Tag Archives: Transference

The Birth of the Fleet Quintet

Posted on July 13, 2019 by Susannah J. Bell

The Fleet Quintet began originally with Commences, at that time a novella.  My intention was to write something about the beginning of the universe – but not the physical universe:  the universe of beings or entities or spirits, people who looked … Continue reading →

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The Fleet Quintet is now the Free Quintet

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Susannah J. Bell

I’m giving away the first four books I ever published free for the whole of July.  As this is a Smashwords campaign, it means the books can be downloaded onto any device, which is nice.  No faffing about there, then! … Continue reading →

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When music creeps into your writing

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Susannah J. Bell

It’s ironic that the two most brutish men I’ve ever created should both be associated with tinkly piano music. When writing a novel, I obsessively listen to the same music every day until the book is finished (or I’ve gone … Continue reading →

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Last day to get my books free (for all E-readers)

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Susannah J. Bell

I’ve gone quite cross-eyed with promotions this week, having to rely mostly on Twitter.  This has not been ideal for obvious reasons, Twitter being a flood of ads that produces no results at all except perhaps a few more follows … Continue reading →

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Please let me know what you think of the blurb for my new book

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Susannah J. Bell

Billions of years ago, before the artificial universe, there was the Fleet.  Fleet personnel number 50 – mostly known as Dett – sees a spacial dissociation in Fleet space and realises the control sector is broken. She interacts violently with … Continue reading →

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Author Review: V. Gomenzi

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Susannah J. Bell

This was a massive novel to write.  It was intended to be the fourth novel in the Fleet Quintet and encompassed all three earlier novels, beginning before the first one (Commences – yet to be published) and ending after the … Continue reading →

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Author Review: Transference

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Susannah J. Bell

You’d expect to find brilliantly imaginative technology in your average sci-fi novel.  For some futurist authors, inventing new hardware is probably half the fun.  With TRANSFERENCE, I went in the opposite direction:  the computers are laughable, like something out of … Continue reading →

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The price you pay for teeny tiny fonts

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Susannah J. Bell

I have – miraculously – got the price down on my novel TRANSFERENCE and better still, it’s the sort of price you’d expect to pay for a paperback. One of the many cruelties about self-publishing (and that’s a long list … Continue reading →

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Brand New Year, Brand New Novel

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Susannah J. Bell

Today for the first time in years, I sat down to start pre-writing a new novel.  I’ve been looking forward to this for an entire year.  I’ve been looking forward to it all Christmas.  When I did sit down at … Continue reading →

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Elation and Revelation

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Susannah J. Bell

A loaded gun won’t set you free (Moby cover) It’s rare in a writer’s life that it happens:  a moment that is so beyond coincidence it would seem you are connected with the Truly Divine. Not to appear too slack, I … Continue reading →

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