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Neil Sharpson

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Neil Sharpson "Plan" is a strong word. At the moment I have an idea for a story set in the Caspian Republic but it won't be my next book, or the one after or probab…more"Plan" is a strong word. At the moment I have an idea for a story set in the Caspian Republic but it won't be my next book, or the one after or probably even the one after that. I do have a title though: Yozhik.

The trouble is, at the moment I know WHAT I would write, basically Yozhik's story running parallel to Nicky South's but I don't yet know WHY. As in, why tell this story? What would this character's journey reveal that wasn't already present in Sparrow? I don't have the answer to that yet, but I hope it will come to me eventually. I do love Caspian, and I'm sure one day I'll be back tramping through the misty streets of Ellulgrad, with one eye cast over my shoulder to make sure The Bastards aren't following me.(less)
Neil Sharpson If you're anything like me, part of your brain will try to procrastinate whenever you sit down to write. I find if you work on two projects simultaneo…moreIf you're anything like me, part of your brain will try to procrastinate whenever you sit down to write. I find if you work on two projects simultaneously, you trick your brain into working on one to avoid working on the other (the one you work on will, without fail, be the one with the less pressing deadline).(less)
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Why I Love Playing: Dispatch

I’ve been binge watching The Tick for a future episode of the podcast (so much better than I remembered, and I remembered it pretty damn fondly) and I was struck by something that happens in episode four, The Tick versus Mr Mental where the Tick is forced to confront his greatest fear: WORKING IN AN OFFICE.

Dispatch is a 2025 superhero adventure game by AdHoc Studios released on Windows, Playstatio

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" It begins with a woman, Mara buried alive. She manages to escape but has no memory of her life before on Innishbannock, a remote island off the coast of Ireland. But something is not right and as her memory begins to slowly return she realizes the v" Read more of this review »
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"I read this book after seeing it mentioned a coupla-few times by Sinead Hanna, who I follow on the Tubes of You, and here on Goodreads. She talks about a lot of spooky horror books, which is totally my vibe, and I really enjoy her content. She's intr" Read more of this review »
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“Nominally, the currency of the Caspian Republic was the moneta, but in truth the coin of the nation was fear. Whoever could inspire fear was rich, whoever lived in fear was poor.”
Neil Sharpson, When the Sparrow Falls

“Power is a poison.”
Neil Sharpson, When the Sparrow Falls

“Ah, there was the word. “Family.” It was an old Irish word. It meant: “Do nothing. Challenge nothing. Change nothing.” Ireland was a rocky garden, dig a few inches deep and you found stone; solid and impassable. And carved into its face, as like as not; the word FAMILY.”
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