Richard SwanApr 72 minEmpire of the Wolf: Progress Update 07/04The Justice of Kings The INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING novel continues to be out there and available for purchase. Hardbacks for the...
Richard SwanFeb 171 minEmpire of the Wolf: Progress UpdateJust a quick update as to where things stand on the Empire of the Wolf trilogy for those perennial will-he-finish-the-series? worriers:...
Richard SwanJan 252 minThe Book of Koli by Mike Carey - Review A Riddley Walker-esque post apocalyptic sci-fi but this time the clueless protagonist has an insane Genki girl tamagotchi companion from...
Richard SwanNov 2, 20213 minPerdido Street Station, by China Mieville - ReviewI’m embarrassingly new to Bas Lag. I’m no stranger to Mieville’s works — Embassytown remains one of the best science fiction novels I’ve...
Richard SwanSep 24, 20215 minThe Death of Grass, by John Christopher: Review I first came across this book a little while ago. It looked like a nice, short, self-contained piece of fiction, written in the 1950s at...
Richard SwanSep 9, 20213 minThe Dying Squad by Adam Simcox - ReviewDying is hell; solving your own murder is purgatory. All right! Just finished this last night, after having rattled through the last 50...
Richard SwanAug 25, 20212 minPariah, by Dan Abnett: Short ReviewThis is the first book in the third trilogy of Dan Abnett’s Inquisitorial “trilogy of trilogies”, the first two being Eisenhorn and...
Richard SwanAug 23, 20212 minEmpire of the Wolf #2: Progress Update 23/08I recently hit about 130k on the first draft. I’m doing something I haven’t done before with this draft; I’m actually not going to write...
Richard SwanJul 22, 20211 minEmpire of the Wolf #2: Progress UpdateI hit 120,000 words on the first draft of book 2 last night. Progress is slowing thanks to a lack of planning for these final chapters; I...
RichardMay 16, 20201 minExciting news!You may remember, my legions of followers, that I mentioned I was writing a novel called "Emperor's Justice" and that I didn't want to...
RichardOct 22, 20192 minWhere have I been?In the time-honoured tradition of blogs everywhere, I've let this fall by the wayside. This is because whilst I have been working on a...
RichardJun 13, 20197 minThe Warmaster, Dan Abnett: ReviewI think I’ve said this multiple times over the course of my blog posts, but I’ve been reading the Gaunt’s Ghosts series for about 15...
RichardNov 13, 20182 minEarth Remembers!I never really did a proper announcement for the (Amazon Kindle) release of Earth Remembers. Sadly, writing about WW2 in spaaaace where...
RichardOct 25, 20181 minNearly there...Earth Remembers is nearly finished; I have the artwork and I'm currently editing the penultimate chapter. I actually still have to write...
RichardSep 19, 20181 minEarth Remembers: Quick Progress UpdateSo draft one is done at around 66,000 words. I expect this to increase to about 70 / 75,000 with the first redraft. I'm about a 3rd of...
Richard SwanAug 16, 20186 minEath Remembers - Snippet and updateStill going, very slowly the last month or so thanks to my real life day job getting squarely in the way. However made some decent...
RichardJul 10, 20181 minEarth Remembers - UpdateQuick update - tipped 51,000ish words. Slow progress at the moment due to various non-writing-related factors, but I am pleased with the...