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The 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 Swan
Sep 24, 20215 min read


The Dying Squad by Adam Simcox - Review
Dying is hell; solving your own murder is purgatory. All right! Just finished this last night, after having rattled through the last 50...
Richard Swan
Sep 9, 20213 min read
Empire of the Wolf #2: Progress Update 23/08
I 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 Swan
Aug 23, 20212 min read
Empire of the Wolf #2: Progress Update
I 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...
Richard Swan
Jul 22, 20211 min read
Exciting 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...
Richard Swan
May 16, 20201 min read
Where 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...
Richard Swan
Oct 22, 20192 min read


The Warmaster, Dan Abnett: Review
I 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...
Richard Swan
Jun 13, 20197 min read
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Jan 10, 20190 min read
Richard Swan
Dec 7, 20180 min read


Earth Remembers!
I never really did a proper announcement for the (Amazon Kindle) release of Earth Remembers. Sadly, writing about WW2 in spaaaace where...
Richard Swan
Nov 13, 20182 min read


Nearly there...
Earth Remembers is nearly finished; I have the artwork and I'm currently editing the penultimate chapter. I actually still have to write...
Richard Swan
Oct 25, 20181 min read
Earth Remembers: Quick Progress Update
So 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 Swan
Sep 19, 20181 min read
Eath Remembers - Snippet and update
Still going, very slowly the last month or so thanks to my real life day job getting squarely in the way. However made some decent...
Richard Swan
Aug 16, 20186 min read
Earth Remembers - Update
Quick update - tipped 51,000ish words. Slow progress at the moment due to various non-writing-related factors, but I am pleased with the...
Richard Swan
Jul 10, 20181 min read
Richard Swan
Jun 22, 20180 min read
Earth Remembers: Snippet
Blasting out the words this week. Approaching 40k all in. Here's another excerpt to keep those appetites whetted--as usual presented...
Richard Swan
Jun 7, 20183 min read
Earth Remembers - still going
Still getting on with this - May has been filled with holidays and other social events which have really eaten into my writing time (I...
Richard Swan
May 29, 20181 min read
Earth Remembers: Snippet
Time to share a little snippet of what I've been working on. "Earth Remembers" (working title) is set in an alternate mid-20th Century in...
Richard Swan
Apr 10, 20184 min read


What am I working on?
Welcome back, commander... I've got a few things on the go at the moment. I took a little break after I published Hadan's Reach to get my...
Richard Swan
Mar 24, 20182 min read


Children of the Empire - de-published and non-canon
I have decided to de-publish Children of the Empire. It will no longer be available on all platforms in a matter of days. Children of the...
Richard Swan
Feb 3, 20182 min read
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