I’ve long been fascinated by animation. The idea of someone’s drawings coming to life has always seemed very powerful to me – an incredibly direct form of creativity. When I was younger, I tried my hand at it the old fashioned way – creating minutely different images on paper or cells to photograph frame by …
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write, will you take a look? It’s a dark, twisty story about a man named Quinn And I need a job, So I want to be a paperback writer…. Paperback writer! (With apologies to the Beatles) Summon Up The Blood is …
Every now and then a review comes along that makes you think you’re not entirely wasting your time. There are readers out there who get what you’re trying to do and respond enthusiastically to it. One of those is Ellie Hawkes, who has just posted her review of Fortune’s Hand on her blog, Elspells. All …
The Palace of Whitehall is all decked out in green, hung with sprigs of holly, ivy, spruce and pine. A resinous scent conjures forth the forest in its wintergreen glory. As if the forest has brought itself inside for us. And the hunting scenes depicted on the hanging tapestries are in the process of coming …
It’s great to be a published writer, having your work out there in the public domain for people to discover. Sometimes people who have discovered your work take the time to say what they think about it. Either in an amazon or Goodreads review, or on their own blog. Occasionally I put my writing name …