The cover art for THE QUANTUM DAWN by Derek Kunsken.
🚨COVER REVEAL!🚨
To celebrate #worldquantumday our friends @scifinow.bsky.social have revealed Justin Adams' STUNNING cover art for THE QUANTUM DAWN the highly-anticipated 4th book in @derekkunsken.bsky.social 's QUANTUM EVOLUTION. https://bit.ly/4ccT0v2
Oct '26. Preorder: https://geni.us/quantdawn
Now that the contract is signed, I'm pleased to announce that my short story, Jumal's Drift, has sold to Analog Science Fiction and Fact. This is my fifth sale to @analogsf.bsky.social
This is amazing.
The Kickstarter could use a little love. Consider donating now.
The On Spec Kickstarter is now live. Great rewards for doing the right thing! www.kickstarter.com/projects/edw...
I still dream of working at the Senate after 9 years of retirement. The number of "special projects" I've completed for the government is troubling.
Highlights etc...
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12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
Driving Ambition is a lot of fun!
Got a royalty statement and my 2022 novel The Embroidered Book continues to outsell my later books, partly because it had momentum out of the gate, but at this point those sales are word of mouth, which is cool. If you fancy a big novel about Marie Antoinette and her sister as rival magicians, here:
Canada has made its national school food programme a permanent part of the federal budget. The initiative will provide healthy meals to up to 400,000 additional children while supporting local producers.
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I was called back to the lab for blood work because FedEx had a problem taking the original over the US border. Always suspected the head of Homeland Security was a vampire.
I'm in the middle of the penultimate chapter of my new novel. The thrill of completion is now battling with the horror of rewriting.
It's my book! A collection of my Steampunk & sci-fi short stories from over the years, plus one Sherlock Holmes story set during the War of the Worlds.
Do you suppose there is a gene for wanderlust? My father spent six years as a hobo and later became a travelling salesman. Is that why I feel the urge to go someplace new every couple of months? And when I get there, I want to go someplace else. Epigenetics affects us all.
I hope my friends in England and Scotland are safe from this tremendously strong storm
1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
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Explore the sights at Yellowknife's August holiday weekend festival, where music, food, crafts and an Old Town vibe come together.
Scrolling social media has only helped me focus on outrage -- not particularly useful when it comes to a productive day. I frequently take breaks.
I'm exploring the interconnectivity of life. I've read lots of books, non-fiction and fiction: most recently "There are Rivers in the Sky" by Elif Shafak (wonderful!) which uses the water cycle as a metaphor for connections between people through time. Any suggestions (let's see what I missed)?
Work in Progress. Thanks
Smoky days in Ottawa
One of the things i am not hearing mentioned during tariff discussions is how weak the dollar has become since King Midas took the throne. The dollar has fallen approx 10% on average to other currencies.
So as an importer, you’re not only paying tariffs, but also buying with a weaker dollar.
Wrote almost 15K words on my new WIP over the last two weeks, which brings it just under 60K. It's been both a challenge and an adventure as I am trying a couple of new approaches to writing. Can this old dog learn new tricks? Time will tell.
Because drama is wherever you look
Shaper of Worlds: Volume V—A Spellbinding Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Sky and river in Ottawa tonight
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