by Barry J Hutchison | Oct 2, 2022 | Books
I’ve been getting a lot of people asking recently when the next Space Team book is coming out, and why I went from writing a new book every two months to not writing any in three years. The honest answer is that I’ve turned to a life of crime. Not...
by Barry J Hutchison | Mar 31, 2020 | Cal's Diary, Random Writing
/Audio Dictation – CURUN05980A-7 Captain’s Log, Stardate… Jesus, I don’t know. It feels like a Tuesday. Stardate Tuesday, we’ll go with that. The last time I, uh, spoke words into this thing– Dictated, sir. Thanks, Kevin. I knew...
by Barry J Hutchison | Mar 31, 2020 | Cal's Diary, Random Writing
//Audio Dictation – CURUN05980A-6 Captain’s Log, stardate… uh… one, I guess? No, that can’t be right. Hold up, let me check with Mech. //Recording Paused //Recording Resumed OK, I asked, and apparently it’s stardate, “What the...
by Barry J Hutchison | Feb 26, 2019 | Fitness Challenge, Merch
Back in August last year, I came to the conclusion that I was overweight, out of shape, and needed to do something about it. In order to hold myself accountable, I set a weight loss target (28 pounds in 7 weeks) and posted regular updates in the Team Space Team...
by Barry J Hutchison | Jan 24, 2019 | Video
Recently, I saw a review of Space Team that said something like, “Barry J. Hutchison is almost as good as Douglas Adams, but not quite,” and it inspired me to produce this little video. I hope you enjoy it. (And, of course, you can make your own mind up...
by Barry J Hutchison | Jan 15, 2019 | Books
It gives me great pleasure to reveal what is – by some margin – the most insane Space Team cover yet. I really wanted it to capture that sense of 80s excess, as the plot riffs off a certain 80s masterpiece (well, several of them, really), and I think...
by Barry J Hutchison | Jan 10, 2019 | Books, Self-Publishing
I’m regularly being asked on social media about the correct reading order for the Space Team Universe books, so I thought I’d provide the definitive optimum order for reading the STU adventures. Of course, you don’t have to read them in this order,...
by Barry J Hutchison | Jan 9, 2019 | Books, General, Random Writing, Self-Publishing
Recently, I decided to add a short prologue to the first Space Team book which would establish it as sci-fi right up front, rather than starting by introducing us to Cal in prison on Earth. If you’ve already downloaded the book before the prologue went live,...
by Barry J Hutchison | Jan 8, 2019 | Authors, Books, Comics, General, Self-Publishing
Today, I’m concluding my look-back at how 2018 went for me, professionally. Personally, it was terrible, but on a work front it was pretty great. If you haven’t already done so, you might want to start with Part One. So, having already covered off January...
by Barry J Hutchison | Jan 6, 2019 | Authors, Books, Comics, Self-Publishing
Today is my birthday, and I’ve always sort of treated 6th January as my own New Year. No New Year’s Resolutions begin until the 7th, and I have freedom to eat as much banoffee pie as I can until midnight tonight. It’s also the day that I tend to look...