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My writing journey: Part 5
I am a primary school teacher. I spend all day with children aged 7 to 11. I love reading to them, reading their stories, and exploring their imaginations. I also love inspiring them to read and write and push themselves to achieve what they think will be impossible. Once upon a time, I thought that writing a novel would be impossible. But I beat that big bad wolf and have managed to write three…
My Writing Journey 4: The Messenger, Book 2 of The Beast, The Messenger and The King.
My first book came easily, no distractions, no hesitation, when I look back now it feels like it almost wrote itself (not true, I spent many hours sat with no company except the characters in my head arguing over what they should do next). I have detailed in previous blogs how my author journey moved from writer to marketer and all the experience I gained. I have finally admitted to myself that…
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Seven Goblins
Seven Goblins Taddy McGill pulled the heavy sheep’s hide tighter around his neck and leaned closer to the window. He could see his parents sitting with some of their friends at one of the long benches near the central stage, close to the big fireplace. This was one of his family’s Mid-Winter traditions. They would trudge through the snowy streets to the Dark Blossom and sit outside for a while…
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Duncton Wood
Some of my earliest memories are of my parents reading. Reading to me, listening to me read, looking at the book covers of the giant tomes they were reading whilst sitting on sunloungers on holiday around a pool or on a beach. They were, and are avid readers. I will freely admit that when I was younger the books they read scared me. Especially those in my father’s hands. Not because there were…
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My writing journey: Tales from the Slaughtered Lamb
After the success of writing and launching my first novel, The Beast, the obvious thing to do was to jump straight back into writing the next book in the planned trilogy. Which is exactly what I did. For the first few months, the story flowed out of my imagination and onto the page, but something was not right in my head. Something else was nagging at my brain calling for attention. The Beast…
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My writing journey part 3.
Nearly two years on from releasing my first novel ‘The Beast’ and I am still questioning myself. Am I a writer? When I meet new people at parties, am I allowed to talk to them about my books? Can I say “I’m a writer” or do I still hide under the umbrella of my day job? Many hours have been spent sitting in a dark room typing at a computer, drawing from the well of imagination. It still surprises…
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The Mountain
After 10 days of heavily marketing ‘The Things We Did To Kill A…’ it was time for a break.The family and I went for a few days holiday in Wales. The big plan was to do a walk-up Snowdon. As always when planning these things you can’t predict the weather. We knew for several days that the day we had chosen was going to be rainy, but just how bad would it be on the mountain?Really bad!But that just…
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Why should you become a Patron?
Why should you become a Patron?
My writing life has been a busy one since the release of my debut novel – The Beast. Book 2 is well underway and is due out later this year. But for some reason, one story just is not enough for my brain to tinker away at, I found my imagination wandering the streets of a small village in the Lake District, meeting new characters and powerful enemies. The Things we do to kill a… was born. Now…
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My Journey to Write 'The Beast' Part 2
My Journey to Write ‘The Beast’ Part 2
And it was just the beginning. There was so very much to learn. My book was out there for the world to find and enjoy and I had the satisfaction of being able to say to anyone and everyone that I was an author. It could all just be that simple. Write it and publish it. The only difficulty is selling it. Now that is a story all of its own. I will admit that I like learning new things, as long…
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Cover story 3
Alright, so sales of The Beast have predictably slowed down. So I panicked. I love the cover artwork that I have been using but have always felt that perhaps it would not appeal enough to older readers. After all the book does have some adult themes and is not written for children, although most teenagers would enjoy it. Down the rabbit hole I dropped. Researching cover artists – but they all…
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A walk in the wild.
My latest blog on walking for inspiration.
I always enjoy going for a walk in the countryside and never miss an opportunity to get out and about. It might just be a simple walk so that the dog can have a sniff about and do his toilet things. Or it could be a mountain climbing adventure in the wilds. Walking lets my mind ease away from the pressures of work and home, thoughts drift with the passing landscape. My imagination kicks in and I…
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It's all about the reviews!
Just a little writing news update and information about reviews.
The festive break is over. Everyone is back to work. For some of us the days are short and the nights are long and it feels like we never see the sun.During these bleak months I find myself planning for the spring, hoping that I’ll be able to book a holiday away to a country I have never been to before. Looking forwards to seeing sights I have only viewed in pictures and having new…
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It's all about the reviews!
It’s all about the reviews!
The festive break is over. Everyone is back to work. For some of us the days are short and the nights are long and it feels like we never see the sun.During these bleak months I find myself planning for the spring, hoping that I’ll be able to book a holiday away to a country I have never been to before. Looking forwards to seeing sights I have only viewed in pictures and having new…
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Midwinter's Eve
A little seasonal story that escaped from my mind.
As with all things writing, I find my mind sometimes wanders into the strangest of situations. Characters pop into my mind doing the oddest things. Today it was the turn of Santa, reimagined for a Fantasy world with a little help from some old characters from past games of Dungeons and Dragons. Merry Christmas to all! Daddy Mid-Winter It was busy in ‘The Dark Blossom’, it always was this close…
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