Friday 20th March 2026
So, was browsing a friend's Facebook page the other day and realised he had shared my Facebook page with a review back in summer which I completely missed! So, just to show that I do appreciate every review, here it is, only seven months late!!!
If you've read White Hole Volume One: The Corwin - love it or hate it - I would really like to know your thoughts.
If you haven't read it yet ... well, check out the link below!
Friday 13th March 2026
So was about halfway through Chapter 10 of "Stromheld" yesterday when I realised that, at some point, the first-person present tense I had been using ("I walk", "I run", "I jump" - see "Jeffrey's Mood Swing" in "The Corwin") had changed to first-person past tense ("I walked", "I ran", "I jumped" - see "One Small Step" in "The Corwin"). Whoops! Cue an embarrasing few minutes going back over the chapter and changing the tense. Despite the books in "White Hole" using different tenses* this is the first time this has happened to me (in memory). Will try not to let it occur again.
*Hmm ... why did I choose to vary the tense I use throughout "White Hole"? Maybe I'll talk more about that next week!
Friday 6th March 2026
Finally finished the redraft of "The Scientist Cometh". Now to focus entirely upon "Stromheld".
Friday 20th February 2026
Still working mainly on the redraft of "The Scientist Cometh" and the first draft of "Stromheld" in between. Writing something for the first time is, in my opinion, much more enjoyable than going over everything with a fine-toothed comb to find out how asleep I was when I wrote it the first time, so very much looking forward to finishing the redraft so that I can focus on "Stromheld" full-time, and maybe give you more of an update than "Still doing that thing I was doing five weeks ago!"
Friday 13th February 2026
Re-read "The Scientist Cometh" up to the end of Chapter 3 so far (sorry, but the prologue is LONG!). Not many changes needed so far, just the occasional "Wait, didn't he already know that?" or "What the heck did I mean by that?" as well as some inconsistency on whether or not it rains on the planet Mann. But otherwise hoping this won't involve too much work and I can dedicate myself fully to "Stromheld" very soon.
Friday 6th February 2026
... and another thing, what is a Kilonite?
It's a unit of measurement.
Great ... but what IS it exactly??
Page 139 of "White Hole Volume One: The Corwin" states that as Max was running towards the door of the Corwin's bridge to warn Rei about Jeffrey's rampage, the door came into sight and was about "five kilonites away". Given the ensuing action, such as Max clearly seeing Sarah emerge from the door, and Jeffrey being able to throw pipes at her from behind Max (he had enhanced strength but not that much) we can assume a kilonite is comparable to (but not neccessarily equal to) a metre.
Except, on page 212 when Martin is fleeing from the Galactic Hand, his A-Transporter tells him that the Corwin will pass "about six kilonites to Martin's Ren in an estimated minute and a half". Given the journey Martin has to make, this suggests a kilonite is somewhat longer than a metre, perhaps more comparable to a couple of yards.
This is further complicated by a reference to miles on page 255. No, kilonites are not mentioned in the glossary either, so don't even look there!
Now, I don't know exactly what a kilonite is. Its science-fantasy mumbo-jumbo to make the world of White Hole feel more alien. However, for "White Hole Volume One: The Corwin - Second Edition" I have decided to make the references to kilonites more consistent.
So, for your education, I present the measurement system of White Hole:
Kilonite - used to measure distance in space in relation to the surface of a planet (used on page 212 and 255)
Emanite - a smaller unit of measurement used for short distances (replaces reference to kilonites on page 139)
Meganite - Roughly equivelent to 1000 emanites.
Miles - Don't exist! Forget them!
I hope this has been enlightening. Yes, these units will be added to the glossary for the Second Edition, so you can read all about them as many times as you want without resorting to the internet!
Happy Friday!!!
Friday 30th January 2026
Another great review. Always appreciate these, even if they're bad.
Read "White Hole Volume One: The Corwin" but not left a review? Follow the link below. I'd love you forever!
Friday 23rd January 2026
Plot holes happen to the best of us, and unfortunately I am no exception.
For example, some of you may have noticed that on page 9 of "White Hole Volume One: The Corwin" it states that the Crosser took 3 months to get from Midan to Earth. Meanwhile, on page 152, it states that the Corwin only took 1 month to make the same journey in reverse. Neither ship is implied to make any major stops, so what gives? Is the Corwin that much faster than the Crosser? Is there some weird hyper-spacey type thing going on? Have I not got my own internal logic straight?
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Did anyone not say the third one?
This is an example of the sort of thing that will be changed in "White Hole Volume One: The Corwin - Second Edition". For reasons, I've decided that it takes 1 month of travel at lightspeed to get from Earth to Midan, or vice versa, so that reference to the Crosser's travel time on page 9 will be altered. Nothing world-breaking, but still worth doing for the sake of suspension of disbelief.
Friday 16th January 2026
Have started work on "White Hole Volume One: The Corwin - Second Edition". Don't worry, this isn't a new version of "The Corwin", there will be no new scenes or character changes (so no reason to buy a new copy if you already own one ... though you can if you want!!!). Essentially, we're talking about adding a few commas that were missed last time, changing a few awkwardly worded sentences, and making sure that my use of "Kilonites" is consistent, even if I don't actually explain what they are!!!
There will be another change too, but I'll talk about that nearer the time.
Friday 9th January 2026
After a Christmas break and a full on first week back at work, I plan to continue working on "Stromheld" this weekend ... hopefully over a Costa Coffee!