So, what kind of thing does this guy write anyway?
It's a good question. If you haven't heard of me and let's face it why would you have? With all the voices there are out there in the world trying to get your attention, what are the chances of you having heard mine before? You have likely stumbled upon this blog by accident and are know asking yourself what sort of stuff I write.
The quick answer is Fantasy mainly.
I have been known to tinker with various genres, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror and all the variants thereof. My first book, 'Omar the Teller of Tales and Other Stories,' contains thirty one different stories in a variety of genres and formats. It was intended as a bit of a showcase. I hung it on the peg of 'Omar,' because Omar actually won something (unusually for me). The British Fantasy Society short story prize in 2010.
By inclination though, my thing is Fantasy.
The other two books I currently have out there, are parts one and two of my 'Bell Hill' trilogy. 'After Bell Hill' and 'The Road to Bell Hill'.
At its roots, the ‘Bell Hill,’ trilogy, comes from wanting to write about, extremism, intolerance and persecution. I wanted to be very free to write about those things though, so it needed to be set in a fictional world. To be honest, as always, I also wanted to entertain. I don’t do, ‘relentlessly grim,’ it’s not in my nature. A fantasy setting helps with that too. The ‘Bell Hill’ world, largely stems from me thinking about past persecutions, thinking about witch trials, persecution of witches, the deaths of hundreds of innocents, mainly women, because of twisted ideology and dogmatic thinking. That was the jumping off point and I built the world from there.
The 'Bell Hill,' world is one of change. It centres around the fight for freedom by the oppressed people of the Mid-Lands and the West against the invading Father/Sons. As well as hopefully being an epic fantasy adventure (if I'm doing it right) it also asks questions. When does a freedom fighter become a terrorist? How bad is a good person prepared to be if they feel they have a just cause? How good is a bad person prepared to be if they feel they have a just cause?
You can find my Amazon Author page here if you want to know more...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Robin-Tompki...
The quick answer is Fantasy mainly.
I have been known to tinker with various genres, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror and all the variants thereof. My first book, 'Omar the Teller of Tales and Other Stories,' contains thirty one different stories in a variety of genres and formats. It was intended as a bit of a showcase. I hung it on the peg of 'Omar,' because Omar actually won something (unusually for me). The British Fantasy Society short story prize in 2010.
By inclination though, my thing is Fantasy.
The other two books I currently have out there, are parts one and two of my 'Bell Hill' trilogy. 'After Bell Hill' and 'The Road to Bell Hill'.
At its roots, the ‘Bell Hill,’ trilogy, comes from wanting to write about, extremism, intolerance and persecution. I wanted to be very free to write about those things though, so it needed to be set in a fictional world. To be honest, as always, I also wanted to entertain. I don’t do, ‘relentlessly grim,’ it’s not in my nature. A fantasy setting helps with that too. The ‘Bell Hill’ world, largely stems from me thinking about past persecutions, thinking about witch trials, persecution of witches, the deaths of hundreds of innocents, mainly women, because of twisted ideology and dogmatic thinking. That was the jumping off point and I built the world from there.
The 'Bell Hill,' world is one of change. It centres around the fight for freedom by the oppressed people of the Mid-Lands and the West against the invading Father/Sons. As well as hopefully being an epic fantasy adventure (if I'm doing it right) it also asks questions. When does a freedom fighter become a terrorist? How bad is a good person prepared to be if they feel they have a just cause? How good is a bad person prepared to be if they feel they have a just cause?
You can find my Amazon Author page here if you want to know more...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Robin-Tompki...
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