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Time travel is complicated, even when it exists only on the page. When I began writing Rocket to the Past: Rainhill , I assumed the most difficult part would be the plot. How to move a character convincingly from 2024 back to 1984 without gimmick or sentiment. That turned out not to be the real challenge. The real trouble lay in the everyday actions. In the first few drafts, modern habits slipped in unnoticed. I had my character lowering the television volume with a remote c

I am writing this as a publisher and an author, but also as someone increasingly disturbed by what I am hearing in mainstream news coverage. (Content note: discussion of child sexual exploitation and sexual violence.) Over the past week, I have heard some journalists speaking on national news channels refer to “child prostitutes” when discussing sexual exploitation cases connected to the Epstein network, including in wider political commentary around Morgan McSweeney. Each ti

Learning from mistakes and behind the scenes of writing, rewriting and working with a professional editor. People often imagine that writing a book is a straightforward process. You come up with an idea, write the words, and send it to print. In reality, creating a book involves far more work, far more thought, and far more rounds of revision than most readers ever see. Editing is not the final polish at the end; it is the backbone that holds the entire book together. Every w

The KMCS Publishing Journey So Far: Building Books, Finding Voices and Learning the Hard Way