Ken Mooney's Blog, page 5
August 31, 2015
The People Who Made Her Cry
A few months back, a few writing friends were interested in doing an anthology, all based around a somewhat demonic image of a girl crying at a gig. Who was she, why was she crying, and more important, what type of gig are we looking at. This work turned into something dark and cool and interesting, and something I’m really [...]
August 24, 2015
Feminist, Moi?
I don’t think about feminism a lot. Call it male privilege if you like. That’s not to say that I haven’t considered myself a feminist, I’ve just never really considered my opinion important. Here’s the thing: I’m a white guy living in a country in western Europe. I’m a gay guy with no sisters who went to a boys’ school. [...]
August 23, 2015
Open Call For Reviews
I write books (and forget to blog.) That’s sort of my entire thing. It makes me lovable and awesome and stuff. I posted the below on Tumblr the other day and got a few people acting surprised that I’d written so many books. And wondering if that meant I was rich and would I be their sugar-daddy (the answer to [...]
July 28, 2015
The Hades Contract: The Soundtrack
I write to music: it’s my whole ~thing~. Always have done, probably always will. A few months ago,I wrote a post that was a long time coming. My first novel,Godheadhad a soundtrack (in my head) and although I had shared it with a few people, it was really time to get my finger out and discuss it properly. Now, the [...]
July 27, 2015
Complicated No More
It’s been a long time coming, and for a good reason.The Hades Contractwas done, ready to be published last year. (It’s a sequel to my first novelGodhead.) And then I ended up in hospital and it was all a terrible mess. Being diagnosed with a brain tumour turned this into a “complicated” mess. This is my complicated second novel, and [...]
July 2, 2015
The Hades Contract: The Blurb
Straight off the presses. The blurb for the “awkward” second novel (awkward because of all the distractions.) The Hades Contract ,second book ofThe Last Olympiadwill probably be out by the end of the month (potentially sooner.)
The Music Of The Gods
Music is a massive part of my creative process; always has been, always will. When I’m writing fiction, there are certain songs that put me in the mood for a certain piece or certain characters. Playlists make that process a hell of a lot easier; Spotify and similar streaming media make it easier to collect some of those songs together. [...]
June 18, 2015
Genre: The Tragedy
This is another post from ye-olden-days (ie 2013) and was written with a very specific purpose after some rather negative reviewson my first novelGodhead.It is especially appropriate after sharing this contemporary rant Talkin’ About Tolkien.) Genre: I loved it once. The word, the very concept, that delightful French-style curl on the ‘-r’ that makes it less of a word and [...]
June 17, 2015
Questions For Writers: Post-Game With Claire C Riley
In a time before BRAVE GODS was a thing, I posted some interview with fellow righters. Having deleted my old site, I wanted to keep come of the content. This interview with Claire C Rileyis from back in 2013 and shortly after the publication of her first novel,Limerence. Claire has since published the sequel, the successful Odiumseries of books, and [...]
June 16, 2015
Talkin’ About Tolkien
Spending a lot of time at home recently has given me the solitude to do a lot of things; to get back to building websites and reviewing things and writing about things and…okay, fine, all I’ve been doing is playing video games, now stop judging me! It’s been a while since I sat down and played any games; a big [...]
