NOTES FROM THE MIDNIGHT DESK

Newsletter November Edition

Ideas, Inspiration, and Two Free Books

👋 A Warm November Hello

Somehow it is November already, which feels a bit cheeky of the calendar if you ask me. One moment I am editing chapters in the sunshine, the next I am wondering where I left my jumper. Time is a magician with no fixed address.

Still, a new month means a new newsletter, and this one is a proper bumper edition.

🌤️ THEME OF THE MONTH
Where Do Ideas Really Come From?

If authors were honest, we would admit that ideas rarely arrive when we are sitting at a desk doing “proper writing”. They sneak up on us when we are looking the other way.

Mine arrive at the oddest times.
Sometimes when I am driving down to the shops and have that sudden jolt of oh no, that would make a brilliant plot twist. Other times I am sitting in the garden, mug in hand, watching clouds drift over the mountains while a bird or insect does something faintly heroic, and it sparks a whole new story.

Ideas, for me at least, are like uninvited cats. You do not call them. They simply turn up, stare at you as if you owe them rent, and insist you pay attention. And if you ignore them, they come back louder.

One of my best early sparks for The Midnight Series came from something as simple as an unexpected shadow moving across a lake. The Eternal Man came from another random moment, somewhere between a cup of tea and a particularly nosy dragonfly. Inspiration has no manners and even less schedule.

So if you ever wonder where stories begin, the answer is usually:
Anywhere except where they are supposed to.

📚 YOUR FREE EBOOKS FOR NOVEMBER

I am giving away two free eBooks this month to say thank you for reading, sharing, supporting, and generally being brilliant.

🎖️ Midnight’s Shadow
A Midnight Series Novella – FREE
Jessie Fordham steps into the darkness for the very first time, long before the war turns her into the operative known as Midnight. A tight, atmospheric, cinematic slice of danger set years before Book 1.
Download Midnight’s Shadow for FREE here: https://books2read.com/Midnights-Shadow

🛸 The Eternal Man
Science Fiction Short Stories – FREE
Temporal loops, strange encounters, androids, alternate timelines, and all the odd little ideas that ambushed me over the years. This one is a proper sci-fi playground.

Download The Eternal Man for FREE here: https://books2read.com/Eternal-Man-SciFi-Shorts

🕰️ COMING LATER THIS MONTH
Midnight’s Crisis – Publishing End of November

Yes, it is finally happening. After a long editorial journey, a great deal of coffee, and one or two raised eyebrows from Jo, Book Four of The Midnight Series is almost here.
Expect danger, betrayal, sabotage, a mission that pushes Jessie to breaking point, and revelations that change everything.
I will send another update as soon as the pre-order and launch links are live.

☕ Until Next Time…

Thank you for being part of this journey.
Readers like you keep the whole weird, wonderful writing machine running.

Until next month — and until the next uninvited idea sneaks up on me — take care, read well, and enjoy your free books.

Warm regards,
Tom Kane