PAWS OR CHANGE
I’ve been publishing my stories since 2018 and, looking back from this drafty, if not lofty perch, it’s obvious, at least to me, how much I’ve changed since then, as though I secreted my personal journey out of darkness within the twists and turns of my characters’...
IMAGINARY EPIC
It was always going to end up epic. The first line of description for the finale to The Mangy Wolf Saga, imaginatively titled, The Return Of The Cat, pretty much reveals the heart of its writer. Having travelled here via a humorous side swipe at Young Adult fantasy...
HOUSE OF WOLVES
Whereas the humorous fantasy A Wolf So Grim And Mangy poked fun at those glorious teen Chosen One epics, the sequel, A Song Of Mange And Poison, targets the ‘House’ dynamics of deeply rooted warring factions. No sooner have menopausal Edi and her Mangy Wolf grabbed...
GAME FOR A LAUGH
The last couple of years have shown us that nothing stays the same. Unless you happen to be an author of fiction, where the prevailing wisdom errs on the side of producing a recognisable genre product to ‘build your brand’. At the time of writing, I’ve...
HAPPY EVER AFTER
In reading books, watching film or simply contemplating life in general, what does the phrase ‘Happy Ever After’ (HEA) mean to you? Is it skipping through a field of daisies in the sunshine? A great sporting triumph, making sense of prior adversity? Finding your soul...
APOCALYPSE NOE
At the time of writing this blog entry, the third and final book of my sci-fi series, Canellian Eye : Chosen, has been sent for the first round of feedback edits and is on target for a summer 2020 release. When I began writing the trilogy in 2019, I always had a...
THE INNOCENT FALL
Whilst Canellian Eye: Prophecy was primarily concerned with exploring destiny, and identity within that concept, the second part of the trilogy, Rebellion, revolves around community versus individual experience regarding violent uprising. It’s often been said that one...
THE DARKER SIDE
Thoughts on writing the middle book of a trilogy Firestone Key was written as a standalone fantasy which, whilst having serious themes, was also peopled by quirky characters and peppered with humour. When I embarked on the Canellian Eye trilogy, I knew that this...
SAVAGE DESTINY
Spoiler alert for Canellian Eye : Prophecy The Canellian Eye trilogy, once complete, will explore the slippery nature of destiny. Does it exist at all and, if it does, can it be lost? I received a comment recently that fate and destiny amount to the same thing. I...
DESTINED TO BE EVIL?
Firestone Key Character Study 2 – The Queen (Spoiler alert) The Evil Queen, the Harpy – familiar name tags in fantasy lore, but I didn’t want to write an unrepentantly evil baddy; the one you boo at and are happy to see violently despatched. I once read that every...