Merita King - Science Fiction Novelist

Come, take my hand and accompany me on a journey through space & time, to a fantastic universe I have built especially for you.

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A little soundbite

I love epic music and think it’s the perfect theme for science fiction movies.

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Updates, new books, life crap

Updates, new books, life crap

It’s been a while since I’ve been here, too long. I’ve been meaning to get back here and update everything but, well, you know how life gets in the way. Never mind, I’m back and everything is now updated with the new books, appropriate buys links etc. There’s a fifth volume of The Sinclair V-Logs and a paranormal novel for you to enjoy. There’s also a new character interview to enjoy. Interview…

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All up to date at last

All up to date at last

I’ve finally got the website fully up to date and I’m sitting back and feeling very virtuous.

So, now The Sanctification Molecule is done, what’s next on the agenda? I have the fifth volume of The Sinclair V-Logs finished to first draft and a standalone paranormal novel half written. See, I haven’t wasted the time I spent getting this illness under control.

My next priority is getting the…

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Inter-Galactic Guidebook Update

Now that I’m back in my blog, I’ve been able to update my Inter-Galactic Guidebook and its now finished as far as the major locations are concerned. The two final locations are:

Guide to Regnor Prime

Guide to Sigma Prime

There is also an interview with Gabol Raimes, star of The Sanctification Molecule, here.

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I'm back - with a new novel

I’m back – with a new novel

Hey there, did you think I was dead? Sunning myself on a caribbean island? I’ve been ill and it’s taken a while to get this illness settled into a manageable routine that I can cope with on a daily basis. It’s life shortening, but I’m trying to be as healthy as I can.

So I’m back and after doing battle for several hours, during which WordPress refused to let me back in here, I made it in and can…

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The Smashwords 2017 Summer/Winter sale is now on

The Smashwords 2017 Summer/Winter sale is now on

If you’re a science fiction fan and love all things space opera, you’ll be interested in free books, right?

All four of my Sinclair V-Logs ebook volumes are currently FREE until July 31st.

Details of how to claim your 100% discount are on the books’ Smashwords pages.

Here are the Smashwords links to all four of the Sinclair V-Logs.

Floxham Island

Bygora Vandos

The Trials of Nahda

Fetish

  Happy…

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Formatting for Kindle using Word - part two

Formatting for Kindle using Word – part two

  Okay, so you’ve got everything into a single file and you’re now ready to put it into a format that will be acceptable to Amazon for upload into their Kindle publishing platform. This is not a difficult process, but one that must be done correctly, according to Amazon’s rules. So long as you take each step in turn, you shouldn’t have a problem. It might seem complicated at first, but once…

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Formatting for Kindle Using Word - part 1

Formatting for Kindle Using Word – part 1

I’ve noticed there are many authors out there who don’t know how to format their own manuscripts. This is a shame as it’s very straightforward as long as you follow the rules step by step and don’t try to ‘be clever’ with it. There are far too many authors paying good money for a service they really don’t need, so this post is for them.

First of all, let’s lay down a few ground rules to get us…

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Editing tips for novelists

Editing tips for novelists

So you’ve finally finished your novel? You’ve typed those immortal words, ‘The End’ and you feel on top of the world. After weeks, maybe months of toil, no social life, and too much coffee, you feel wonderful. You have created something unique, something unlike anything else in existence, and you know that you will be rich and famous within six months. Not to put too fine a point on it, you feel…

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On what to do when I die

On what to do when I die

It’s been a while since I blogged here. There’s no specific reason for that, other than the fact that I don’t get a lot of readers here. That’s probably my fault for not blogging often enough, not being interesting enough, not being famous or controversial etc. It’s a vicious circle; don’t blog because not many stop by and read, but folks don’t stop by because there’s no new blogs. Chicken and…

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On the subject of podcasting

On the subject of podcasting

I’ve been a guest on podcast interviews a couple of times and have often wondered whether to have a go myself. I’ve so far decided not to bother, thinking it’s just for ‘professionals’ and not for the likes of li’l ole me. You have to be an expert techie surely?

It seems that wherever you go on the internet nowadays, there’s a podcast. Every subject imaginable, from business entrepreneurs to the…

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Five Minute Fiction - Laura's Room

Five Minute Fiction – Laura’s Room

My wife dragged me along that night, against my will I might add. I’ve never been into the supernatural and if I’m honest, my usual reaction is one of disdain at best and outright sarcasm at worst. I guess you could call me a skeptic. Jen was into that stuff and despite my teasing, her belief never wavered. From time to time, she would disappear for half the night with a few of her friends and go…

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Bystander Syndrome - the modern version

Bystander Syndrome – the modern version

We’ve all heard about it, people staring at someone in difficulty and not raising a finger to help. When I was a kid it was called Bystander Syndrome and despite everyone agreeing what an awful thing it is, most are guilty of it. I’ve been on the receiving end of it myself. I was attacked in the street when I was sixteen by a stalker and no one helped me. I’ve heard people saying, “oh let’s not…

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Reading - only for the middle classes?

Reading – only for the middle classes?

I had a very interesting conversation the other day that got me thinking about who reads books these days. A friend of mine casually commented that she was helping out during the school summer holidays by listening to groups of children reading and talking about the books they read. One of the things she has noticed since doing this, is that only certain types of children seem to be reading at…

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Book or movie person?

Book or movie person?

Are you a book person or a movie person? I don’t mean exclusively, most people enjoy both but in my experience we always enjoy one a little more than the other. The balance may be close, but it’s always there. Personally, movies take the lead for me.

I get more inspiration when I can see the action taking place than I can when I’m reading about it happening. A movie enables me to get absorbed…

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Inspiration for fiction writers – Two Steps From Hell – Victory Anything from Two steps from Hell is top of my inspirational music list. I can't write with music playing as I find it distracting, so I listen every time I take a break.

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Deadpool - movie review

Deadpool – movie review

Another highly anticipated Marvel offering, the Deadpool hype began long before we got to see the actual film. I won’t pretend to be a Marvel expert, nor even much of a fan but I like superhero movies so I decided to give this one a go when it came out on DVD.

Ryan Reynolds is the strawberry clad hero in this action packed epic and he does a good enough job in the role. To be truthful, there’s…

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