Free fiction

From 9th July through 13th, my short story, John and Lee, Down by the G'star, will be free for Amazon Kindle.

Don't miss your chance topick a copy up.

Finally on Kindle Countdown

It took a while, but Unbound Brothers is on Kindle Coutdown for the rest of this week.

Don't miss your chance to pick up a copy at a reduced rate, before it goes back up to full price.

Great reviews, great reading at a great price.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IA4V8YA

FREE short story

For those of you that fancy a free read my short story, 'Silver', is available free 27th march through 29th.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IZLK93O

Jo Hall, author of 'The Art of Forgetting' said, 'Highlights...[are] stories that are more clearly fantasy, notably “Silver” by Robert Rowntree. In “Silver”, a young woman unwittingly unleashes an ancient plague, and the twist at the end is startling, brilliant, and a real “should have seen it coming” moment.'

Grab a copy while you can.

Space Elevatos - don't pack your bags just yet...

Space Elevators have been a dream of SF enthusiasts and the space industry for quite a while and this article has sums up-to-date thinking on the subject.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/176625-60000-miles-up-geostationary-space-elevator-could-be-built-by-2035-says-new-study




I think that the materials will certainly be available. The article points out that many big business and governments would be more than willing to fund such a project, and I agree there too. 

But when you look at the world's pettiness, the constant political arguements, small wars and jealously protected borders, I don't see how we could ever reach a consensus that would allow the world to build such a wonder full mega-project.

Mores the pity. Because somewhere down the road, we (that's all of us) are going to need this.

Talking of novels...

My first novel is on sale for Christmas at just $0.99 and £0.77 respectively.

It continues to get great reviews and will make an ideal stocking filler for the SF lover in your life.  Let them see what all the fuss is about.

On sale at this price until 14/12/2013. (PS. If you are quick you might find that Amazon have reduced it further in one of their mad sales promotions.)

A funny thing happened on the way to my next novel...

So, I'm writing my next novel, Refugium. It's going well and at 12k I'm feeling pretty good, then I hit a bump, not a just a bump, but a bang and it derails me.  What to do?

You'll here authors tell you that you should work through problems, write past the awkward section and it will come together, not necessarily then, but later in rewrites, editing as so on. It's a sound plan that I'd go along with, but something was niggling away at the back of my mind. I'd try something different.

So, here I am, 20 thousand words into another project, The Narrows.  It's a multi-genre novel, blending fantasy, Sf and steampunk. A quest, artificlial worlds and galactic revelations.  And it's coming along better than I'd expected.

I've not lost Refugium. It's still waiting patiently for me to return and perhaps one day I will.  For now though, The Narrows has my full attention until it's finished. Hopefully around September 2014, when I'll start work-shopping it before submitting to major publishers.

I'll post some content later, as the project gains momentum.