Today I add here the penultimate chapter of 'The Door to Caellfyon', my novel for young readers. I apologise for the tardiness of this latest instalment. The role of political activist and freedom fighter can be a tad busy at times and, with the UK's puppet-government once again playing the role of silly buggers, last …
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is the fear of the unknown.Howard Phillips Lovecraft I have been a fan of horror fiction and movies for many years. Of the two I much prefer fiction. The written word coupled with human imagination is far more …
In her excellent manual for would-be novelists Donna Levin covers all those elements you'd expect to see in such a guide, including the subject of originality. In support of her sound advice she includes a quote from American author Rita Mae Brown: 'Rita Mae Brown said, "The novel is a work of a single, unified …
Following my previous brief foray into the dark and sordid world of politics, current affairs and crimes against humanity, this post sees a welcome return to the more palatable subject of fiction writing. It also accompanies the long-overdue upload of a further instalment of my children's novel, The Door to Caellfyon. In Chapters Nine and …
Characters are people who just happen to live in stories and books.Jesse Lee Kercheval It is said that fiction is about people. If you don’t have good characters you don’t have good fiction. Story characters must think, aspire, love, cry and feel pain (or cause it). They're expected to perform heroic deeds, or perhaps base …
In the parlance of NaNoWriMo, fiction writers fall within one of two categories: PlannersPantsters Planners, as the name suggests, plan their works of fiction in advance - their plot, sub-plots, character arcs, settings and so on. Of course, there are planners of varying degrees, from those who simply sketch out the basics to those who …
In his book 'On Writing - A Memoir of the Craft' horror writer Stephen King gives an account of his early years and his inexplicable urge to be a story teller. He also offers practical advice to writers, whether they be beginners or seasoned wordsmiths. This includes his own recommendations on how to eliminate distractions. …
Today I upload Chapter Five in the continuing serialisation of 'The Door to Caellfyon' my debut novel aimed at the nine to eleven-year age group. I’ve already revealed elsewhere on this site those things that have inspired the writing of this tale. However, there has been far more than just literary influences poured into each …
In this, my latest post to accompany Chapter Four of ‘The Door to Caellfyon’, I’ll cover those early influences that inspired me to write a story such as this. For readers who haven’t yet read my previous posts in this series, the story may be categorised under the ‘coming of age’ heading, for as the …
Chapter Three of my children's novel 'The Door to Caellfyon' sees a dramatic change of pace. During the first two chapters my characters were introduced to the land of Caellfyon and, led by their uncle Seymour, have trekked across a landscape not unlike the one they left behind. However, their comforting sense of familiarity is …
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