Indie Lit Con, Manchester, 15th August
I am so looking forward to attending the Indie Lit Con in Manchester and we are now just a month away from this fabulous event.
These book festivals around the country are a fantastic opportunity for authors like myself to network with our fellow writers but more importantly to meet our lovely readers. Attending both Shimmer and Queer Lit Southwest last month, I was really impressed by the quality of our readers theses days and how ready they were to engage with authors about their books. Of course for authors like myself, any excuse to talk about our books is a joy! Why not come and join us in Manchester and meet dozens of great authors.
Ursa Major - Fact or Fiction
My new novel Ursa Major probably falls into that category of fiction known as docufiction since the background story of the Rosetta spacecraft and the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenco is entirely real and factual, as are all the dates mentioned. The satellite emerged from hibernation just as described in the story on 20th January 2014 and from then on the story unfolds over the same two year period that the mission did in real life. All the numerical information such as speeds and distances are real as are the activities carried out by the satellite and it’s wayward lander Philae. The European Space Agency website was an invaluable source of information while I was researching the story and for anyone wanting to learn more about the mission, the spacecraft or the comet itself, ESA is the place to go.