Writer of Wrongs
Although I set out to create a fantasy novel, I decided early on that I would use my knowledge of the natural world, and in particular the English countryside, as the backdrop for my story. There were a number of reasons for this, two of which I will detail here; one, my love of the …
Continue reading Deciding on a setting for my new fantasy novel, “The Jracon’s Burden”…
I've been researching authors, famous and not-so, to try to expand my own styles and writing methods, and I've noticed something; they really love their quotes! Or maybe they are just rather good with words (funny, that!) and we, the adoring public, love to stick what they have said inside speech marks and use them …
It is all too easy to get deeply immersed in a work in progress, either on a character level, where you worry overly about what your protagonists would do next, or on a syntaxical level, ensuring your paragraphs are the correct length, and the punctuation is spot on. Of course both are essential for a …
The cliffhanger. Overused trope or essential storytelling tool? Personally, I love 'em. I love 'em in books and I love 'em in films and TV series. 24, Kiefer Sutherland's opus, was full to the brim with them. Maybe upwards of a dozen per episode. As the scene fades to the iconic ticking clock, will the …
I've just watched my nation come in as runners up behind Belgium in the World Cup group stages, and yet I do not mind at all, due to the fact that we should come up against weaker teams in the next stages as a result. Consequently, I am wondering what our manager, Gareth Southgate, really …
