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J.T. Croft
High Spirits is a collection of tales from various sources - a study on loneliness in the elderly, fellowship and the inherent altruism in all of us, and various relics and objects found in atmospheric places such as misericords and the mythical beasts of weathervanes. There is a story in everything and everwhere.
J.T. Croft
Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
Sarah Painter - The Pearl King
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
A Pocketful of Crows - Joanne Harris
Sarah Painter - The Pearl King
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
A Pocketful of Crows - Joanne Harris
J.T. Croft
Initially, a personal challenge having been inspired by the works of my favourite authors. Now, by the necessity to relieve the incessant chatter of characters, plots and themes from cluttering up my mind.
J.T. Croft
I would look out from the tall lighthouse in Tolkien's Tol Eressae at the ships crossing the wide sea, to the sound of the great white gulls.
J.T. Croft
“There's no such thing as writer's block. That was invented by people in California who couldn't write.” Terry Pratchett.
J.T. Croft
The demon advanced, ignoring the pathetic wooden relic held at arm's length as Father McCormack realised that the altar cross of St Augustine was ineffective. The church, in every sense of the word, could not save him, but the explosives in the catacombs would entomb them both until another overly curious cleric came looking for the entrance to Gomorrah.
J.T. Croft
Get the backside in the chair and get words on the page, even when the 'muse' isn't working - you can't sell an empty page.
Write what you love, not what you think you should.
Write what you love, not what you think you should.
J.T. Croft
Interacting with readers and fans. It's the highlight of my day and I have become a better writer by becoming a better listener.
J.T. Croft
As well as my monthly short stories for my readers' group, I'm deep into a new novel for a December release - the working title is THE PROLIFIC - a contemporary tale of witchcraft and missing persons set against a backdrop of the Derbyshire countryside; it draws on my many years spent in the dark and secret corners of herbariums and botanic gardens.
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