Last week we looked at what I write: Dark Fantasy. This week we’re looking at what features in my writing. Once upon a time I wrote about what folklore is and why folklore is important. I wrote about how we embrace it in our Disney movies and young adult novels – disguised as fairy tales. …
Welcome to the final post about my live book launch on the 1st of June 2019. For previous posts: full speech, diversity speech, princess project speech, and hot button issue speech. After all the previous stuff, this song played: Then I did my reading from my book “Magic at Midnight”: Transcript of speech (book extract!): …
Whenever I tell someone that I write Dark Fantasy, they recoil. Why? Because they hear “dark” and think “horror”. Or worse. So I decided to write this article with the hope that when someone searches online for “dark fantasy”, they will find this and understand the art behind it. Definition of Dark Fantasy: Dark Fantasy …
Today I’m sharing the third speech from my live book launch on the 1st of June 2019. For the full speech, go here. For the first speech, go here. For the second speech, go here. To set the scene: Before this speech, this song played: Then I did my speech about hot button issues in …
I haven’t done one of these in a while! As you might have noticed, I’ve added a new feature to my blogging schedule: Bookish Stuff. I share reviews, new releases and news about my writing on Mondays. Fallen Princeborn: Stolen by @jeanleesworld #bookreview Book Club Questions: Magic at Midnight #newrelease #books New Book Release: ThunderTree …
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It’s the third Wednesday of the month and time for another Author Toolbox post. Whether you go indie or trad, you are an authorpreneur who has a business to run. Let me rephrase that: whether you self-publish, publish with a small-press or publish with one of the Big 5, you need to sell your books …
I’m so happy to share with you the second speech from my book launch on the 1st of June 2019. If you want to see the full video of the launch, go here. For video one “Diversity in Fiction”, go here. So, to set the scene: After the first speech, this song played: Then I …
Honestly, I have no idea what the difference between a raven and a crow is. To me, they are beautiful black birds. According to the Collins English dictionary: crow n 1 any large gregarious songbird of the genus Corvus, esp C. corone (the carrion crow) of Europe and Asia: family Corvidae. Other species are the …
I’ve decided to share some of my favourite non-fiction books here on the blog. Tim has worked with over 100 different authors from top best sellers such as Hugh Howey, Daniel Pink, Charles Duhigg, Chip and Dan Heath, Ramit Sethi and Pamela Slim to authors just get started on their first writing project. He has …
