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About Paul Arvidson
PAUL ARVIDSON is a fifty-ish ex lighting designer who lives in rural Somerset. He juggles his non-author time bringing up his children and fighting against being sucked into his wife's chicken breeding business. He writes thrillers in the Cady Grey series and Sci-Fi in the Dark series of books.
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Blog postBritish Medical Journal. Yeah, that one :O I’d always intended ‘Writewipe’ to be a blog about the bit between being a carer for a medically complex child and a writer. Instead, it tends to swing wildly between the two, for which I have zero apologies. This week in my mad rush to get seen as a writer (I’ve been at @reclamation2022 aka Eastercon, all weekend) I instead got seen as a carer. Sort of. Some rather clever and lovely ethics researchers have been looking into ways to get the message4 months ago Read more
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Blog postBob The Alien – Image by Kevin Dooley (cc by 2.0) Bob: So Gareth, you’re a bit of a moving target to try and abduct. I mean I know the 2020’s is supposed to be mad, but I thought writers were meant to sit down and, y’know, write?
G : Life has been kind of hectic recently…
Bob: So what’s your writing setup like? Talk us through what’s at your desk?
G: I have a Mac desktop, and I write on MS Word. I’ve stuck with Word since the 1990s, mainly because it seems to be the p4 months ago Read more -
Blog postStarfire and Robin image by funkyrach01 on Fanpop.com I’ve been catching up on some TV of late and I’ve become quite taken with Titans (live action version, sorry I couldn’t find a TV fair use copy as both Robin and Starfire in it are *extremely hot*).
The whole theme of, your life has changed: who are you now? It has been hitting hard. I know I bang on about the life of a writer/carer on here a lot, but the whole theme of Robin, who thought their life would turn out different, needing5 months ago Read more -
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Blog postBob The Alien – Image by Kevin Dooley (cc by 2.0) Bob: Sorry for startling you. You know since I’ve started studying writer types I’ve kind of become obsessed. Where *are* we?
Faith : Hi Bob! So we are in my writing room – watch out for the cats! They will ask you for food and I don’t think they can eat that purple stuff you’re snacking on. Oh, don’t worry about that strange rumbling noise, that’s purring. It means they like you!
So, my little writing room is in Edinburgh in5 months ago Read more -
Blog postBob The Alien – Image by Kevin Dooley (cc by 2.0) Bob: Well what an interesting specimen we’ve beamed up here. Who are you and why have you got a tail? Other humans don’t seem to.
Ida Keogh : Hi Bob! I’m Ida, creator of words, wrangler of precious metal and occasional mermaid. Thank you for having me. Tails are great, aren’t they? Other humans are missing out.
Bob: Is this mind probe thingy working? It tells me you’re another one of these writer types. What makes you want to6 months ago Read more -
Blog postBob The Alien – Image by Kevin Dooley A new series of author interviews carried out by visitor to Earth, Bob the Alien. This week we welcome Emily Inkpen.
Bob: Tell us a little about yourself Emily!
Emily Inkpen: Well, I’m a female human creature from a country called the UK. I’m in my thirties, and I live in a little Victorian house with another human creature, to whom I am bound by law.
Bob: I gather from my mind probe that you’re a writer. What does a writer day in6 months ago Read more -
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Blog postDarkest, BSFA longlisted. But start from Dark if you want to read the series! I’m a bit overwhelmed if I’m honest, but my headline writer plug-in says awesome is a better word. Luckily I don’t let it write my books. So I’m on the longlist for 2021’s BSFA Awards. I feel super lucky and privileged to have gotten there. And kind of eclipsed by giants. This years list is a jaw-dropping who’s who of Sci-Fi, which means a) its a huge compliment to have gotten this far and b) I don’t stand a snowba6 months ago Read more
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Blog postDouble Poke in the Eye, cc 2.0 Jorge Fraganillo Ok, ready? Truth One, the one that might get me a poke in the eye, especially from my writer friends.
I don’t get writer’s block. Ever.
It just doesn’t happen to me. When I’ve got a blank sheet of paper and enough elbow room in life, I can always find something to say. (If you know me, you will find this unsurprising.) It has been a gift in my writing life, I can literally pick up a pen if I get four and a half minutes and carr10 months ago Read more -
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Blog postMy new Dark novella is out today. If you fancy Pirate Space Hobbits, I’m your man. Well, Ixxy’s your woman – female Folk – pirate person. I’ll come in again,
Ixxy wants an adventure. She lives with her loving family of River-folk, laundering clothes. It’s cosy—too cosy. She longs to explore, to live the stories she overhears when she’s hiding outside the bar. But then she hears a story she shouldn’t. A secret tale of treasure and mystery: the myth of The Net. And this story, River-10 months ago Read more -
Blog postWhile I’ve not felt well enough to write, here at Arvo H.Q we’ve been watching ‘Dark’. No, I didn’t get a surprise TV deal. [sad face] No, it’s nothing to do with me. It’s a German Sci-Fi timey-wimey thing on Netflix. Extremely, clever, thoughtful, beautiful, sexy, violent and exciting. We’ve been binging it back to back. I’d highly recommend it, bring your thinking brain! The whole thing of reading or following someone else’s story that’s been extremely well done, I find extremely therapeuti1 year ago Read more
Titles By Paul Arvidson
Get in the way of ruthless people and it's gonna get you killed.
Cady Grey is invisible. One of the 'perks' of being a wheelchair user. Sometimes it's better that way, 'specially when you're a sweary, spitty teenage girl who's main aim is getting through high-school in one piece.
But then a sinister shell company wants to knock their school down and is prepared to stop at nothing. She and her friends are the only ones invested enough to care and smart enough to investigate.
Regardless of the danger, Cady finally gives up being invisible to fight. And she discovers that getting in the way of politicians and their schemes might just get her killed.
"Cady, with spark, snark and enthusiasm will capture your heart in such a way you will want her to be your best friend. She is a voice, hero and visibility for a young disabled generation, a guide for us all and a mystery to solve".
Grab your copy of a thriller unlike any other!
He never wanted to be a hero. But deep in the tunnels lies a deathtrap for the unwary…
Dun is haunted by savage dreams. Already suffocating under the weight of caring for his struggling family, he fears his visions mean he’s a shaman like his missing father. But when the rivers mysteriously empty of fish, he embarks on a dangerous quest to uncover the truth.
Armed only with his dad’s half-finished map, Dun sets off into unknown territory with two friends and a dubious guide. But his search for answers could send him and his companions straight into the jaws of death…
Can he survive his destiny in the chaos of a crumbling world?
Dark is the intense first tale in the groundbreaking Dark science fiction fantasy series. If you like unexpected heroes, spectacular settings, and intriguing mysteries, then you’ll love Paul L Arvidson’s original adventure.
Buy Dark to enter the shadows today!
A sentient ship and a child who is the only one who can talk to it. Marines who are on colonial expansion expedition unbeknownst to the ship’s rookie Captain, who thinks she is leading them to rescue and explore.
Meanwhile, on the planet below, the Grey Duchy have poisoned One-Love, the organic supermind that controls the Dark’s systems, in order to keep secret what only they and it know about the world that exists outside the Dark.
Our heroes Dun, Padg, Amber, and Kaj are defending the fresh alliance between the peoples of the Dark from an impending civil war.
Will Fluppit and her mentor Sari find a way to cure One-Love and save the Dark before it’s too late?
Third in the hugely readable Dark series, this is an unforgettable journey into what happens when cultures collide.
Dun didn’t want to be a hero and the war has cost him dearly: his friends, his innocence. Maybe his mind.
Now he’s a fully-fledged Shaman, Dun’s mind is a receiver for those who can transmit, but what will he do when starts getting messages from someone who’s dead.
Dun's new powers might allow his Underfolk, victory. But he must quiet the demons inside his head, and find his oldest friends Tali and Padg if they stand a chance of defeating the merciless Rowle of the Cat-People. And she is about to release demons of her own.
Read "Darker", the thrilling sequel to the "Dark" series by indie sensation Paul Arvidson, and discover the darker side of SFF today.