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Colin the Copywriter
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Author of debut SF novel, Exo, available NOW | A quarter of a century writing UK publishing jacket copy | 5,000+ blurbs | Talking the cover stories that persuade readers to buy | A few mine, mostly others' | Also find me here colinthecopywriter.com
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The colour out of space . . .
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Tomislav Topić Meticulously Layers Hundreds of Panels into Prismatic Mesh Installations
One of Topić's most recent interventions, 'Echoverse,' consists of 57 different colors on 451 panels that stretches nearly 100 feet long.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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The skies are full . . .
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Pastoral Landscapes Brim with Patterns in Luminous Paintings by David Brian Smith
Glowing sunrise gradients and myriad vibrant patterns are just a couple of elements comprising David Brian Smith’s otherworldly landscapes.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Little end of the worlds . . .
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Simon Laveuve's Scaled-Down Tableaux Reveal Post-Apocalyptic Lifestyles
Artist Simon Laveuve is known for his meticulously sculpted miniatures rendered in 1/24 and 1/35 scale.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Tbilisi Mural Fest's Dynamic Murals Brighten the Sides of Buildings Throughout the City
Since 2019, Tbilisi Mural Fest has been transforming Georgia's capital city into a giant public art gallery.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Thanks to @athenascalzi.com & @scalzi.com for the chance to talk about a Big Idea involving my novel Exo over at Whatever. It's all about writing adaptability and exploring different paths through the story woods. Because there's more than one way to tell a story.
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The Big Idea: Colin Brush
When writing a novel, a lot of people think of the process as sort of rigid. You have a specific story to tell and it needs to be an unchanging vision all the way through. Author Colin Brush, howev…
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November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Thanks to @andrewliptak.com for putting my novel Exo on his list of new titles to consider checking out this month. Lots of great titles on that list that you should definitely *LOOK INTO MY EYES* FORGET THEY EVER EXISTED, BUY ONLY EXO . . .
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11 new SF/F books to check out this November
Hidden secrets, uninhabitable planets, secret worlds, and quite a bit more to check out
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November 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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But if you're in the UK/Europe and want a physical copy, you'll need to wait until January . . .
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It's been a long journey, but thanks to @jberlyne.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social @tonimargarita.bsky.social & Shannon Donnelly and all at @diversionbooks.bsky.social (not to mention @bookforward.bsky.social & @michelvrana.com ) for bringing Exo out into the world in style.
Happy Publication day, Exo. May you find the readers you deserve. Plus packshots of the novel Exo and as it appears on an e-reader and a phone.
November 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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"Colin Brush is a name to watch in the realm of speculative fiction" 💥

EXO by @colinthecopywriter.bsky.social publishes tomorrow!
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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It's been a long journey, but thanks to @jberlyne.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social @tonimargarita.bsky.social & Shannon Donnelly and all at @diversionbooks.bsky.social (not to mention @bookforward.bsky.social & @michelvrana.com ) for bringing Exo out into the world in style.
Happy Publication day, Exo. May you find the readers you deserve. Plus packshots of the novel Exo and as it appears on an e-reader and a phone.
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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'What was it Dad said not to do?' wondered Icarus.

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A Skydiver Appears to Fall from the Sun in a Stunning Image
After six momentous leaps, Gabriel C. Brown and Andrew McCarthy completed their mission to capture this striking image.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Thanks @bookstr.bsky.social for the featured review and commentary on my novel, Exo, out tomorrow . . .
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Conspiracies and Murder Abound in This Twisty New Sci-Fi Mystery
An octogenarian sleuth, an enigmatic child, and a lethal scheme that imperils them both. Meet your new favorite sci-fi mystery!
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November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Radiant Sculptures by Arghavan Khosravi Meditate on Subconscious Terrain
Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi makes an inward turn in her new body of sculptural paintings that radiate light.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Mario, eat your heart out . . .
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Vivid Rainbow Roads Trace Illuminated Pathways Across Forests and Beaches
Daniel Mercadante has a slate of unique films under his belt, made in partnership with his wife Katina, as The Mercadantes, including Ball and Breathe. More recently, Daniel has been exploring the sti...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Thanks to @booktrib.bsky.social for the chance to talk about five books dealing with change in the world & how we live with that change, each of which changed how I wrote my own novel, Exo.
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A hand holding the Earth with the title 'Books to Hold Close As the World Turns', featuring 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson, The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman, Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley, Rosewater by Tade Thompson and The Coral Bones by EJ Swift
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Thanks to @writersdigest.bsky.social for letting me explore the differences between my publishing copywriter day job & writing my first novel, #Exo. Spoiler: it's not just word count.
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Shifting From Publishing Copywriter to Published Novelist
Author Colin Brush shares how he went from writing reductive copy for novels to expanding copy into a novel.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Blurbs in the wild (1/2): Follow where the title leads. For @cornerstone_press & Ernest Cline's Ready Player One the super-short blurb is all tell and no show, leaning heavily on gaming tropes.

WORLD AT STAKE. GOOD AND EVIL.

QUEST. FATE OF HUMANITY.

And, lastly . . .
Ernest Cline's Ready Player One Blurb: Imagine the WORLD AT STAKE. An EPIC STRUGGLE between good and evil. The GREATEST QUEST in history. The FATE OF HUMANITY resting in your hands. ARE YOU READY?
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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I've read it from top to bottom twice and, while I accept I've got a vested interest, I do think you might have missed one . . .

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Reactor's November 2025 science fiction publications with my novel Exo making an oversized and uninvited-to-the-party entrance.
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Blurbs in the wild (1/3): Classic book, classic copy shape. @gollancz.bsky.social edition of Frank Herbert's Dune features copy with an inverted triangle shape. We start big and wide with awards & movie affirmation, followed by landmark works of SF that followed Dune. Says: this book matters . . .
Frank Herbert's Dune Blurb: WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD. 
WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARD.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE. Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune, one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written. Melange, or 'spice', is the most valuable - and rarest - element in the universe. And it can only be found on a single planet: the inhospitable desert world Arrakis. Whoever controls Arrakis controls the spice. And whoever controls the spice controls the universe. When stewardship of Arrakis is transferred to his house, Paul Atreides must travel to the planet's dangerous surface to ensure the future of his family and his people. But as malevolent forces explode into conflict around him, Paul is thrust into a great destiny beyond his understanding. And in this game of power, only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Perspective is everything. Plus, this reminds me strongly of the ladders I am wobblingly and swayingly at the top of in my dreams/nightmares. The base of the ladder is usually in a moving vehicle to add to the fun . . .
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A 'Staircase to Heaven' Installation Ascends into the Sky as a Trippy Optical Illusion
South African artist Strijdom van der Merwe’s deceptive “Staircase to Heaven” sculpture is designed to make you wonder. When viewed straight on, the towering optical illusion appears to ascend into th...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Thanks to @elenataylorauthor.bsky.social for the spotlight on me (with hair) and my novel Exo (without hair). Seven days to go!
Exo: a Sci-Fi Mystery - The Mystery of Writing www.themysteryofwriting.com/2025/11/08/e...
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Exo: a Sci-Fi Mystery - The Mystery of Writing
Exo, a science fiction mystery by Colin Brush. Book and author information along with praise for the novel.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Lovers of Dungeness: click below to discover how this curious corner of Kent coastline was the seed for Exo, my SF murder mystery set at the end of the world. Thanks to Michael Golding for asking me to write about his home & not minding my hubris at playing nemesis.
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Homepage for Dungeness.org with view of the beach and ruined shacks.
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Thanks to reading twins Alexis and Anna for the solid review of Exo. The end of the world really isn't long now . . .
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Review: Exo by Colin Brush
Alexis: Exo comes out on November 18th, 2025! A debut sci-fi mystery set on an abandoned future Earth, featuring a twisty mystery straight out of a John le Carré novel, a group of larger-than-life …
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November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Blurbs in the wild (1/2): This old warhorse! After all these years @gollancz.bsky.social & @lordgrimdark.bsky.social The Blade Itself is still sporting its original cover and blurb. But this blurb knows something legions of Grim Dark fantasy imitators often forget: it's all about the characters ...
Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself Blurb: Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught up in one feud too many he's about to become a dead barbarian, leaving nothing behind but bad songs and dead friends. Jezal dan Luthar, paragon of selfishness, has nothing more dangerous in mind than winning glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules. Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer. would like little more than seeing Jezal come home in a box. But then he hates everyone. Cutting treason out of the heart of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendships - and his latest trail of corpses could lead straight to the rotten heart of government if he can just stay alive long enough to follow it.
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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EXO by Colin Brush is out in two weeks!
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Due to be published by @diversionbooks.bsky.social (print and eBook) and @dreamscape-media.bsky.social (audio) on November 18th.
Cover for Colin Brush's EXO - a man runs away along a road, thick clouds roil before hum. Big title, running down the middle of the image, author's name along the bottom of the cover. Audiobook cover for Colin Brush's EXO - a man runs away along a road, thick clouds roil before hum. Big title, running down the middle of the image, author's name along the bottom of the cover.
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Blurbs in the wild (1/2): The secret here is in the middle. Most blurb writers (myself included?) would pitch @harpercollins.bsky.social and @robinhobb.bsky.social Assassin's Apprentice with just paragraphs 1 and 3 of this blurb. Pitch the set up, the character's situation and the story direction...
Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice Blurb: The kingdom of the Six Duchies is on the brink of civil war when news breaks that the crown prince has fathered a bastard son and is shamed into abdication. The child’s name is Fitz, and he is despised. Raised in the castle stables, only the company of the king’s fool, the ragged children of the lower city, and his unusual affinity with animals provide Fitz with any comfort. To be useful to the crown, Fitz is trained as an assassin; and to use the traditional magic of the Farseer family. But his tutor, allied to another political faction, is determined to discredit, even kill him. Fitz must survive: for he may be destined to save the kingdom.
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM