February 01, 2015
AKARNAE RELEASE DAY!!
It’s official! AKARNAE is now available for purchase!! How cool is that!? To give you an idea, it’s like Harry Potter mixed with X-Men and The Chronicles of Narnia. Basically, it’s an epic adventure! If you’re interested in having a read, you can find out how to purchase a copy by clicking HERE. You can also find…
January 22, 2015
Exciting Updates
Oh, boy, soooo much has been happening lately! I figure it’s about time I give you all an update on the current state of events in my life. So, first up, there are only TEN SLEEPS TO GO until the release of AKARNAE – how exciting! That’s February 1st, just so you know! And my book…
January 18, 2015
How To Create A “Real” Fantasy World
I love fantasy. I love reading it, I love watching it, and most of all, I love writing it. There’s something so incredibly liberating about letting your mind run wild with infinite possibilities. Because, really, the only thing that limits the creation of fantasy is our own imaginations. But how, exactly, does someone create a…
January 14, 2015
Character Motivations
Why did the chicken cross the road? This is a well-known question, one most people have heard as the beginning of a joke (or an attempted joke) at least a few times in their lives. There are many different answers but all of them stem from the same original question, a question that, when stripped apart and…
January 11, 2015
Show, Don’t Tell
As writers, we’re often told how important it is to “show, don’t tell” with our words. The funny thing is, it can be easier to write “tell” rather than “show”, but it’s waaaay better to read “show” than it is to read “tell”. And really, as someone who spends a lot of time reading, I kinda…
January 05, 2015
All Good Things Must Come To An End
Alas! I have had two marvellous weeks off life, but it’s back to work this week for me. As the title of this post suggests, all good things must come to an end! Fortunately, I work with some pretty darn awesome people, so it’s not much of a hardship to get back to it with…