The author, his writing and more
Just posted a new story called Midsummer on my Story Fragments Blog. It is inspired by the heights above Windemere in the Lake District as seen in the photo above. Here are the first few lines:
She pushed aside the soaked sacking that hung across the entrance to her rough stone shelter and peered out.… Read more
Now that’s a sight I like to see! Someone promoting my book!
And don’t ask me why WordPress likes to rotate vertical images setting people on their sides … If you don’t understand what I mean, trying clicking on the picture above.… Read more
I have set up a new blog using all the short texts I have written about books I’ve read. I am going to add a full reference at the end of each text including the ISBN. At the moment I am writing the next contribution to that blog about Trudi Canavan’s book The Rogue.… Read more
Just received a box of books of The Reaches from CreateSpace. They arrived from the States much faster that I was led to believe. Excellent service! So now if you can’t or don’t want to get the book from Amazon.com and while we wait to get it into other online bookshops, you can oder a copy from me.… Read more
Attended a meeting of the Geneva Writers’ Group yesterday. They meet in the Geneva Press Centre, a stone’s throw away from the UN building (see photo). It was my first time. More than a hundred people present. Amazing that there are so many English writers in the area.… Read more
I have been tracing out the structure of the story for Book Four of the Storyteller’s Quest using as a starting point the two chapters already written. It’s not an easy task because I need to keep track of not only all the characters but also four (or rather three and a half) separate worlds in which the action is taking place.… Read more
I have begun work again on the fourth book of The Storyteller’s Quest. I had written some two chapters but put them aside to work on another book. Now, I have transferred all the existing material into Scrivener, which I am using for the first time, and I am re-working the plan of the whole book.… Read more
I have just finished the layout for the print version of The Keeper’s Daughter, Book 2 of The Storyteller’s Quest. The book is almost ready for printing but I want to wait till one or two issues with the promotion of Book One are sorted out.… Read more
I’m working on the idea of preparing an exhibition of artwork inspired by my novels. I have started collecting photos and I plan to go through my novels looking for quotes or images that could inspire related artwork. The idea is not to illustrate, but rather to be inspired by my novels.… Read more
