Okay, first up I apologise for being absent for so long, (over a year - where has the time gone?). To use the word hectic is to understate. But enough nonsense, I'll cut to the quick. Corin and company have finally crawled out of those woods. They've a few scars, cuts and bites - mostly awarded by Queen Ariane, (featured right of page in faerie mode). This blog kicks off J.W.Webb's Blogfest. A series of 'weekly waffles' about writing fantasy, [...]
To swear or not to swear - that is the question... Okay - so I've just tidied up a nasty scrap down in Kranek Harbour. Our boys were in the .... they didn't know what to ....... do and things were generally getting out of hand. Nothing new there. That dreadful assassin fellow was doing awful things to our leading lady, whilst Dumb and Dumber were fending off all manner of ugliness with their steely blades. General chaos, really - [...]
The trouble with Corin is that it's always someone elses fault. Sure it's been a rough life what with him being an orphan and all. Then he goes and joins the Wolves - a regiment well known (and well despised) comprising every cuthroat, cutpurse and general nuisance. Of course he excels in his role of chief havoc operative with that nasty long blade of his. But our boy lacks patience, falls out with the long people. That temper of his... [...]
Ok, so when the world turns up side down you have to turn with it. Don't ask why just smile and hang on. If you're trapped spinning in the tumble dryer you have to hold to hoping that some kind soul will eventually switch it off. You'll fall out, your hair will look crap, but hey you'll be fine. Trust your hunches and roll with the punches as Jimmy Buffett would say. So when everything you thought you knew about promotion and publishing goes topsy turvy, [...]
OK - first big apologies for the tardiness of this entry. Many excuses - none suffice but, well... back here now. The Haven is ready after being proofed by the excellent Julia Gibbs @juliaproofreader and Shattered Crown almost there. Been a long road - hard, twisted and challenging, but worth every mile. Being back in Ansu with Corin left me feeling I needed to expose my far-reaching goals for this forthcoming fantasy series. So for this entry my purpose is to [...]
I received three stunning images from Roger Garland last week, one for each of the Chronicles of Corin. I already have an over-image for the Chronicles on my website. These new artworks are dazzling and I think will really help the books fly. For The Shattered Crown we have an eagle-prowed ship, a wolf god and a churning ocean, with Oroonin's all -seeing eye in background. The Glass Crown shows Caer Carranis my city beset by Vaarg the firedrake, with [...]
Time to meet the leading four! First up Corin an Fol: orphan, mercenary and Longswordsman. Corin has a troubled past that works against him; he yearns for solace from war and strife. But he's got an attitude problem. Corin loves complicated women, but lacks the finesse to hook them, becoming tongue-tied and clumsy. He's lethal with that blade of his, and reckless brave when fighting (which is almost every day.) During the quest for the lost crown (the Tekara) Corin [...]
It's kind of cathartic in a sense - going back yet again, seeing Corin an Fol make his woody descent down to Finnehalle, his village, as evening sun slips below western water. I started writing The Shattered Crown back in the nineties, pen and paper, scribble and scrape. The story grew and grew, the characters all pressing me for bigger parts. I succumbed under pressure, hence SC morphed into Legends of Ansu, a wider story. This was represented for a [...]
Ok - so the Haven is done, subject to last minute tweaking after proofread. The story is succint and precise, bonding past with present and written in a modern upbeat style. The book is short - novella (perfect for kindle.) The script twists and turns frequently, and I think (and hope) will lure you, dear reader, until you are hooked. Certainly made a change writing contempory, and focussing on a spot I know just down the road - although ,discluding [...]
Snowdrops winking sleepy under crac-creaky willow; lambs a-gambol in wind-lashed fields, and those first brave yellow daffodils -waking up to promise of springtime after the long cold dark. The sap is rising, my friends: bleak winter in Cornwall shall soon relent his hold.It is a time of change.Change: that ever spinning wheel - constant always shifting. What must those weary souls caught up in the Industrial Revolution have thought when they saw the first steam train rolling in? And the [...]
