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Stellar Flash and other writing updates. And some more giveaways.

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Other Writing Projects

Hi. 

Thank for subscribing. I very much appreciate your interest in the Stellar Flash series and characters, and your support of Space Fiction.

Things are speeding along nicely with the Robots of Atlantis, and pieces are falling into place. I’ve got some unexpected twists and turns happening that even I didn’t expect! Amazing what happens when personalities come up against each other and suggest solutions that haven’t crossed my mind before their interactions began. I like to give them a bit of free rein before, well, reining them in.

However, I’m taking a short break from it as an editor has asked me to submit something regarding Stanislaw Lem for consideration. For those of you not familiar with Lem’s work, the George Clooney movie Solaris is loosely based on one of his novels. In Poland, 2021 has been declared the year of Stanislaw Lem (amongst other patrons) and its a great reason to have another look at his work. So, the past couple of days I’ve been absorbing his writing style and hope to put together something that does him homage. I’ll let you know how it goes. (You can check out some Lem works on Amazon here: Stanislaw Lem )

In other news, I have just released Space Fiction Collection 2. This contains a collection of stories that two other writers and I collaborated on for early issues of Alien Dimensions. Aric Merchant and Nicky Martin were great at writing to a deadline based on my suggestions and I’m really happy to have these stories see the light in book form again. You can find out more here:

And now, some giveaways!

The first is the Science Fiction and Fantasy Giveaway organised through StoryOrigin. This will end on Feb 28.

Then there’s one I’m organising called Space Fiction Giveaway – Aliens and the Future. Also finishes on Feb 28. This one is through Prolific Works. Prolific Works will also be promoting this in their newsletter and featuring it on their website so I think they like the idea of something specifically focused on Space Fiction.

Another Prolific Works giveway that I’m involved in is called War of the Worlds. This one is running for a bit longer – until the 1st April.

I hope you find something compelling there.

Have a great week!

Until next time

Neil

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Stellar Flash News and Free eBook Giveaways updated

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Hi. Many thanks for subscribing. I hope you’ve all had a fantastic January. I’m glad it’s finally 2021 and things are looking up.

I’m about a third of the way through writing The Robots of Atlantis, weaving what looks like unconnected story threads together and causing some temporal problems for our heroes. Progressing along nicely. I might have a preview paragraph ready for a future issue.

In the meantime, I thought I’d share the great news that the Antipodean SF Radio Show on 2NVR in NSW, Australia, has accepted one of my short stories and will broadcast my audio narration of it in April. What’s special about this is that it is set in the Stellar Flash universe, but in 2036, so almost a 100 years before our intrepid alien crew begin their adventures. As soon as it’s available to download, I’ll send a link. If I get some positive feedback on it, it might lead to a new book series!

Of course, this newsletter would not be complete without at least one giveaway! And the great news is I have four! Click on the banners to find out more.

Here are a couple more for January. The first is ‘Free Sci-fi and Fantasy.‘

The second is Alien Winters 2 – Sci-Fi and Fantasy Giveaway.

These two are organised with other authors through StoryOrigin.

Both of these free giveaways end on the 31st January so it’s best to check them out today!

The third one has just started so you have a bit of time to check it out. It’s also called Free Sci-fi & Fantasy Jan 27 – Feb 28 and is organised through BookFunnel. The amazing thing about this one is that there are over 90 free ebooks to download!

And, finally, I thought I’d try organising one myself. Not quite as much as 90 ebooks for my one, but still containing ebooks that are worth checking out. This one is a short one. Just January 22 to Feb 5 and organized via BookCave. Find out more here: Space Fiction – Aliens, the Far Future, and More!

Many thanks for your interest in space fiction and the Stellar Flash series. 

Until next time.

Neil A. Hogan

www.StellarFlash.com

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Alien Frequency: Stellar Flash Book One

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Great news! Alien Frequency: Stellar Flash Book One eBook is now available on Amazon, for a limited time, for just USD0.99! (Normally USD$2.99)

Alien Frequency: Stellar Flash Book One

Captain Jonathan Hogart’s first mission to Frequency One seems to be going well. New crew, new flash ship, and a new race of aliens to make first contact with.

But the binary suns start affecting his team in strange ways, the friendly aliens turn out to be not so friendly, and now he finds himself glued to the ground awaiting possible separation if he doesn’t hand over flash relocation technology.

As the sticky situation gets more and more complicated, and the mushroom bugs reveal further surprises, the alien crew discover that it’s not only planet brown and purple that they have to worry about. There is a much greater threat towards the center of the star system.

One that none of them would ever have suspected.

Alien Frequency: Stellar Flash Book One eBook is now available on Amazon, for a limited time, for just USD0.99! (Normally USD$2.99)

Click here to read it today!

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Stellar Flash Temporal Incursion

New Cover for Temporal Incursion

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Hi Friends. Yes, I’ve decided to update the cover. The previous one just looked a bit like Earth had turned brown. I wanted to make sure that people knew that it wasn’t Earth. So, now Proxibee takes up half of it.

As I’m using Creative Commons image released by the European Southern Observatory, I also had to make sure I got the copyright statement right. Here it is:

The image of Proxima Centauri B featured on the cover has been released by the European Southern Observatory under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and originally comes from the video: ESOcast 87: Planet found around closest Star. Please visit: eso.org/public/announcements/ann16056/ to watch the complete video.

The video is pretty cool, and I recommend you check it out. Everything you need to know about Proxima Centauri B.

Temporal Incursion: Stellar Flash Book Three is due out on the 5th March on Amazon, in print and as an ebook, and will be available via Kindle Unlimited for a limited time.

From about May it will be available for special order printing through various bookshops , and from June on Apple, Google Play, Kobo, and other places as an ebook.

I’ll post again as soon as it is released on Amazon.

Many thanks for your interest in the Stellar Flash series

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Stellar Flash update

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Apologies that I haven’t posted in a while. I’ve been working on Temporal Incursion: Stellar Flash Book Three. I’ve finally finished the first draft. The next thing to do is to start work on fixing the sentences, plot holes, fleshing out the characters and environment and correcting some of the science. (Set mainly on Proxibee, I’m going to have to make allowances for the slightly heavier gravity.)

I’m hoping that it will be finished by February 2019, but I’m very excited to tell you that I have put a cover together already. There’s nothing like a cover to spur you on to completing a story. It’s quite a simple one, just to set the scene. I might change it later. Not sure yet. But as a reader of the Stellar Flash series, you’re the first to see it.

I’ll post more soon!

Cheers

Neil A. Hogan