Coffee Has Never Been More Important

On August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 By Dan HarrisIn RandomLeave a comment

12.25am – Dan goes to bed.

4.40am – Alarm goes off. Amisha gets up.

5.00am – Amisha leaves for airport.

5.36am – Phone rings. Amisha has forgotten her passport.

5.45am – Dan in cab.

5.59am – Dan arrives at airport, hands over passport.

6.04am – Dan in cab.

6.17am – Dan back in bed.

8.30am – Alarm goes off. Dan gets up for work.

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Achievement Unlocked: Submit Novel to Pro Editor

On August 22, 2012October 24, 2012 By Dan HarrisIn Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Self-Publishing, Writing3 Comments

One last read through.

Okay, one more.

Just one more.

“Dan, you have to actually send it at some point. You know that, right?”

Quiet, subconscious. I’m reading.

Deep breath.

Send.

The Difference Between Writers and…

On August 20, 2012 By Dan HarrisIn Writing3 Comments

Brilliant. (Thanks, Poorly Drawn Lines!)

The Bonfire of the Straw Men

On August 20, 2012August 20, 2012 By Dan HarrisIn Self-Publishing, WritingLeave a comment

I missed this post when it came out on the 6th as we were on holiday, but it’s more solid argument from David refuting the ‘self-pub is dying/non-viable/killing writing’ noise that keeps popping up.

Kim Stanley Robinson’s 2312

On August 20, 2012 By Dan HarrisIn Reading, Sci-Fi and FantasyLeave a comment

This is definitely on my to-read list, even though near-future SF always makes me feel slightly wistful and sad that I’ll be dead before the end of the 21st century.

“In this way, 2312 is able to be more than just a simple story. It’s a future history, a dream of all the complicated ways we might muddle through as a species, spreading out into space without ever really fixing all the old problems that have nearly extinguished us again and again.”

Review is at io9 here.

‘Science: Dogs Can Shake 70% of the Water from Their Fur in 4 Seconds, Here’s How’

On August 16, 2012August 23, 2012 By Dan HarrisIn RandomLeave a comment

Weirdly fascinating article. You know how dogs have really loose skin? The Atlantic explains why!

I’m going to start prefixing all of my posts with ‘Science:’.

Guess Who’s Back-back-back. Back Again-gain-gain.

On August 14, 2012August 14, 2012 By Dan HarrisIn Sci-Fi and Fantasy, WritingLeave a comment

Hi, everybody!

(“Hi, Dr. Nick!“)

So I’m back. Successfully married, finger be-ringed, and lovely fiancee has seamlessly morphed into lovely wife. And after a week in scorching 35C/100F degree sunshine on our honeymoon, I am… slightly tanned!

(Nothing makes me more obviously Welsh than my skin. We… we don’t tan. As a race.)

Tanned — Me, after a sunny two-week holiday, as tanned as I ever am. Note the skin-tone now matches a normal Caucasian male.

What does this mean? Well, it means we’re on the home straight to the release of my first novel, the book I’ve been rambling about for months, ASCENSION POINT. And – like Usain Bolt crushing the anchor leg of the 4x100m relay to complete his double-triple goldmedalathon – I’m going to make it a good one.