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November 14, 2016
Previews and free stories
I've started using Wattpad to put out previews of some of my work, and also to give away some free stories. So far I've done the following:
Previews of The Risen Dead, Vampire Worms, The Frihet Rebellion and Eyes Of The Raven.
The Ant Man, novelette, complete.
Demon Of Heathen Cliff, short story, complete.
More will be added! Drop by if you can, read and, perhaps, even comment. Always happy to hear from readers.
Here's the link:
https://www.wattpad.com/user/nwdavies
Previews of The Risen Dead, Vampire Worms, The Frihet Rebellion and Eyes Of The Raven.
The Ant Man, novelette, complete.
Demon Of Heathen Cliff, short story, complete.
More will be added! Drop by if you can, read and, perhaps, even comment. Always happy to hear from readers.
Here's the link:
https://www.wattpad.com/user/nwdavies
November 6, 2016
Assassin on the loose!
Just published! My short story Assassin On The 74th Floor, in Crimson Streets, with a wonderful illustration by Jihane Mossalim.
Go take a look, and I hope you enjoy it. :)
http://www.crimsonstreets.com/2016/11...
Go take a look, and I hope you enjoy it. :)
http://www.crimsonstreets.com/2016/11...
October 22, 2016
Reading habit
I've fallen into the habit, now, of having two books on the go at the same time. One, my daytime book, and two, my nighttime book.
The daytime book is always a paperback or hardback, while the nighttime book is a kindle book, which allows me to read in bed at night without a light on, so I don't disturb my sleeping wife.
Currently, my daytime book is Strangers by Dean Koontz, and my nighttime book is Crosstalk by Connie Willis.
Works well :)
The daytime book is always a paperback or hardback, while the nighttime book is a kindle book, which allows me to read in bed at night without a light on, so I don't disturb my sleeping wife.
Currently, my daytime book is Strangers by Dean Koontz, and my nighttime book is Crosstalk by Connie Willis.
Works well :)
August 28, 2016
Author Subscription
Smashwords now has an Author Subscription feature which will alert you to any new releases of mine (or any other favourite author you might have)
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August 25, 2016
Music influences
For no particular reason, I got thinking last night about the bands and artists who were important to me and an influence to my younger (and slightly older) self (70s through to 90s). This list is not exhaustive, but it''s what I came up with off the top of my head. Feel free to list your own, if you wish.
Cat Stevens
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
Status Quo
Black Sabbath
Albert Hammond
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Outlaws
Kansas
Prince
Nils Lofgren
Gentle Giant
PFM
Be Bop Deluxe
AC/DC
If I continued the list to the current time, I would have to add Nightwish, but I decided to stop in the 90s :)
Looking at the list, it's fairly representative of the genres of music I like to listen to, even today: singer/songwriter, classic rock, heavy rock, prog rock and jazz rock (and Prince, who was a genre all to himself).
Cat Stevens
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
Status Quo
Black Sabbath
Albert Hammond
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Outlaws
Kansas
Prince
Nils Lofgren
Gentle Giant
PFM
Be Bop Deluxe
AC/DC
If I continued the list to the current time, I would have to add Nightwish, but I decided to stop in the 90s :)
Looking at the list, it's fairly representative of the genres of music I like to listen to, even today: singer/songwriter, classic rock, heavy rock, prog rock and jazz rock (and Prince, who was a genre all to himself).
August 23, 2016
Very tired (again)
When it takes forever to copy one correction from the annotated draft onto the computer, because you keep forgetting what you're doing and try to fall asleep instead... it's time to take a break from draft 2!
August 21, 2016
1st Draft - 2nd Draft
Finished editing the printed 1st draft of the new novel tonight. Now to take all that scribble back into Scrivener, add a few bits, move a few things around and voila!, 2nd draft :)
The Risen Dead - reblogged from http://www.nwdavies.co.uk (July)
Tidying up The Risen Dead, a novella, the first in a series called The Givers Of Life. At the moment, with the sad demise of Screaming Dreams (who it was placed with), I have no publisher and am having difficulty finding one willing to take on a series of zombie-based novellas. Therefore (and with my children’s permission… read old blogs to find the relevance of that!) I may consider self publishing it.
No absolute final decision yet, and I am still looking at publishers (anyone know any zombie and series friendly ones out there?).
I thought I’d take this unexpected and unfortunate opportunity to go over the novella one final time… it was originally finished over a year ago, and I haven’t read it since then. Fresh eyes will always find things to change.
The novella does stand on its own, but I really wanted to go further into its world, which is why I plan to do a series. And there are some questions deliberately left unanswered, or at least vague. Lots more to write on this.
And if you don’t like zombies? Give it a try anyway, when it comes out from whatever source. I hope I’m bringing a slightly different slant on the genre, rather than retreading the same old themes, but ultimately you, the reader, will decide that.
No absolute final decision yet, and I am still looking at publishers (anyone know any zombie and series friendly ones out there?).
I thought I’d take this unexpected and unfortunate opportunity to go over the novella one final time… it was originally finished over a year ago, and I haven’t read it since then. Fresh eyes will always find things to change.
The novella does stand on its own, but I really wanted to go further into its world, which is why I plan to do a series. And there are some questions deliberately left unanswered, or at least vague. Lots more to write on this.
And if you don’t like zombies? Give it a try anyway, when it comes out from whatever source. I hope I’m bringing a slightly different slant on the genre, rather than retreading the same old themes, but ultimately you, the reader, will decide that.
May 4, 2016
Free spring contest from Omnium Gatherum
The publishers Omnium Gatherum are running a free to enter contest to win The Village Witch goodies (including ebooks and paperback)! It's easy and free to enter so take a look and win some goodies!
https://gleam.io/GBFn9/celebrate-spri...
https://gleam.io/GBFn9/celebrate-spri...
April 17, 2016
Get it before it's gone!
Last chance to get two of my horror novels (Welcome Home & Raised In Evil) in one low price volume - in less than a month it will be gone!
