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June 23, 2014
The Vampire Experiment
Fright Night 2013 A storytelling performance at Knaresborough Castle. As the audience travelled around the grounds, they hunted for ‘The Man In The Black Coat’. Brave souls taking part in the experiment had to choose how to deal with the vampire in their midst - would they kill him or look into his eyes? “People of all […]
March 4, 2013
January 8, 2013
What do you want to say through your writing?
At my recent book launch for the first of the Firebird Chronicles, Rise of the Shadow Stealers, I was asked what I wanted to say through the book. Part of me wanted to answer, “Read it and draw your own conclusions!” but actually I think it’s a fair question. If you’re going to write a …
December 18, 2012
December 13, 2012
Shadow Stealer Characters: Apprentice Adventurers
The girl’s hair was a scribble of black, her features rounded like a question mark. The boy’s eyes were sharp. He was thin and gangly. An exclamation mark, the Storyteller thought.
December 4, 2012
Shadow Stealer Characters: Grizelda
Grizelda moved slowly through the marshlands of Ersatz, her rough cloak dragging through the water, making it slurp. Her gnarled fingers and spindly body mimicked the wizened Barb Bushes that spotted the marsh. Above her head, her crows circled the empty sky.
December 2, 2012
What inspired YOU to start writing?
I’d love to tell a romantic story about being the sort of child who scribbled stories whenever I had a free moment and dreamt about being an author as I read books under the bedcovers. It’s true I did once win a storytelling competition at school – something to do with a disappearing elephant from …
November 13, 2012
Shadow Stealers Characters: The Storyteller and his bride
In the centre of the clearing, resting against the trunk of a tree was the most beautiful woman. An unexpected surge of emotion flooded through Fletcher…He felt strangely drawn to her, sadness and joy assailing him all in the same instant…At the woman‘s side lay a man…The two were laughing and talking together. From the …
November 12, 2012
Originally posted on Daniel Ingram-Brown: Perhaps the mos...
Originally posted on Daniel Ingram-Brown:
Perhaps the most obvious one is enjoying reading children’s literature yourself. Personally I love kid’s books! Because of this, I’m not really writing for children (although, of course, you do keep your audience in mind, especially in the later drafts) I’m just writing the sort of stories I love to…
Perhaps the most obvious one is enjoying reading children’s literature yourself. Personally I love kid’s books! Because of this, I’m not really writing for children (although, of course, you do keep your audience in mind, especially in the later drafts) I’m just writing the sort of stories I love to…
