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Axel is Free
Nearly 30 years ago, whilst stationed at the Maze Prison with the British Army, I spent the evenings alone writing a novel rather than drinking Côtes du Rhône in the officers’ mess.
Despite interest on completion from an international publisher, The Titans was not published until I made it available as a free ebook. (The publisher wanted changes. I was young and arrogant. I refused.)
This year, whilst completing an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, I have written a sequel to The Titans. It is called ‘Axel is Free’.
In this new novel, the protagonist Axel Williams tries to carve out a new life after spending twenty years in detention. He blames his crime on the insidious influence of others - so buys a derelict home in the Brecon Beacons that he plans to restore, then live in as a hermit.
The first 2,000 words of this novel will appear in the Bath Spa Creative Writing MA anthology, in print and online, in May 2020.
Despite interest on completion from an international publisher, The Titans was not published until I made it available as a free ebook. (The publisher wanted changes. I was young and arrogant. I refused.)
This year, whilst completing an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, I have written a sequel to The Titans. It is called ‘Axel is Free’.
In this new novel, the protagonist Axel Williams tries to carve out a new life after spending twenty years in detention. He blames his crime on the insidious influence of others - so buys a derelict home in the Brecon Beacons that he plans to restore, then live in as a hermit.
The first 2,000 words of this novel will appear in the Bath Spa Creative Writing MA anthology, in print and online, in May 2020.
Published on December 16, 2019 07:26
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