Write More with Simon K Jones

Weekly advice for writers of serial fiction alongside the latest chapters of my sci-fi crime thriller. Together we'll write more and write better.

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#46 Expeditions & interrogations: part 9 Panic on the streets

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Welcome to the Triverse A science fiction crime thriller, delivered to your inbox every Friday. Take The Wire, add Banks' Culture novels, sprinkle in some dragons and portals and off you go.

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Writing a lot of words If it takes 10,000 hours to become expert at something, how long have you been writing?

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#45 Expeditions & interrogations: part 8 A major breakthrough as the conspiracy comes into focus

Jul 29

Parents! How do you keep writing during the school holidays?School holidays. Endless summer fun when you’re the kid; weeks of tricky and expensive childcare wrangling when you’re the parent. I find that m…

Jul 25

#44 Expeditions & interrogations: part 7 An unexpected arrival...and some tasty food

Jul 22

Converting prose into interactive fiction An experiment of sorts

Jul 18

#43 Expeditions & interrogations: part 6 Digging up the past...and the future

Jul 15

Talking about yourself as a writer About self-promotion and (not) feeling awkward

Jul 11

#42 Expeditions and interrogations: part 5 Kaminski and Chakraborty arrive in Addis...

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AI book illustrations (follow-up)Putting MidJourney to the test

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