Author Archives: iandavidmartin

It’s been pouring rain here for several days and the sun has finally come out. Bit of a relief for no real reason, we needed the rain, but it does tend to slow things down. Part 4 of The Silver Path project just went to the editor and should have that back in a weekContinue reading “RANDOM STUFF AFTER A RAINY DAY”

I’ve decided to publish this story as a novel rather than a series of novellas, hence the indulgence of designing a cover. This is a work in progress but I’m quite happy with in at this stage. The pitch remains the same; REINCARNATED SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD WHO SOLVES CRIMES WITH ASTRAL PROJECTION. Final editing isContinue reading “THE NEXT BOOK”

Books 1 & 2 of the series are now available at the Amazon Kindle Store and in paperback. Promo deals are due in a few days. In a nutshell – The MULTIVERSE, reincarnation, astral projection, global conspiracies and a genuine AI. What more could you want? This is the first in a series of fiveContinue reading “THE SILVER PATH BEGINS”

Binge watched first ten episodes over the last few days (late November). Really enjoyed it with only a minimal purview of the comics and anime (Google, Wikipedia, wiki). It’s a mashup, no arguments there but some of the online critics are getting very intense in their nitpicking (looking at you, James Whitbrook). So much soContinue reading “COWBOY BEBOP – THOUGHTS”

In a rush of enthusiasm across August/September I have finished the first draft of the second Silver Path novella. I’m sitting on it now for a few weeks before I start polishing and its off to the editor (Zoe Markham) in November. The story just took off after a little outlining and didn’t exactly writeContinue reading “THE SILVER PATH CONTINUES”

Book 1, a novella has come back from the editor (Markham Correct) and I think we might have a project. Zoe’s (Markham) sharp eye has picked up my usual stumbles and pointed out some logical missteps but overall it ‘intrigued’ her. I’ll take intrigued any day of the week. My concerns were that I wasContinue reading “THE SILVER PATH & THE GOLDEN BELL – Progress Report”

Something to wet the whistle or tickle the fancy depending on your metaphor preferences. Its from the new project which at this stage, 10,000 words in, looks like being a series of novellas. WARNING – Strong-ish language. “This is a bit seedy.” “About what you’d expect from a chop shop,” answered the young man besideContinue reading “NEW PROJECT – THE SILVER PATH – ONGOING”

A Travel Agency story I wrote this as an exercise in exploring the technology of the Travel Agency universe and as a treatise on the limitations of an Earth-centric view which has been discussed in popular science off and on for some time. I hope you enjoy … DR FIONA BOON GAPED; SHE COULDN’T HELPContinue reading “THE DEAL”

THE SILVER PATH & THE GOLDEN BELL The ideas for this series of novels/novellas have been around for over 5 years but with the completion of the third Shehkrii book, I’ve started thinking I might jump into a new universe and play there for a while. So, what’s it about … In a nutshell –Continue reading “NEW PROJECT”

Other than “Where do you get your ideas from?”, the next most asked question to aspiring writers is often, ”How do you do it?” “How long have you got?” pops its head up again here. American commentators have categorized a dichotomy that, in my view, is quite accurate. You are either a PANTSER or aContinue reading “MY PROCESS”