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Peak at the cover of Book 2

Hi all,

This is the artwork for the cover of the second book in the Moon Stealer series.

Let me know what you think.

INSPIRATION FOR WRITING

From Feet to Fiction!

I've always been a stubborn person, which my wife will happily agree with, so when I was about 14 years old and my English teacher said that I could never compose complete sentences I made a point of proving him wrong. I remember sitting in my bedroom writing the greatest piece of descriptive work I possibly could about a tree. The Thesaurus had never been used so much! But the important thing was that I went back over the 500 word piece of writing and edited it several times joining the short sentences together to improve it.
So you could say that my writing started at that point, purely out of stubbornness. But I also learnt that my writing couldn’t keep up with the speed of my brain. If I wrote everything I thought of it was important to go back and edit to improve the structure and flow of my work.
The next piece I wrote at school was a fantasy story that ended up being a lot longer than was required. After I had handed it in (together with an artistically drawn front cover. I think it was called The Citadel) the aforementioned English teacher stopped me in the corridor as I was going for my lunch break and asked if I had really written 'The Citadel.' He then gave me the highest mark possible for it and from then on we seemed to have a reasonable appreciation of each other.
So here's to you Jed for making me want to prove you wrong!
It was quite a while after when I went back to fantasy novels. I gained an honours degree in Podiatry and followed the sensible career path, wrote a couple of medical books, but let's be honest, they are pretty boring. For my own pleasure I had continued to write many different things including an Agatha Christie style whodunit, as well as a rather depressing story about a guy with cancer which was supposed to be a love story, but many of them still sit unfinished in a folder. One of the reasons I think I got bored with them was because they were restricting in many ways for me as the writer.
Things changed for me one morning in the bathroom. My son, who enjoys sharing the only peaceful time I get to truly be on my own, randomly asked me to tell him a story. James has a great imagination so I knew that only a wild and exciting story would amuse him (plus there had to be some form of death and destruction in it.) So I randomly said, 'Have you heard the one about the Moon Stealers?' and the seed of imagination started. During our time in the bathroom, we threw loads of ideas at each other and concocted a sort of story for the Moon Stealers. I decided to start writing it down, not really knowing where it was going, but as I started to write I found that the ideas seemed to organically grow by themselves. James went through every chapter with his pencil as I wrote them, telling me where I had made errors (as he has done with this piece!)
Writing a book for young people provides a lot more freedom for ideas and possibilities than an adult one. They are much more likely to accept things that an adult's methodical and scientific brain would be closed to. With children there is no 'that’s not possible,' or 'he wouldn’t do that,' or 'because of the erratic nature of ion's it would not be physically possible for teleportation to occur when it rains.' In short, to a child anything is possible. And, as a writer, that's exciting. It's like taking a child to a toy shop and saying: 'play with whatever you want, however you want…. Oh yes, you can take it all home with you too if you want.'
Writing is inspiring. Children are refreshing. Freedom to write what you want is liberating. Sentences are sometimes short. Fiction is more interesting that feet.

TWO RECENT REVIEWSI have had two great reviews recently:"...

TWO RECENT REVIEWS

I have had two great reviews recently:

"one of the best books I have read on this subject so far! ..... All in all a very great read! ..... will look forward to reading the entire series! Great job to Tim Flanagan nice start to this series :)"
Read the full review here:
http://addicted2bookreviews.blogspot.co.uk/

"really well written and had such rich detail that made the book shine and come to life ..... did not want the book to end ...... I was hooked ...... I was at the edge of my seat..."

Read the full review here:
http://networkedblogs.com/AXVeq

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The Moon Stealers and the Quest for the Silver Bough by Tim Flanagan is available from Amazon, Smashwords and B&N

The Moon Stealers - The Quest For The Silver Bough

AS FEATURED IN MAGIC FM RADIO BOOK CLUB

London Radio, Magic FM, now features The Moon Stealers book as part of their book club.
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The Moon Stealers - The Quest For The Silver Bough

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Free Ebook Promotion

FREE PROMOTION UNTIL THE END OF JULY 2012
The Moon Stealers and the Quest for the Silver Bough is available as a free download in all electronic formats until July 31 2012.

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Just enter the code SSWIN at the checkout and its yours - Free.

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My first post

Welcome to my Blog.My debut novel is now available from Amazon as an ebook for downloading to Kindle, IPad, IPhone, Tablet and Android for the bargain price of £1.98. It is also available in paperback for £6.99. THE MOON STEALERS AND THE QUEST FOR THE SILVER BOUGH (BOOK 1)The first in a series of four books that complete the story of The Moon Stealers.

In the small Yorkshire town of Parsley Bottom, Peter Crisp, a boy with an unusual gift of being able to see things that others cannot, goes missing after spending the night in a graveyard. Two of Peters school friends, attempt to find him but come across some mysterious engravings which propel them on an adventure beyond their imagination. By unravelling codes and riddles they journey within the bowels of Edinburgh Castle as they attempt to find the key to Peter’s disappearance.

Meanwhile MI6 operative Steven Knight is sent from London to investigate a meteorite landing which, he discovers, contains a bacteria within its core that is alien to our planet.

The bacteria quickly evolves into a deadly threat. The children not only need to find Peter, they need to save the entire world while they’re at it.

This cult fantasy adventure appeals to both children and adults and highlights the genuine possibility of what impact alien bacteria could have on our planet and the ecosystem on it. Would the inherent characteristic of human survival kick in or could the Earth be contaminated and populated by other forms? The genuine scientific and astrological information that exists within this novel gives it a realistic edge that will leave you considering the possibility of other life forms and parallel worlds for days after you finish it. Hi all and thanks for looking at my blog.
This is my new book called The Moon Stealers and the Quest for the Silver Bough. It is the first in a series of four books that complete the story of The Moon Stealers.

It is set in the small Yorkshire town of Parsley Bottom. Peter Crisp, a boy with an unusual gift of being able to see things that others cannot, goes missing after spending the night in a graveyard. Two of Peters school friends, attempt to find him but come across some mysterious engravings which propel them on an adventure beyond their imagination. By unravelling codes and riddles they journey within the bowels of Edinburgh Castle and attempt to find the key to Peter’s disappearance.

Meanwhile MI6 operative Steven Knight is sent from London to investigate a meteorite landing which, he discovers, contains a bacteria within its core that is alien to our planet.

The bacteria quickly evolves into a deadly threat. The children not only need to find Peter, they need to save the entire world while they’re at it.

It is available in all forms of ebook at www.smashwords.com, as well as paperback on amazon.

The second book in the series is released later in 2012 and is called The Moon Stealers and the Queen of the Underword.