I found Rachel online when I was researching all the things I needed to know as a South African author. I signed up for her newsletter and got the first two Creepy Hollow books free. And then I won the third book – signed! – during a holiday give-away. The first three books of the …
I’m so excited to share the news about e-friend Jacqui Murray’s second book in the Crossroads Trilogy. You can read about book 1 here. Driven from her home. Stalked by enemies. Now her closest ally may be a traitor. “Bravo Jacqui! A fine read and meticulous research.” — Sue Harrison, author of the acclaimed Ivory …
Celebrating the success of Twisted Tales, I’m sharing a couple of book club questions. Book club questions Twisted Tales What do you think of the nightmare theme of the book? Did you enjoy the vampire inspired stories? What do you think of the various Dark Fae featured in the book? Which story was your favourite? …
Celebrating the success of Once… Tales, Myths and Legends of Faerie, I’m sharing a couple of book club questions. Original book trailer: Audiobook book trailer: Book club questions Once… Tales, Myths and Legends of Faerie If you were a dragon, would you hoard books? Why/why not? What do you think of Beira? What do you …
Celebrating the success of my Faery Tales series, I’m sharing a couple of book club questions about Unseen. Book club questions Unseen How do you think Anja ended up in the forest without her memory? Do you think she would have regained her memory if it weren’t for the rabbit guiding her back to the …
So, we have looked at what dark fantasy is and what types of folklore I use in my writing. Another question that frequently comes up in interviews, online chats and talking to readers via email and at book signings: What do you write about? They already know how the content is dealt with (dark fantasy) …
Celebrating the success of The Fae Realm, I’m sharing a couple of book club questions. Book club questions The Fae Realm Do you agree with what Sia did? Why/why not? Did you know what she was before the folklore explanation? When? What do you think of the person dancing for the Dark King? Do you …
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 …
