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#ScribesAndMakers March 20: Self-promotion day!

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Some words about the thought process that went into the development of Broken Spark, Chapter 9: on the nature of ship computer interfaces in the far future. Review of Dr Who, Blakes Seven, Star Trek, Knight Rider, the books of Iain M. Banks...

https://khleedril.org/blog/2026-03-19--sci-fi-ship-computer.html

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Broken Spark, Chapter 10 is now available to read at https://khleedril.org/spark, along with an audio reading for the benefit of blind people.

The crew of Spartacus' Ark are forced through awful circumstances to take ultra-drastic action to save their ship; their morale hits the lowest point, bringing Part I of the book to its conclusion.

Look forward to Part II to see how they manage to recover the situation!

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Broken Spark, Chapter 9 is now available to read or listen to at https://khleedril.org/spark. Much humble pie is swallowed as the crew of Spartacus' Ark realize they are dealing with a dying ship, and blaming each other is not going to help. Embarrassing situations eerily recur.

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Like to hear a sample of my voice? There is one at the head of every chapter at

https://khleedril.org/spark

I'd love to hear some feedback.

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#ScribesAndMakers June 1: What do you want to work on this month?

Broken Spark, Chapter 9. It's killing me. Finding it hard to find ideas, even harder to give it any structure (not having any ideas doesn't help).

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#ScribesAndMakers May13. Shameless self-promotion day. Let's boost away.

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Broken Spark, Chapter 8 is now available to read or listen to at https://rdmp.org/spark. The captain argues with his own self under the direction of the psychoanalysts to work out where the ship's problems really lie.

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Broken Spark, Chapter 7 is now available to read or listen to at https://rdmp.org/spark. The senior officers are doubling-down hard on their sub-commanders under the impression that they are misbehaving and the cause of jeopardy to the ship. But there is a nasty virus going round and the problems might actually be with the seniors themselves....

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Broken Spark, Chapter 6 is now available to read or hear at https://rdmp.org/spark. With insanity now starting to run rampant throughout the ship, a difficult conference must take place to decide a plan of action.

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Broken Spark, Chapter 5 is now available to read or listen at https://rdmp.org/spark. The ailing ship, Spartacus' Ark, has made it to a service facility to deal with the ignominious problem of a software fault, but things go horribly wrong there.

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@tendigits If #scifi #scifireading is your thing, you might like https://rdmp.org/spark. #brokenspark

Broken Spark, Chapter 4 is now up, with the Spartacus' Ark slowly going senile, and Captain Doulton losing his grip on things.

The audiobook is also available.

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Broken Spark, Chapter 3 is now live, in which Captain Doulton makes a rare excursion below decks and is dumbfounded by the indisciplined and shambolic corps of software engineers he comes across.

The chapter, as with the previous ones, is free to read. The author-voiced audiobook is also available.

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@bookish I'm going without Amazon...

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@broken_spark @bookstodon I'm getting quite hooked on this; looking forward to next month's instalment.

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