R.N. Morris's Blog, page 4
September 12, 2020
Chapter headings for Fortune’s Hand
Oakfast. Seedburst. Crossing. War. A damask sea. Cozening. Drunk on geography. The new Aphrodite. The savage tongue. Solar alchemy. The Great Comet. Lunar alchemy. The Presence Chamber. Gallows fly. A very pirate. Poor John. Aboard the admiral. Tar. Cannonshot. The Paradoxal Compass. Tennis. Making ink. A dozen devils. For a suit of clothes. Conjuring enemies. The Golden Fort. Very well. This. Letters. Groans. Further examples. Wintergreen. Revels. She gives. The old cob house. I am Water. Whither? Whispers. Fall. The whiff of treasure. Ripples. Have with you to Walsingham. Backwater. Ebbtide. Undertide. Dreamtide. Lowtide. Woetide. Bloodtide. Meta Incognita. Wind-whipped. Best hated. Hellburners. Politic. For what …
September 6, 2020
The Elephant in the Room.
To judge by the majority of its Amazon reviews, one book of mine seems to be pretty universally loathed: Summon Up the Blood. It’s fair to say that people hate it. They hate it so much that they feel compelled, more than with any of my other books, to go on Amazon and leave a …
August 22, 2020
Researching Fortune’s Hand II
Here are some of the books I consulted when I was researching Fortune’s Hand. They range from biographies of Raleigh (or Ralegh as he is more ‘correctly’ spelled) and other notable figures of the period, to general histories and studies of specific aspects of the life at that time. It’s by no means an exhaustive …
August 21, 2020
Researching Fortune’s Hand I
Fortune’s Hand is fiction, not history. In writing it, I was trying to imagine what it must have been like to see the world through Walter Raleigh’s eyes. Now you may say that’s an insane thing to attempt and I wouldn’t necessarily argue with you. But for whatever reason, that’s what I did. So it’s …
August 18, 2020
Fortune’s Hand published today!
I’m really excited to announce the publication of a new novel, Fortune’s Hand. It will be available as ebook first of all, with a paperback on the way soon for those of you who like to hold a physical book in your hands. Here’s the blurb: “An extraordinary excursion into the past by a master …
August 1, 2020
Big book giveaway
That is to say, it’s a big giveaway of books, rather than a giveaway of big books. The books are all normal sized and they’re sitting on my vanity shelf. I have decided to give away 10 of them. They will be from across my range of titles. To enter all you have to do …
June 24, 2020
Trailer park.
I’ve brought together the animated trailers for the first five of my Silas Quinn novels. You could call it a trailer park. So here they are (in reverse order):
June 5, 2020
President Trump addresses a troubled nation.
I’ve made another animation. This one’s a bit political, maybe. Though I don’t think it’s particularly political to be appalled by Trump.
May 30, 2020
Please don’t buy a monkey as a pet
Monkeys aren’t pets. They are wild animals. They can be dangerous. I made a short public information film to emphasise the point. If you’re still not convinced, buy my novel The Mannequin House, which is in many ways a precautionary tale of what happens when monkey pet ownership goes wrong.
May 25, 2020
New readers start here.
Today the digital first publisher Canelo are reissuing the first five Silas Quinn novels as affordable ebooks. The first in the series is Summon Up the Blood, which is 99p on amazon. Buy it now, as they say in the bookselling business. To whet your appetite here’s a short trailer I made. I will be …
