A.S.Chambers

I had an utter blast last night being interviewed by my goof friend James, over on Substack. We do go on for a bit, so it might be worth making yourself a brew before you settle down for a listen... youtu.be/1yvsPZeBesQ?...

I love doing this sort of thing! Just entered quote in River of Blood which refers to a quote in Fallen Angel, my huge novel that won’t be published for about four years! Got to love setting up the breadcrumbs for readers to follow!

@clairerwade.bsky.social hi. I’ve just received the latest ADCI newsletter and it’s great to see a presence here on Blusky. Could you please include me in the pack? Thanks in advance ☺️

Here we see the author pondering how many ways he can ruin his MC’s pitiful life in the final book of the series.

That moment when you’re sitting in the dark, writing a particularly creepy scene and start to hear noises in the next room… Oh, how I laughed when I realised it was the coffee brewing 👀

I’ve spent the last few hours working on the second Tigress novel, River of Blood. Set at the fall of the Harappan culture, it crosses over directly with the fourth Sam Spallucci novel, Troubled Souls. The constructs are on the move!

Sigh. That feeling when you feel sick as a dog after writing because you got so over excited with the scene you were writing!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Having a cracking writing day today. Not only have I just reached the half way point in the final Sam Spallucci book, Dance of Death, but I’ve been working on a scene set in a book that’s quite a few years off, Divergent Lands: Dragon.

I’ve adored this short sci fi story by Gordon R Dickson since I first read it as a teenager. In an age where so many feel that AI is the way forward, Computers Don’t Argue should be mandatory reading.

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

So, quick puzzler for your Monday morning. Which punk band am I currently listening to? The picture is a clue to (and indeed was the inspiration for) one of their catchiest numbers.

My current read: Dracula Unbound by Brian Aldiss. I’ve only recently come to Aldiss and I’m throughly enjoying ploughing my way through his works. This one is a cracking tale of futuristic vampires, a ghost train and time travel. What’s not to like??? What are you reading?

Sigh. It seems that bots are now taking over on Bsky. (waits for a bot to like this post...)

It appears that the wood store I built a few weeks ago is, in fact, a cat store…

Well, the Daleks and Cybermen may not have been able to kill of our favourite timelord, but I can’t see him surviving development hell and death by committee… www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

My mum bought this tale of Heathcliffe’s years away from Wuthering Heights. It sat by her bedside for years and always fascinated me. When she died 22 years ago, I found it and kept it, finally picking it up to read this year 😊

Just up at Lancaster Castle planning out a scene for Sam Spallucci: Dance of Death.

Have you treated yourself to a nice shiny hardback omnibus of the Sam Spallucci adventures yet? Purchased links over at www.aschambers.co.uk or drop me a line for a signed copy. (Startled looking author not included…)

Well, it’s taken me a while to get this beauty sorted, but here is the cover for my next Sam Spallucci book, Dare The Dragon. And it is absolutely glorious! There will be the usual Kickstarter, which you can sign up for notification of its launch right now over at www.aschambers.co.uk.

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Gotta love how recipe comments are like: I replaced the sugar with turkey drippings and the flour with dandelions. It said to fold ingredients in gently but I stirred them with a pogo stick and after all that work the recipe tasted like tin cans. Zero stars.

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I can totally relate to this. My father left me a garage full of archaic imperial measurement power tools and rusted OXO tins full of imperial measurement fittings. I at least have had the common decency to cull my box of might be useful cables

Every damned time!!!

Right, now I’ve FINALLY set up the Kickstarter for Sam Spallucci: Dare The Dragon (watch this space…) I’d better get on with finishing the next book, Dance of Death!

A quick shout-out that this Saturday (23rd May) PDSH Newsletter will be interviewing Yours Truly about my publishing journeys and how Ingramspark is such a useful site (especially if you don’t want to give your hard-earned cash to a certain billionaire…) It’ll be at 4PM EST/9PM BST.

The horror!!!!!

It’s been a few books since I offered this as a Kickstarter reward. I can imagine the excitement already…

The people who say, “Food is expensive, just garden” have perhaps not been to a garden store.

It’s almost time!!!!! Watch this space for deets about my next Sam Spallucci Kickstarter!!!!

yelling

The best murder weapon would be a Tupperware lid… No one would be able to find it.

sigh…

Now, if it was a nightclub where we all sat around and read…

Bollocks. One, hardcovers are selling great, especially the ones that these days come with sprayed edges and illustrated end pages. Two, ditching hardcovers would absolutely gut author and bookseller incomes. You want to fuck up publishing? Kill the hardcover. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Pet hate, number 526. When companies try to blend words together to make a tag or brand and my autistic brain goes into meltdown trying to unravel or pronounce it.

There are times when I write a line completely off the cuff and it makes me smile in satisfaction. This is one of those times. From my current WIP, Sam Spallucci: Dance of Death.

Every… single… time… My pharmacist is considering keeping an exorcist on his payroll.

So excited to be putting the finishing touches on the cover for the penultimate Sam Spallucci book, Dare The Dragon. Liam Shaw has excelled himself once again with his amazing artwork. Look out for the full cover reveal coming soon…