbit Series and sequel … Continue reading →

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OUT NOW! No Way Home – SciFi Anthology, limited time 99p only for Kindle!

Posted on March 2, 2015 by J. S. Collyer

– Stories from which there are no escape – It’s OUT NOW, folks! No Way Home is a collection of 8 Science Fiction stories from new voices in SciFi and SpecFic, one of which is contributed by me! The collection has … Continue reading →

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Book 2 of the Orbit Series: ‘Haven’

Posted on December 5, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Hello everyone. I hope this season finds you well! I’m posting today as yesterday, in my interview for Dagda Publishing’s ‘Meet The Author’ feature, I took the opportunity to announce details of my next release. I can’t even begin to … Continue reading →

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Hello from The Pit and Book Review of ‘Convergence’ by Michael Patrick Hicks

Posted on October 1, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Hello there and greetings to all, both to new followers and old faithfuls. Sorry if I’m echoing, but these greetings are coming to you from the depths of the Writing Pit. I am currently pretty much a permanent resident of … Continue reading →

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Space Pirates Ahoy! – ‘Zero’ Excerpt

Posted on July 11, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Happy Friday, everyone! I felt as the marketing campaign is still doing so well and the launch for Zero (my first ever science fiction novel) at Fantasticon SciFi & Fantasy convention on Aug 16th is looming ever closer, it was high … Continue reading →

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Helena Reveals All

Posted on February 7, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

If you’ve been following my little string of disparate musings on the craft of writing for any significant length of time you will undoubtedly heard me mention the inimitable Helena Hann-Basquait. Self-proclaimed dilettante, writer, blogger and all round fabulous fictioneer, … Continue reading →

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More News and a new #FlashForFriday

Posted on January 16, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Before I get onto the fiction today, I’d first like to take a moment to give everyone out there, the droppers-in, the musers, the commenters, the likers and the readers, a giant, warm virtual hug. The Path passed 150 followers this … Continue reading →

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In the Spirit of the Season

Posted on December 20, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

I have always found it interesting to see the spaces writers work in. Often I find we prefer to nest in a study, or an office, or at least at a desk. Sometimes it is scattered in notes, references, books and … Continue reading →

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Time To Retreat

Posted on September 23, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

It’s going to be a good week this week. I’ve got ‘The Feeling’. Not only was Tuned To a Dead Channel (dystopian Sci-Fi anthology which features, alongside some amazing talent, my short story ‘Ash’) released on Friday and is now … Continue reading →