Most of you by now are probably aware that I was hit between the eyes by The Lord of the Rings at a very young age, which was my first exposure to classic fantasy. However. Only a few months later, I discovered The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper. It is the second book in […]
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This post was updated on January 13, 2024. Everything always looks mysterious and profound, written in Latin, doesn’t it? It occurred to me that when I first started blogging here, I really didn’t do much of an introduction. I figure you might like to know a bit about me. Whenever I trip over a new-to-me
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Why did I become a writer? The short answer: Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. Which is a pretty cliched reason for a speculative fiction author, but it’s utterly true. Here’s the twist, though: I was introduced to both story worlds in the same six month period. Phew! It was a watershed year, for
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Have you noticed that some or <gulp> most of the reviews you’ve written are being deleted by Amazon, lately? Yeah, it’s a big club. Some history. First, a bit of history about Amazon reviews, so you can understand why Amazon are doing what they’re doing. Amazon have always had a “review policy” that determined what was an appropriate
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I’ve been dying to show you the cover!! I’ve been sitting on it for a while now. The release of The Memory of Water is only a couple of weeks away now, and I usually reveal the cover around this time. Next week, I’ll also provide you with the full first chapter, so you can
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There’s been a few more changes to the site recently that I wanted to draw to your attention as it involves freebies–always a good thing. There is now a Free Fiction page in the top menu (up on the right, there, see?). The page has any stories I’m currently offering for free, and also this
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The exact moment this post published was the northern hemisphere’s 2020 Summer Solstice (and the winter solstice for everyone down-under). Tarot cards, pagan festivals, and the ancient cultures all celebrated the summer solstice. It’s thought that Stonehenge may have been built expressly to mark the summer solstice–which was generations worth of effort for the changing
As I write this post (which is somewhere in your past, by the time you read it), I have just fi nished plotting the second book of the Magorian & Jones series, which took several days longer than I expected it to. I suspect I’ll get faster at it as the series progresses, but there’s
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Today is Canadian Rivers Day, and as water features heavily in book 1 of the Magorian & Jones series, The Memory of Water, and I’m sitting north of the 48th parallel, I feel I can’t let the day go by without a mention of rivers in general and Canadian rivers in particular. Quite apart from
I’m writing this post a little bit ahead of time, and today (when I write this), I just starting plotting out the next book in the Magorian & Jones series. Book title is (currently — and remember that everything might yet change): The Triumph of Felix. If this is your first time on the site
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