Book Reviews & Writing News

Please note: I am not currently open to book review requests with the possible exception of authors or publishers I already know. I’m sorry this may come as a disappointment, and I really want to support the indie writing community as much as I can but at the moment taking requests is beyond my capacity as a reader. However, I can say with my whole chest that if you have used generative AI in any capacity in the production or promotion of your “book”, your request would certainly be denied. Especially if you use AI to write the request (seriously wtf is wrong with you?)

Alan Dell 6/15/24 Alan Dell 6/15/24

Meet the Characters: The Shadow of Arcadia

Meet the characters of the upcoming second novel in the Augment Saga, The Shadow of Arcadia. Captain James Fowler: James has been a test pilot for the International Space Administration for the last two decades under the command of Captain Austin Queen, flying the IXS-17 Aurora: an experimental spaceplane containing the first faster-than-light engine known as the Austinium Drive...

Alan Dell 9/21/21 Alan Dell 9/21/21

Meet the Characters #7: Angela Marie-Stewart

Angela works as a secretary at a solicitor’s firm in London, but her true passion is for poetry. She studied English Literature at university where she was also a member of her campus table-top RPG society…

Alan Dell 5/25/21 Alan Dell 5/25/21

Meet the Characters #6: The Re-Emergence

With only a week to go until the release of my debut science-fiction novella, The Re-Emergence, I thought the time was right for a Meet the Characters post all about the characters in the book.

Alan Dell 5/1/21 Alan Dell 5/1/21

Meet the Characters #5: Major Zhu O-Huang

Major Zhu is a minor character in From the Grave of the Gods, and pilot of the Magnum Opus.

Alan Dell 4/1/21 Alan Dell 4/1/21

Meet the Characters #4: Mission Specialist Grant Oliveras

As the Mission Specialist aboard the Magnum Opus, Grant had been at a little bit of a loss during the ship’s seven month journey to Mars…

Alan Dell 3/1/21 Alan Dell 3/1/21

Meet the Characters #3: Cosmonaut Yula Merkulova

Yula is the imaging specialist aboard the Magnum Opus. Her role in the mission to Mars is to operate the ship’s imaging systems, taking photos of the…

Alan Dell 2/1/21 Alan Dell 2/1/21

Meet the Characters #2: Captain Austin Queen

The Mission Commander of the Magnum Opus expedition to Mars, NASA astronaut, Captain Austin Queen is the very picture of an all-American hero…

Alan Dell 1/1/21 Alan Dell 1/1/21

Meet the Characters #1: Commander James Fowler

James is an astronaut; the First Officer aboard the Magnum Opus, humanity’s largest—and only—interplanetary spacecraft on the very first crewed mission to Mars. He’s living the dream…

Alan Dell 12/30/20 Alan Dell 12/30/20

Blog Series: Meet the Characters

The Meet the Characters series will introduce you to the main and major characters in From the Grave of the Gods, and give you a little insight into their personalities and roles without getting into spoiler territory.