jahauthor.bsky.social
@jahauthor.bsky.social
Love sports, travel, photography, and writing.
Latest book is the alt-history novel, Funny Money, published by Sea Lion Press following a British agent in an alt Cold War.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/John-A.-Hopkins/author/B091TWB9D9
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I am excited to share the news my new novel, Funny Money has bean published by the team at Sea Lion Press. This is the follow up to Atomic Secrets, an alternate history espionage thriller.

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FUNNY MONEY | Sea Lion Press
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Amazing how bad #AI can be - I just did a quick search for Tammy Abraham to check where he was currently playing - Besitkas in Turkey. However, according to the #Co-Pilot summary - the first entry! - he plays for Aston Villa. Not since 2019!
Absolutely astonishing!
January 18, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books, it's "Decisive Darkness", Paul Hynes' (who penned the new #WW2 article earlier this week) bleak take on #ImperialJapan fighting on after the #atomic #bomb fell on #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
DECISIVE DARKNESS | Sea Lion Press
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January 17, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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Paul Hynes looks at #French planning for #WW2 and how their battle strategy was ironically upended by the loss of #NaziGermany 's plans at #Mechelen forcing them to change their own strategy for a repeat of #WW1. #WhatIf #AlternateHistory #Gamelin #Maginot www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/dreams-...
Dreams From The Dark Years: Third Time Lucky
By Paul Hynes.On the 2nd of May, the Battle of Berlin finally came to an end. The surviving residents of the German capital emerged from the ruins of their homes and attempted to piece their lives bac...
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January 13, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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To go with yesterday's look at the #AlternateHistory #ColdWar #thriller "Atomic Secrets" by John A. Hopkins ( @jahauthor.bsky.social ) here's another chance to read his "Why I Wrote..." article about the #writing process. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
Why I Wrote... Atomic Secrets
By John A. HopkinsI was incredibly excited when Sea Lion Press agreed to publish my first alternate history novel, Atomic Secrets. It is built on a simple premise and an alternate history staple – Bri...
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January 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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#SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) discusses why he wrote "Our Man on the Hill" - #WhatIf arch-red-baiter #JoeMcCarthy had secretly been a #Communist agent himself? www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
Why I Wrote... Our Man On The Hill
By Matthew Kresal.“Where do your ideas come from?”That’s almost an inevitable question one receives after a stranger finds out you’re a published author. One that is almost always in the wake of, “Wha...
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January 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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Let's begin our #SaturdayShowcase for 2026 of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books with one of the few that started it all - Ed Thomas' "Fight and Be Right". #WhatIf #WinstonChurchill 's father had become #PrimeMinister? www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
FIGHT AND BE RIGHT | Sea Lion Press
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January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Enjoying the 1st game of AFCON25, especially Efan Ekoku on comms - absolutely lovely to listen to.
Looking forward to watching the remainder of the tournament.
And WHAT A GOAL from Ayoub El Kaabi to get the tournament going.
#AFCON
December 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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And the sales is now on!
My David Brook series is here:
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...

#AlternateHistory #writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
Excited my @sealionpress.co.uk books are part of this sale.

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Atomic Secrets & Funny Money are the first two books in the #AlternateHistory David Brook series.
I'm hard at work editing book three, tentatively titled Lethal Wings.
#writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
SLP #AlternateHistory #books are discounted in the #SmashWords #sale from December 8th! See below for details, link: smashwords.com/sale
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #books, it's our guide "How to Write #AlternateHistory" edited by David Flin. Remember to check out the #Smashwords #sale in which many of our books are currently discounted! www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
HOW TO WRITE ALTERNATE HISTORY | Sea Lion Press
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December 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
And the sales is now on!
My David Brook series is here:
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...

#AlternateHistory #writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
Excited my @sealionpress.co.uk books are part of this sale.

www.smashwords.com/profile/view...

Atomic Secrets & Funny Money are the first two books in the #AlternateHistory David Brook series.
I'm hard at work editing book three, tentatively titled Lethal Wings.
#writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
SLP #AlternateHistory #books are discounted in the #SmashWords #sale from December 8th! See below for details, link: smashwords.com/sale
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Happy 88th Birthday to 🇬🇧British film director Ridley Scott, born #OnThisDay, here with Ian Holm and Sigourney Weaver during a break in filming a scene on the ‘Mother’ set of the science-fiction horror film "ALIEN" (1979) at Shepperton Studios in England

🎬 20th Century-Fox 🛸
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Excited my @sealionpress.co.uk books are part of this sale.

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Atomic Secrets & Funny Money are the first two books in the #AlternateHistory David Brook series.
I'm hard at work editing book three, tentatively titled Lethal Wings.
#writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
SLP #AlternateHistory #books are discounted in the #SmashWords #sale from December 8th! See below for details, link: smashwords.com/sale
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Not to teach anyone to suck eggs but...
If like me you have a M365 subscription renewal, check you haven't been auto-enrolled for Co-Pilot for an extra £25/yr (assuming you don't use it).
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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#Writer #Author #Poet Absolutely, reviews are so vital in raising awareness & attracting more potential readers. Just a few positive words & hopefully a 5* rating can make a vast difference & mean so much! TY
October 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
An excellent last film of the #LondonFilmFestival last night - #Giant, the story of #PrinceNaseemHamed and #BrendanIngle.
I also highly recommend #Tuner, the #SurpriseFilm - a interesting crime thriller with #DustinHoffman and #LeoWoodall.
And finally, #APrivateLife, #JodieFoster.
#movies #LFF
October 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
An interesting look at prequels and #JamesBond.
Like Mr. Anderson, I rather like the three Horowitz Bond books. I love the original books and re-read them all the time, so it was good to have something more like #IanFleming than the other continuation writers.
October 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
What a fantastic day at the Women's Rugby World Cup Final on Saturday. Two fantastic games, and the #RedRoses emerged as #WorldChampions - congratulations
#WRWC
September 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books: the #USCivilWar is over and the South has won. But what happens to #BleedingKansas? Mark Ciccone tells the tale of of an ordinary cavalryman who just wants to go home. #Kansas #CivilWar www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
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September 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Nice summary - I agree there was a drop in quality in the 2000s. I would add Craig Thomas to the list - his #Firefox (turned into a Clint Eastwood movie) is often mentioned as the 1st techno-thriller. The follow-up Firefox Down, and my favourite Winter Hawk are terrific.
September 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM