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Patrick Axford

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Born

in Melbourne, Australia

Genre

Fantasy, Fiction

Influences

Andrzej Sapkowski, George RR Martin, Stephen King

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August 2018

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Patrick Axford was born and raised in the leafy eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. He is one of five siblings. He now lives with his wife and three children (and their two furry children). What began as a hobby when he was as young as eight or nine, soon became an obsession and he has been writing ever since.

The May Queen is his first published novel. When he isn’t writing, you can normally find him poring over his collection of eclectic books on such topics as the Golden Age of Piracy, Norse Mythology and his leather-bound copies of Ernest Hemingway, H.P. Lovecraft & Bram Stoker’s Dracula, to name a few. Or admiring his collection of Star Wars Lego he says is for his kids.

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	The May Queen 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mobius Blvd: Stories from the Byway Between Reality and Dream No. 11: September 2024 by Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Goodreads Author), Leigh Loveday, Aimee Vickers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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How to develop character

“Character is, what a character does”

When I first started writing in earnest, with the intention of completing and publishing a novel, I came across many blogs, articles and the like from authors, aspiring and established, on the do’s and do not’s of writing.

One that came up so often was ‘how to establish your character’, ‘how to write a memorable character’, ‘how to write a strong hero’ or someth Read more of this blog post »

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Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

by Stephen Fry

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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

by Joe Abercrombie

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Always Take Notes: Advice from some of the world's greatest writers

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