jahauthor.bsky.social
I spend my time on sports, travel, photography, and writing.
Latest book is the alternate history novel, Funny Money, published by Sea Lion Press. It is the sequel to Atomic Secrets and follows a British intelligence officer in an alt Cold War.
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Great article, and shows all that is wrong with nation states (or their surrogates) owning football clubs.
IMO, if found guilty (and I have doubts they will be) no sanction is enough because it means the entire 'era' is built on something deemed to be against the rules.
But money rules football.
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I just don't understand why wolves (and hunting dogs - painted wolves - in Africa) get such bad press. Incredible, beautiful and critical parts of the ecosystems they are part of.
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Having only just discovered Titanium Noir (don't judge me), looking forward to this.
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Congratulations - best of luck
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This post 'inspired' me to start The Sum of All Fears (again)!
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Eeek - I object to standing on chairs so that ladder is WAY too high.
Another future career option to cross off the list.
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Nice summary of potential #alternatehistory #WW3 options.
I am partial to post WW2 alt-history myself, although I am thinking about branching out into early-90s although weather it extends to WW3 is still tbc.
I certainly love an 80s technothriller - Tom Clancy, Craig Thomas, Len Deighton etc.
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The last is very poignant.
I listen to lots of podcasts about WW2, and they talk about the "last few" veterans of certain events, and that it is literally the last chance to get first hand reports, albeit decades old memories.
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WOW! They are some glasses Mr. Clancy is wearing. And I really did just (re-)read his 'latest' Cardinal of the Kremlin.
I love the smug grins at the end when the President says 'Intercept!'
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When you've got a product I'll take one for those who refuse to use headphones on public transport.
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I am excited to share the news my new novel, Funny Money has bean published by the team at Sea Lion Press. This is the follow up to Atomic Secrets, an alternate history espionage thriller.
www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
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Wishing you the best of luck
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And now it's really real.
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Disappointingly short-sighted if this becomes an EU-only structure given vast non-EU military spending by nations keen to stand up to the threat from Russia and China.
Needs a level of commonality to reduce costs - do we need >15 types of tank or so many different types of manned combat aircraft?
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What a cool summary of the mission.
9kg of reading material - that's a mission that needed an e-reader!
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Very excited to see the second in the David Brook series on sale. #alternatehistory #ColdWar #Thriller
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Thank you SLP and @cepmurphy.bsky.social for this. It's always a thrill to see something you've created in the wider world.
The second book in the series is Coming Soon.
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This is very cool - my book Atomic Secrets is in there
#alternatehistory
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Can you really call them 'young-coders' if they are asking an AI to generate the code?
I overheard a kid (~10) arguing with his parents that doing mental arithmetic was pointless because he had a phone. Er...
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I'd eat either. Well, let's be honest, both.
Good luck with the novel. I am stuck in edit mode and turning it off and back on isn't speeding things up.
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Yes indeed. I hope Amazon do not go down the Disney/Star Wars route and start creating vast numbers of spin-offs. I know there is a young Bond book series for example.
I can already see someone planning "The Double O0s" as a TV series.
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Some cracking shorter works on here from a variety of AH settings.
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I had it on VHS so saw it lots!
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Thought provoking interview and impressive to be (I think) the first to interview this man.
Will be interesting if anything comes of the proposed future program(s) about the Al Qaeda/ISIS.
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Oh my - Condorman. I remember so wanting there to be a sequel to this when I was a kid.
I'll have a double
No one orders a double
Then make it a triple...
One triple Istanbul Express
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Moby Dick is very long, but I've just purchased it to on Kindle.
Read it years ago and finally getting around to revisit.
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Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book.
"The British Board of Trade office in Dresden was a small affair, as were most such offices where the Greater German Reich held sway, which was to say most of continental Europe."
www.amazon.co.uk/Atomic-Secre...
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My alternate history espionage novel - late-40s Anglo-German Cold War. #alternativehistory
Sequel coming soon.
www.amazon.co.uk/Atomic-Secre...
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Are you available to DM re: a commission?
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I'd read this!
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Excellent to see SLP here on BlueSky - I was never on the other site, but joined here.
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Wonderful player, and THAT goal! WOW.
Such a shame Falcao missed the 2014 World Cup. Who knows what might have happened.
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Not any more, but Bale probably did for the last few years of his career.
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I suppose it is the belief you would be too indispensable for it to happen to you.
And, the history of Barcelona...
Or, more likely, the m word.
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I am rather a fan of Goldfinger, both the film and the book. DB5, Pussy Galore!, gold, Miami Beach, canasta - what's not to like?
Hope you enjoyed it.