tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351516862024-03-29T06:55:01.017+00:00Martin Millar - blogAuthor, LondonMartin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.comBlogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-34821737852234989092024-01-16T03:23:00.004+00:002024-01-16T03:23:52.402+00:00Troubled Cities<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">As the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">world descends into chaos, my new book, <b>Troubled Cities</b>, has now been published. Short stories looking back to squatting days in Brixton, forward to female android assassins, violent fairies, anxious werewolves, music, kawaii, an anonymous spanking memoir and for some reason, more android assassins.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Paperback at <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1659848342">Amazon UK</a> -- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1659848342">Amazon US</a></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Ebook at <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CQYY6SK9">Amazon UK</a> -- <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQYY6SK9">Amazon US</a></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZLyAXmNtYSFxgYSKZt3O6vps4pSvsvUDdjCSRhJ2n7xaBndLllIzER5g_yF8Tn9uVd2ZoxXozsJ03Chwc0qnhyuN0Xm48HAy-Rc_0cix076rRRyDjwIqCCWdhCG9PkTm8ZN3FuCBF3qETJZ0N8nffdgUdFjAmWFfczlN6lcvgaUzPdAWyzQ/s2448/troubled%20cities%202%20copies-b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZLyAXmNtYSFxgYSKZt3O6vps4pSvsvUDdjCSRhJ2n7xaBndLllIzER5g_yF8Tn9uVd2ZoxXozsJ03Chwc0qnhyuN0Xm48HAy-Rc_0cix076rRRyDjwIqCCWdhCG9PkTm8ZN3FuCBF3qETJZ0N8nffdgUdFjAmWFfczlN6lcvgaUzPdAWyzQ/w400-h400/troubled%20cities%202%20copies-b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-47917603394107305012024-01-03T08:17:00.004+00:002024-01-16T03:14:13.527+00:00My Book of Short Stories<p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Troubled Cities, my book of short stories and samples, will be published on January 12th. Here is the front cover and contents page. Paperback and ebook available to buy/order from Amazon & Apple Books worldwide, and bookshops in the UK & US. Amazon lets you pre-order the ebook, though not the paperback. <a href="https://bit.ly/48CYbjj">Amazon ebook</a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnvhPjtCcciE37NDn7U9vihvdQUKOIputRkR76dpbylQe__KBfu8oP2CDWpdABMuWPSN1IP67RI79qMHcmtH9KOhs9pKf4si8p8MvLSkyu6h-TSj_GY47Je-XlKHAgDOlUNMXy9xWLS4UVx71fz4IQYcpbEXNR2H4Jes0fqemw4NcZWbXPsY/s928/contents%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="928" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnvhPjtCcciE37NDn7U9vihvdQUKOIputRkR76dpbylQe__KBfu8oP2CDWpdABMuWPSN1IP67RI79qMHcmtH9KOhs9pKf4si8p8MvLSkyu6h-TSj_GY47Je-XlKHAgDOlUNMXy9xWLS4UVx71fz4IQYcpbEXNR2H4Jes0fqemw4NcZWbXPsY/w400-h328/contents%20cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><br /></span></span><p></p>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-75136920710893653672023-11-26T21:20:00.000+00:002023-11-26T21:20:08.690+00:00Troubled Cities - My Collection of Short Stories<p>Troubled Cities. I've been preparing this collection of short stories for some time and it's now imminent.</p><p>'There are many troubled people in these cities. Troubled werewolves and fairies too, jostling for space, arguing with their families, running from danger, or just wondering where their absent lovers might be. Comprising eight short stories, one short autobiographical piece and five extracts from my novels, Troubled Cities serves as both a collection of urban entertainment and an overview of my writing career.' </p><p>Cover by Simon Fraser</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguL-UkLo_1H6h9snKDOvzEQdXpg1EXueQEjJrcqux6_wCAMjB6ynzQs0q8JcKkeEZ8v4-OyUrnqZGrbXh0KOoZeLHSehXtLHD-9SmDU7ZL4qJR-9MdXblMxZCsm_D0zf2V0otnFvA5YEi95al06l1UpfT42YPdAxMkpjGGXp4CfrgL7g3cFE8/s3492/troubled-net.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2627" data-original-width="3492" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguL-UkLo_1H6h9snKDOvzEQdXpg1EXueQEjJrcqux6_wCAMjB6ynzQs0q8JcKkeEZ8v4-OyUrnqZGrbXh0KOoZeLHSehXtLHD-9SmDU7ZL4qJR-9MdXblMxZCsm_D0zf2V0otnFvA5YEi95al06l1UpfT42YPdAxMkpjGGXp4CfrgL7g3cFE8/w400-h301/troubled-net.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-14436293431916628072023-05-27T12:49:00.001+01:002023-05-27T12:49:49.604+01:00TikTok<p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I've been using TikTok, in an ageing author sort of way. I've made three simple videos, for my two Supercute Books, for Lonely Werewolf Girl, and for Suzy Led Zeppelin and Me. Despite my videos being completely overwhelmed and lost in the vast ocean of TikTok, I'm quite pleased at my efforts.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@martinmillarwriter">My TikTok videos are here.</a></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_c3DNEltSSdtaoQy66TRk8LmGRKOLJDjwTWNz0N5aICnR37uznRS4II2rC0r5ntI6V2CUzpFCUBnJjYdZ6-zZKAwfxHsJyVfIsoC4Jy8XkMb1BJppEUPHgB5cMjdFjavAqNMRUg6cpp7fh7fPW6M7J6OuFQdcqoPswjEzbcTUmcHTsfd/s6059/blog-tiktok.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3590" data-original-width="6059" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_c3DNEltSSdtaoQy66TRk8LmGRKOLJDjwTWNz0N5aICnR37uznRS4II2rC0r5ntI6V2CUzpFCUBnJjYdZ6-zZKAwfxHsJyVfIsoC4Jy8XkMb1BJppEUPHgB5cMjdFjavAqNMRUg6cpp7fh7fPW6M7J6OuFQdcqoPswjEzbcTUmcHTsfd/w400-h238/blog-tiktok.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-80314601523886642402023-04-28T13:18:00.002+01:002023-04-29T15:47:51.620+01:00Scenes From Author's Life<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>'Scenes From Author's Life.'</i> New book, an old translation, and work that was terrible but paid well. Plus Japanese alcohol. OK, this isn't holding together very well. Never mind, carry on. The books are Supercute Second Future, just published, a nice German translation of Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving from around 1996 and Tank Girl, novelisation of the Film from 1994. With a bottle of Sakura Sarasara which is cherry blossom liqueur. Writing the novelisation of the Tank Girl film was an awful job. By the time they'd sorted out the contracts I had ten days to do it. Really. Still, it was lucrative so I </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">wasn't complaining that much.</span><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBjH_514inlWkLT0cWa_xyV_qCM-P0uCytB8G-_zSAYDHw0V4_TMYqeazE9_7KA_VtBx63IbSTZy7KuCatUxfnyNcSS6JZz9HgbRQxT62kT8zgqMI30nA9tvjhYAS2peIAubnDBxS6cppJK4XQn6bOOYwLmRh8o05BKmb8gIsKg_2MTbD6" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBjH_514inlWkLT0cWa_xyV_qCM-P0uCytB8G-_zSAYDHw0V4_TMYqeazE9_7KA_VtBx63IbSTZy7KuCatUxfnyNcSS6JZz9HgbRQxT62kT8zgqMI30nA9tvjhYAS2peIAubnDBxS6cppJK4XQn6bOOYwLmRh8o05BKmb8gIsKg_2MTbD6=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-11902115850353811472023-02-10T00:49:00.000+00:002023-02-10T00:49:25.748+00:00Supercute World<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If things aren't going well, just disappear into Supercute World. Life is much happier there.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Supercute Futures: </span></span><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0349419345" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: verdana; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazon UK</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: verdana; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> : </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0349419345" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: verdana; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazon US</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: verdana; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> : </span><a href="https://books.apple.com/gb/book/supercute-futures/id1397388229" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: verdana; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple Books</a></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Supercute Second Future: </span></span><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BNTXFD97" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: verdana; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazon UK</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: verdana; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> : </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNTXFD97" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: verdana; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazon US</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: verdana; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> : </span><a href="https://apple.co/3h4l3TE" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: verdana; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple Books</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0Z8xS_PU9hnxHSRWKI_UvmhAifym6s3w9P6mtnycf_u2tyDj4VCAlr7YSxiquqCPSlOmDD5nK-9rMqb_fIlQnTNPILKv4vAEIQ4Rz0mbv6XlgRQ3yEqS-0tTm4kioMlV4583I6yCAwElBsNkdZ_bR6PGRhlqos8JFaPeQz9XHbDMO8Be/s2261/supercute-covers%20level.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2261" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0Z8xS_PU9hnxHSRWKI_UvmhAifym6s3w9P6mtnycf_u2tyDj4VCAlr7YSxiquqCPSlOmDD5nK-9rMqb_fIlQnTNPILKv4vAEIQ4Rz0mbv6XlgRQ3yEqS-0tTm4kioMlV4583I6yCAwElBsNkdZ_bR6PGRhlqos8JFaPeQz9XHbDMO8Be/w400-h309/supercute-covers%20level.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-76658227775082204692023-01-11T12:22:00.000+00:002023-01-11T12:22:16.851+00:00Supercute Second Future<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAT3EGTgW5yC7Ttdf353Lvf9gYC85wVvYhe2F7qU-OpnSH1eqz5E_1nlphobkIneYrROriOR-P0XrN8OPqK23Sls2Jw24fq9ofL3LzFxguS3gfTeN9tdHEzBkg_bgPEukhNAr13PiqS3KTc2qy8zMjLpYsFOuNd9UnMOGytmYqpcst4abu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="1625" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAT3EGTgW5yC7Ttdf353Lvf9gYC85wVvYhe2F7qU-OpnSH1eqz5E_1nlphobkIneYrROriOR-P0XrN8OPqK23Sls2Jw24fq9ofL3LzFxguS3gfTeN9tdHEzBkg_bgPEukhNAr13PiqS3KTc2qy8zMjLpYsFOuNd9UnMOGytmYqpcst4abu=w400-h347" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-37312147801508703832022-12-06T10:03:00.003+00:002022-12-06T10:04:28.285+00:00Supercute Second Future Now Published<span style="font-family: verdana;">My new book <b>Supercute Second Future</b> has now been published. This is the sequel to <b>Supercute Futures</b>.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Paperback </b>is here on <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BNTXFD97">Amazon UK</a> and here on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNTXFD97">Amazon US</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Ebook</b> is here on <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BNW4VVFX">Amazon UK</a> and here on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNW4VVFX">Amazon US</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjujRV0A-XRExZ8cbwWRN7vmZB-zw2fr361VpLeYdScdkHibJ83qkRVkf20hLWK-0In4L1w3pZPy_eajn5GAK_ZGtLJHz7SES1GA62d3uLCSAqYPm9qi4UMv13v9vQ4yrmlTuNFbhDvWpOo9vVhAr3E6M756ZbliDCumZBG4xRgrJh_R7pj/s2339/Supercute2-front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2339" data-original-width="1511" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjujRV0A-XRExZ8cbwWRN7vmZB-zw2fr361VpLeYdScdkHibJ83qkRVkf20hLWK-0In4L1w3pZPy_eajn5GAK_ZGtLJHz7SES1GA62d3uLCSAqYPm9qi4UMv13v9vQ4yrmlTuNFbhDvWpOo9vVhAr3E6M756ZbliDCumZBG4xRgrJh_R7pj/w259-h400/Supercute2-front.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-42880292308814338062022-10-25T08:12:00.000+01:002022-10-25T08:12:02.782+01:00Royal Literary Fund<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I recently received a grant from the <a href="https://www.rlf.org.uk">Royal Literary Fund</a>. I was very pleased about this. Like many other people, I've been struggling recently. Also, although my writing career has now spanned thirty-five years, it's probably the only time any British literary institution has acknowledged my existence. Major literary events are not clamouring for my participation. So I sort of felt validated by the award. I suppose I shouldn't need to feel validated but I did anyway. The Royal Literary Fund doesn't require you to make any grant they give you public knowledge but I'm mentioning it anyway because I'm grateful to them, and they were nice to deal with. Also, to let any struggling authors known that they're an institution who are worth applying to if you could use some help.</span></p>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-33682003799204082592022-08-31T08:12:00.000+01:002022-08-31T08:12:11.106+01:00Supercute Second Future<p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif2RsqD3jKlYw7FDDLRsqN2UD-nEeQViJQY8Su8bqhoZm0y_dTN5wP87v_1W01tnsAbPnp3-VK7I86R7-biUFdV-tYXtZ9BlYZqZMpvR4zaenjpsaU60W6qRAhgQbLlG_W6UXkhYqNqL0IdJRDWjetc0ihtDjc6WELc28ph5ZBXDQOlcHH" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2339" data-original-width="1511" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif2RsqD3jKlYw7FDDLRsqN2UD-nEeQViJQY8Su8bqhoZm0y_dTN5wP87v_1W01tnsAbPnp3-VK7I86R7-biUFdV-tYXtZ9BlYZqZMpvR4zaenjpsaU60W6qRAhgQbLlG_W6UXkhYqNqL0IdJRDWjetc0ihtDjc6WELc28ph5ZBXDQOlcHH=w258-h400" width="258" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Supercute Second Future</b>, sequel to my last book, <b>Supercute Futures</b>, will be published soon. Around a month from now.</span><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">'Mox and Mitsu, owners of Supercute, have millions of dedicated fans all over the world. Supercute has grown into one of the world's largest and most powerful conglomerates. They now own their own weapons company and their London headquarters is protected by an advanced array of drones and missiles. Despite this, they're in danger again. An international force of hostile consortiums, armed mercenaries and artificial intelligences is conspiring to bring them down. Mox and Mitsu would much rather concentrate on their cute clothes and toys but once more they're obliged to fight to survive in their ruined, flooded, irradiated future.'</span><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgB2794rsUIsBMd9NTAV-66p1aZxU7B88aczG0Uvounoc_kwppOC7dvF-qfYtKoIjzBFoGgIjWPWkwit0T_xzaHOcsixdwNVqV6Mi84LqLOtr-dek94Dexh_0BN8gfDfXe5zp-wFLBvlRiKugUWOsD009loDDDxp9PiUsinHWHwjz4qRGkG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2339" data-original-width="1486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgB2794rsUIsBMd9NTAV-66p1aZxU7B88aczG0Uvounoc_kwppOC7dvF-qfYtKoIjzBFoGgIjWPWkwit0T_xzaHOcsixdwNVqV6Mi84LqLOtr-dek94Dexh_0BN8gfDfXe5zp-wFLBvlRiKugUWOsD009loDDDxp9PiUsinHWHwjz4qRGkG=w253-h400" width="253" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><p></p></div></div>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-58269374958710878622022-07-21T17:27:00.000+01:002022-07-21T17:27:03.297+01:00Thraxas Meets His Enemies<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Thraxas Meets His Enemies, book 12 in the series, has been going well since publication a few months ago. Here are some good customer reviews from Amazon.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Bc8CgN2F1zc3fAzkvoS2itBLOudzw9Uy9Q6cpiRm4Ukdxks2_QIQ0Bkgb_bzqiGP2vCiz4kkt6ARACgpOw0Mq6tZXpy97kILLQFAsUBriVFB23rKkEwsA4X9u3Z6C6QYP5wsatxs239GL5l22OWR9rEL9DwqaYQDD4Z0gQj9q_Y3Sk-7/s595/thraxas%20reviews1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="595" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Bc8CgN2F1zc3fAzkvoS2itBLOudzw9Uy9Q6cpiRm4Ukdxks2_QIQ0Bkgb_bzqiGP2vCiz4kkt6ARACgpOw0Mq6tZXpy97kILLQFAsUBriVFB23rKkEwsA4X9u3Z6C6QYP5wsatxs239GL5l22OWR9rEL9DwqaYQDD4Z0gQj9q_Y3Sk-7/w400-h272/thraxas%20reviews1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnQTirGhMM9pL_CfPzn9O0SHRTLiDsMgHCeXB1MxXna8SArDhNy9Z_AGtlA-tLx6Oqxz0lbRQ6Xg3JwHs4aAUOZ_LLW2agHxwpaNalKQjq7Pv_pVnvsH7LRzfPJtRx-HekW-Upd5IEcOEBSwfPtuMnur26IoAepqun136v4UzuJy5n3F6/s595/thraxas%20reviews2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="595" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnQTirGhMM9pL_CfPzn9O0SHRTLiDsMgHCeXB1MxXna8SArDhNy9Z_AGtlA-tLx6Oqxz0lbRQ6Xg3JwHs4aAUOZ_LLW2agHxwpaNalKQjq7Pv_pVnvsH7LRzfPJtRx-HekW-Upd5IEcOEBSwfPtuMnur26IoAepqun136v4UzuJy5n3F6/w400-h244/thraxas%20reviews2.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-72562950164272200722022-07-04T10:58:00.000+01:002022-07-04T10:58:16.100+01:00Supercute Second Future<p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is the cover for Supercute Second Future, sequel to my last novel Supercute Futures, which will be published fairly soon. Drawn by </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/SiFraser?__cft__[0]=AZW6V-AEpz62Kfq6HpLN-w8I5brdiLJ2S8sqcCfPs-wzZULuqg_LODWfBFMaykPXakIF-MZW2Jw0D4hcnC-QujkscDXYu34gJjMm2lQLwMF2QfpV-N0c68ATyNvj1e4CjMHOq8cpbNOYO5Gnr86GL1BzoD-JhGOXbzuZ87PRIytHYw&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Simon Fraser</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> who, a long time ago, illustrated the Lux and Alby graphic novel.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGp41zJrU0vS5ly1pMEkUga8Pb0uAeAhvVFuUu4yGVYrKgXXy5B1w18ZNqaCD5_tFSG1_ciWYLIolKTCkEwKdAOjbFHEu1JwME3mkSEYwp-V7wx1CNU3ScN75eTpWo7NvTgP5QfX0QfzmPTjb-CADaNDmizlRaPnHfbsR1K4asYbw_rMP/s3638/Supercute2cover-mk2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2625" data-original-width="3638" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGp41zJrU0vS5ly1pMEkUga8Pb0uAeAhvVFuUu4yGVYrKgXXy5B1w18ZNqaCD5_tFSG1_ciWYLIolKTCkEwKdAOjbFHEu1JwME3mkSEYwp-V7wx1CNU3ScN75eTpWo7NvTgP5QfX0QfzmPTjb-CADaNDmizlRaPnHfbsR1K4asYbw_rMP/w400-h289/Supercute2cover-mk2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-16844782206998845382022-04-25T23:42:00.000+01:002022-04-25T23:42:14.080+01:00Thraxas Meets His Enemies – ebook now available<p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The ebook for Thraxas Meets His Enemies – Thraxas Book 12 – is now on sale, after a slight delay. Thraxas is back in his home city of Turai.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3LasYZj">Amazon UK</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/3kb092Y">Amazon US</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/3rJlpRW">Amazon DE</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://apple.co/3Kan49h">Apple Books</a> <a href="https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/thraxas-meets-his-enemies">Kobo</a> <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thraxas-meets-his-enemies-martin-scott/1141376076?ean=9781667841885">Nook</a></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihG5hr6zZVdTDFd9N89kmcJZLMkkha5l9mPB49AUjaDwbJusptQA8Z83Th05SmKx6kaFEvov4L7imXlrZVS1AoZlbiTu-s3T6USPX_VrKii5MoVIiMCkk95LYTwVSCqlRvtDJmwboEjcS_LjE0zH_l8_HyEQmT-8qHt4mSBJd1UdBAuisB/s2240/thraxas12%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2240" data-original-width="1400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihG5hr6zZVdTDFd9N89kmcJZLMkkha5l9mPB49AUjaDwbJusptQA8Z83Th05SmKx6kaFEvov4L7imXlrZVS1AoZlbiTu-s3T6USPX_VrKii5MoVIiMCkk95LYTwVSCqlRvtDJmwboEjcS_LjE0zH_l8_HyEQmT-8qHt4mSBJd1UdBAuisB/w250-h400/thraxas12%20cover.jpg" width="250" /></a></i></div><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><i><br /></i></i></p><i>'Sources at the Palace indicate that a very large sum of money in the form of gold bullion has disappeared from the Palace vaults. This was earmarked for the purchase of food and is a terrible loss to a city already on the brink of starvation. The whole affair smacks of corruption at the highest levels. Our revered War Leader Lisutaris, Mistress of the Sky, is of course beyond suspicion but the sad truth is she's surrounded by a coterie of very dubious characters including assassins, degenerate sorcerers, half-Orcish ruffians and several shady figures from the lower depths of Turanian society. Our readers will be amazed to learn that among these figures is Thraxas, about whom the Chronicle has had reason to warn the city before. As the food intended for our starving population disappears to the Simnian, Samsarinan and Niojan encampments, many curious glances will be cast towards the Mistress of the Sky, wondering why her most trusted companions all seem to be characters of the very lowest repute…</i>'<p></p><br /><p style="font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-24795909234301598582022-04-21T17:44:00.001+01:002022-04-21T17:44:57.951+01:00Thraxas Book 12 Ebook – Slight Delay<div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some delay in the ebook of <i>Thraxas Meets His Enemies</i>, due to an error in the supplier's copy. They've corrected that now and it should be arriving at ebook sellers in the next few days. Meanwhile here are some notes on Thraxas.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">1) I should have planned more before I started. My total thought process before writing the first Thraxas book was 'How about having a detective in some sort of Tolkien-like world?' That was my entire planning. I really should have thought about it more.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">2) At first I imagined the books as more noir. I have enjoyed Raymond Chandler. That didn't last long, probably because Thraxas and Makri became quite funny together.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">3) <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="nc684nl6" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;">Madeline Rae Mason</span></span>, photographer and model, is the model on all the covers, and went above and beyond in her efforts. The work she put in to make herself look like that and take the pics was worth more than I paid her. Thanks Madeline.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">3) Thraxas is now surrounded by women, in an odd, unplanned way. Many of them giving him a hard time. Makri, savage fighter and companion, Lisutaris, most powerful sorcerer, Tanrose, valued provider of pies, Hanama, cold-hearted assassin, Tirini, fashionable sorcerer, Anumaris, eager young sorcerer, Droo, enthusiastic young Elf, and Deeziz, orcish enemy sorcerer. Even Dandelions, dolphin-friend and barmaid. He seems to have only one male friend, Gurd. I don't know why this happened.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">4) Thraxas shares his impressive girth with Falstaff, and his appetites for food, drink and bragging. Importantly, however, Thraxas is brave. The underdog detective does not run away from a fight, and neither does Thraxas.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">5) Orbit Publisher. They supported Thraxas for the first eight books before pulling out. Not so bad, I suppose, though they were never any good at promoting them.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXTwzRF4bvqYZbATOVouCVHMObMpFkqDfkQH2s1ZMtzBy1z9kfHEQjouwNFrvlxu-MMjcGPakamUtEC_uDVFT1EA3hqpmwkLd_aoMK1kjz6W8fHiDyhIunB6QZDpAjPIybtZO3sKRFuQg5xPLQOu1yPW2vzYSlO79I_qf6e-csrJxDU9g/s2048/thraxas%209-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1197" data-original-width="2048" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXTwzRF4bvqYZbATOVouCVHMObMpFkqDfkQH2s1ZMtzBy1z9kfHEQjouwNFrvlxu-MMjcGPakamUtEC_uDVFT1EA3hqpmwkLd_aoMK1kjz6W8fHiDyhIunB6QZDpAjPIybtZO3sKRFuQg5xPLQOu1yPW2vzYSlO79I_qf6e-csrJxDU9g/w400-h234/thraxas%209-12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-31061309551838658482022-04-02T21:55:00.000+01:002022-04-02T21:55:14.148+01:00Thraxas Book 12 – Thraxas Meets His Enemies<span style="font-size: medium;">Thraxas Book 12 – Thraxas Meets His Enemies – has now been published as a paperback. You can order it from Amazon and also from bookshops in the UK and US. The ebook will be available in about a week. ISBN 979-8421592259</span><div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3LB1Xy9">Amazon UK</a> –– <a href="https://amzn.to/3qWhznM">Amazon US</a> </span></div><div><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEHtiMD_x2CVJ-_xKVVyremPYg9LzC6WUT8w_98f6ECZClnKiDLgQJZqnSmhQcp54SHStHq25nu-r8ENkoxMBikGCdvpQaSGbTik0S5yZUAactFD8LITPcMa-603f5-QlVjZUI9RvnKF6pR-vzKy4GOm75m59nXbT9YTx0FTz6KygZGBuX" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="2629" data-original-width="3517" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEHtiMD_x2CVJ-_xKVVyremPYg9LzC6WUT8w_98f6ECZClnKiDLgQJZqnSmhQcp54SHStHq25nu-r8ENkoxMBikGCdvpQaSGbTik0S5yZUAactFD8LITPcMa-603f5-QlVjZUI9RvnKF6pR-vzKy4GOm75m59nXbT9YTx0FTz6KygZGBuX=w400-h299" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">'Sources at the Palace indicate that a very large sum of money in the form of gold bullion has disappeared from the Palace vaults. This was earmarked for the purchase of food and is a terrible loss to a city already on the brink of starvation. The whole affair smacks of corruption at the highest levels. Our revered War Leader Lisutaris, Mistress of the Sky, is of course beyond suspicion but the sad truth is she's surrounded by a coterie of very dubious characters including assassins, degenerate sorcerers, half-Orcish ruffians and several shady figures from the lower depths of Turanian society. Our readers will be amazed to learn that among these figures is Thraxas, about whom the Chronicle has had reason to warn the city before. As the food intended for our starving population disappears to the Simnian, Samsarinan and Niojan encampments, many curious glances will be cast towards the Mistress of the Sky, wondering why her most trusted companions all seem to be characters of the very lowest repute…'</span></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-5598427088155445302021-12-06T17:08:00.001+00:002021-12-06T18:25:37.041+00:00Thraxas Book 12<p><span style="font-size: medium;">It's taken me longer than intended to write Thraxas book 12. I think the Covid crisis interfered with and delayed everything I've been doing. Still, I've finished a decent draft and am now revising it. I hope it will be published around March/April 2022.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOzQba66tSYZLQ6rKItyr-UpnJX-a-0GOE26AOB_37uMZ43jIhT1QG6ic5-R_tfuKmfKpzsxSU0vIhewDYhmSys5HqDXPOOdT4_WypqsfM7CiDm45J-HjUD4zuQMH2jNNoBDR9njkyw5wlFmRateRbfw2H82uv2omqgNWQc-UBz8r0wzGB=s1707" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1707" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOzQba66tSYZLQ6rKItyr-UpnJX-a-0GOE26AOB_37uMZ43jIhT1QG6ic5-R_tfuKmfKpzsxSU0vIhewDYhmSys5HqDXPOOdT4_WypqsfM7CiDm45J-HjUD4zuQMH2jNNoBDR9njkyw5wlFmRateRbfw2H82uv2omqgNWQc-UBz8r0wzGB=w400-h309" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-30329007490637259952021-11-12T19:57:00.001+00:002021-11-12T19:57:39.792+00:00Suzy, led Zeppelin and Me<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> My novel Suzy, led Zeppelin and Me, 2002, reprinted in 2019.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Vn3EJ4">Amazon</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">'You know Manx, if anyone had said to me when I was at school 'Led Zeppelin are terrible, you should listen to Elvis Presley instead', I would have mocked them. So I'd never try and tell anyone that Led Zeppelin were better than their favourite band of the moment. You can't go around listening to music that your parents liked. Anyway, I like to hear new music myself. But I must admit there have been times when I've been watching some bunch of fumbling indie kids droning on about nothing very much on stage when I'd have been pleased if a huge time warp had opened up and the mighty Led Zeppelin had marched into the auditorium.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">'That's what a fucking guitar is meant to sound like,' I'd say, and dare anyone to contradict me.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwG9K2fiAWiedsVBOc57NuMHuWwWS-d6dHFUwyyxpfYAH0QDfJsEf5CdhKgdnxvfJ3a0SMrIVTbmKoV8TPbvTROnVpQVaaaOGVYu8RRq_6mYGVeaX0YDjWs5iVUA4keGY40bD5/s2048/slz-export2+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1322" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwG9K2fiAWiedsVBOc57NuMHuWwWS-d6dHFUwyyxpfYAH0QDfJsEf5CdhKgdnxvfJ3a0SMrIVTbmKoV8TPbvTROnVpQVaaaOGVYu8RRq_6mYGVeaX0YDjWs5iVUA4keGY40bD5/w259-h400/slz-export2+copy.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div><br /></div>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-48470488160335421472021-10-11T00:29:00.000+01:002021-10-11T00:29:21.562+01:00Simulation Bleed, Collected Serial<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Simulation Bleed. My published version of a serial I wrote on my website. Recently corrected of various typos, my arch nemesis. </span></span></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When writing this serial I had several topics in mind. Things from my life that I wanted to write about but not in an autobiographical way. Memories, some good, some nagging. Good memories about all the gigs I saw, late 70s and into the 80s, punk and post-punk. And not so good memories about therapy on the NHS, sitting in some uncomfortable classroom with a therapist whom I knew was never going to help me with my agoraphobia.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">So I folded these memories all into the story, not making it about myself. I took inspiration for this from Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5, in which Vonnegut dealt with his experiences during the firebombing of Dresden by writing about it in a rather oblique manner. Admittedly that was a far weightier topic than my experiences at punk gigs but still, I did take inspiration from that book. And then I added fairies, which does seem to happen in my writing quite a lot.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Paperback and ebook –– <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08F6R3T7C">Amazon UK</a> – <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08F6R3T7C">Amazon US</a></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8FjVmmw_ikKD-nsXEOAAY3GORSm2iMDdFAJQCVwIP5WNhdUb_k0rg8CFD8o5oSOwIoTa6yxXBQIkhKP3aBh39VeNNQOzCuKQzwbaIKrh0s0t6Oj4BmFDrvPDEymfJlWy5W9S/s2048/sb-1400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8FjVmmw_ikKD-nsXEOAAY3GORSm2iMDdFAJQCVwIP5WNhdUb_k0rg8CFD8o5oSOwIoTa6yxXBQIkhKP3aBh39VeNNQOzCuKQzwbaIKrh0s0t6Oj4BmFDrvPDEymfJlWy5W9S/w250-h400/sb-1400.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-52115959114261129962021-02-12T17:40:00.003+00:002021-02-12T17:40:43.121+00:00<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">First edition of my first book, Milk, Sulphate and Alby Starvation, from 1987. This copy's looking very worn now. I wrote it on an old orange Olivetti portable typewriter with a broken carriage return. After typing each full line, I had to manually push the carriage back to the left side of the page. It took me four and a half weeks to write the book and it was never revised much after that. It was the third novel I'd completed but the first one that was any good. I posted it off to a literary agent I picked at random from the Writer's and Artist's yearbook and surprisingly she accepted it right away. However, it took her three and a half years to find a publisher. I never liked the cover very much but I was so pleased to be published I didn't care at the time.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDhk9fZu9oHHE6UQrLxrX3hkfP2H-Lvfbxzf0aY7CTY7yrcmm0P_WXR_rkrA119gjxnl4jgWvZXgPdEDJDJ2s734AocHC46sjnyH-wFGiyHyUSSCPibqcAuMLubNIBeeOPxAN/s526/alby01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDhk9fZu9oHHE6UQrLxrX3hkfP2H-Lvfbxzf0aY7CTY7yrcmm0P_WXR_rkrA119gjxnl4jgWvZXgPdEDJDJ2s734AocHC46sjnyH-wFGiyHyUSSCPibqcAuMLubNIBeeOPxAN/w400-h400/alby01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-65575990755810716242020-09-08T04:44:00.000+01:002020-09-08T04:44:09.181+01:00Introduction to my new edition of Simulation Bleed<div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I wrote Simulation Bleed as a weekly serial on my website. There were three parts made up of 211 short chapters. I always enjoyed writing it. I'm fond of the main characters: Rainith, Mixt and Nakishdan. Rainith the Red is a particularly bad-tempered and anti-social fairy. Mixt and Nakishdan are two people with many problems who'd much rather be left alone to play video games. None of them are suited to working as government agents. But it happens, and they're stuck with it.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Because it's a serial, it is slightly rambling. I couldn't say it was tightly plotted. Several threads are not pursued and some occurrences are not resolved. However, I did resolve the main events, and as the story involved various timelines, I could claim that any sub-plot that wasn't resolved simply disappeared when history was changed.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When I started Simulation Bleed I planned to write about things I knew about. Firstly, early punk gigs in London. I went to a lot of these, and most of the gigs in the serial are based on concerts I was at. I've seen most of the bands whose records are mentioned. The video game that Nakishdan and Mixt play in the book is mostly based on Mass Effect. I played that trilogy a lot, with great enjoyment. As it turned out, there's a lot of therapy in Simulation Bleed as well. That's not what I'd call a favourite topic of mine but I do know quite a lot about it, from experience.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Several elements of the book such as the gaming, and Nakishdan's liking for all things kawaii, did go on to feature more in the next novel I wrote, Supercute Futures. That's fine, I find both topics very interesting. Despite the occasional loose ends, and some small overlap with a later novel, I haven't revised the serial, preferring to publish it as it was originally written. 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I've just brought my graphic novel back into print. I wrote it in 1991 and the artist was <a href="http://www.simonfraser.net/">Simon Fraser</a>. It originally appeared as nine comics, published by Richard Hansom at the Acme comics shop in Brixton. In 1999 it emerged as a graphic novel, published by Pater Pavement's Slab-O-Concrete Press. That was a good edition but it's been out of print for a long time. So here it is again. It's set partly in Brixton in South London, where I used to live, and partly in the realms of the protectors of Nirvana.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">'When Lux the Poet and Alby Starvation, notably poor South London inhabitants, find themselves sharing a house, tensions arise. Not only that, the fabric of the universe starts to crumble. The arrival of Ruby, with her plans for total domination of the squatting group, leads them into a fantastic (and upsetting) adventure, featuring powerful Goddesses, unhappy plants, sad rocks, a lot of kissing, and a full scale assault on Nirvana. Can Alby rescue his precious comics? Will Lux mange to charm his way to another benefit check? Will the rocks, plants and fairies ever smile again? Find out in Lux and Alby Sign on and Save the Universe.'</span></div>
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Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-50478679615471350472019-04-27T11:48:00.000+01:002019-05-01T09:04:09.249+01:00Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me. My schooldays in Glasgow, and the mighty Led Zeppelin are coming to play. I always liked this book but it had an unfortunate history. Shorty after it was published, the publisher went out of business. The book disappeared almost as soon as it arrived. Soft Skull did do a decent American edition, but the book has been out of print in Britain for a long time. I've now brought it back into print myself. While preparing the book, I read through it with some trepidation, as I always would with any of my old books, wondering how much I'd hate it, and how often I'd be shaking my head muttering 'What was I thinking when I wrote this?' But that didn't happen too often and I still liked it, which was a relief. - <a href="https://amzn.to/2Vn3EJ4">https://amzn.to/2Vn3EJ4</a></span><br />
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<br />Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-42330502817988429542019-03-05T16:48:00.000+00:002019-03-05T16:48:14.307+00:00Supercute Quiz<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">On my publisher <a href="https://www.facebook.com/piatkusfiction/posts/2565355250173115?__xts__[0]=68.ARALHp_kAAQ28TU3U5vGr9rZ6fGjO4gQDCWsq-CIxb25bGk1cKrCIOSrdoJPGD8cbh-gY_7Wiw3gNE4qEK-bV5wSJc0iSMBatmngHK7MJVDWL0f8nQmfjmJdA1CR2octEtVQaLBikJy_6hWiZNXhFfjKoMvcRh_zd4IN4C8tX04OphPFbW1digDofPL-8Hdns1kC67AzAJCE9tdT1lTv_SqDVqZDuPOAnw5m4f38fp_9GrMKgX7Cn-NiVbhIbNUJ82Rn3hBMs0jKUqxdgwj8YVh9W2xtJWeUfB5NZbaTd_5Mc5Kj7Tg9G-PFqYyv5d5D5q-pkqmKBmfXuMDlwkIUtJBVFw&__tn__=-R">Piatkus's Facebook page</a> there's </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">an entertaining <a href="https://apps.facebook.com/fb-quizzes/how-super-cute-are-you?fbclid=IwAR0kn5dOqKqAURBTyX7peVrMBGXznWcNAsFdT1zcjkR_h4yPagw1cH1eUq0&utm_campaign=social&utm_content=&utm_medium=Piatkus%20Fiction&utm_source=facebook">Supercute quiz!</a> How Supercute are you?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Supercute Futures was published a few months ago in Britain. The print edition is due to come out in the USA in August. The ebook is already available there.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "ubuntu" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Martin Millarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179655815733439004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35151686.post-64640965174306109462019-01-31T05:33:00.002+00:002019-02-01T16:31:03.669+00:00Anime, Manga and Supercute Futures<div style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
Anything I'm enthusiastic about often ends up influencing my writing. Sometimes that's unintentional. Sometimes it's not. The impact of anime and manga on my new novel Supercute Futures was quite deliberate. I've enjoyed anime and manga for a long time so I thought I'd attempt to write something like that. Or, at least, something that reflected the pleasure I've received from these genres. That's how Supercute Futures came about. I'm not copying anyone else's plot or characters, but I was entering the same sort of universe.</div>
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Wondering about my own influences, I made a quick list of anime/manga I've most enjoyed. Off the top of my head that would be something like -</div>
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Claymore<br />
Ghost in the Shell<br />
Cowboy Bebop<br />
Psychopass<br />
Shakugan no Shana<br />
Lucky Star<br />
Blame<br />
Bleach<br />
K-On<br />
Fairy Tale<br />
Evangelion</div>
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That list misses out a lot of popular favourites, though it's not a list of obscurities. These are well-known titles. I'm far from being an expert on the subject, hunting out hidden gems. How each individual title might have influenced me is difficult to say. The heroines of Supercute Futures, Mox and Mitsu, do have happy childhood memories of playing at Claymore, running around in a garden with big cardboard swords, but there's no swordplay in the scientific world of Supercute. There's a lot of swordplay in Shakugan no Shana and Bleach too but it wasn't an avenue I wanted to explore. (Although in a previous book, Lonely Werewolf Girl, Vex is a Shakugan no Shana fan, and I have eaten melonpan because of that manga.) I suppose Ghost in the Shell was more of a direct influence, with its comprehensive take on cyberpunk. I've enjoyed Ghost in the Shell in all its incarnations - the original films, Stand Alone Complex, 2nd Gig, Arise. Even the Hollywood version was a decent attempt although, being Hollywood, it wasn't as intelligent as the Japanese originals.</div>
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I like cyberpunk anime though I haven't found anything to compare to GITS. Psychopass was enjoyable, anyway. I've thought a lot about the gigantic world of Blame, with its net terminal genes, and all the characters who appear briefly, never to be seen again. (What happened to Toha Heavy Industries? And should a man my age buy a Toha Heavy Industries t-shirt?) I've watched Cowboy Bebop many times. I love its populated, terraformed solar system and its a great story with great characters. Fantastic music too, from Yoko Kanno. I don't know if I'm looking forward to the live action version because they might well mess it up, but who knows, maybe they'll surprise me.</div>
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Another favourite is Lucky Star, which made me laugh. Though that was a four panel, or 4-koma manga, it translated well into longer anime episodes. Now I'm wondering how I could incorporate that 4-koma format into a novel. And then there's things like K-On. I don't really see that filtering through into my books, though the girls who meet their friends in virtual space in Supercute Futures might carry some echoes of Ho-kago Tea Time. (And I do have a K-On t-shirt) Recently I've watched anime by subscribing to Crunchyroll, and sometimes on Netflix, and I've bought anime and manga over the years because I like to support the artists whose work I've enjoyed, and who've influenced me.<br />
<a href="https://amzn.to/2NUM7Av">Amazon uk </a>--- <a href="https://amzn.to/2wUUdSY">Amazon com</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Thraxas of Turai is the eleventh book in the series. Thraxas, perhaps the doughtiest warrior ever born within that city's walls, (as he describes himself) is almost home. The army led by Lisutaris reaches Turai, ready to retake their city. Thraxas begins the book in some trouble, having been flung in the stockade following a disreputable brawl, but will soon be back in action, investigating a politically awkward murder while making ready for battle. At his side is Makri, whose mathematical skills are called upon for some complicated sorcerous calculations designed to bring down the walls. There are dragons in the sky, hostile forces ahead, and, worst of all as far as Thraxas is concerned, a general beer shortage. When this is all over, Thraxas intends to spend the rest of his days sitting comfortably in his favourite tavern. But first, he has a city to retake.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: white;">ISBN 978-1792849992</span></div>
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