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Hello everyone, welcome to my author page. I am from Dublin, Ireland. I am an artist as well as a writer. A little about my first novel The Serpent of Time... My influences in writing my debut novel have been from many sources, really too numerous for to mention here. A large influence for me has been the world of comics like the British comic 2000AD, the artwork and ideas of artists like Rodney Matthews, and the fantasy books of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. Combine all these with the worlds of Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson and C .S. Lewis and you might be getting closer to the blend that formed my first story. However, all these are still merely influences and the final shape of The Serpent of Time was from stretching my imagination as ...more

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Jim Shanahan I've always liked the way that words have power. They shape our thinking as they mould our minds with their invisible hands. Depending on the skill th…moreI've always liked the way that words have power. They shape our thinking as they mould our minds with their invisible hands. Depending on the skill that a writer achieves in wielding them, they can create imagery and ideas that grow and spread far beyond any containment, and these can stretch down through the years to touch generations yet to be born. That is the beauty and majesty of great writing. It never dies, but lives on in the souls of all that discover it.(less)
Jim Shanahan I try to write what I myself would like to read. If I find it interesting, then I hope that those who like similar stories will be interested enough t…moreI try to write what I myself would like to read. If I find it interesting, then I hope that those who like similar stories will be interested enough to try my work. As I am still early on the writing pathway, I think my experience has shown me the value of just sitting down and try to write for twenty minutes. If you make it that far, you may write more, but at least try to do that amount. Continue the next day and so on, until you begin to build up your writing muscles. (less)
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Hi everyone, I have taken down my website to save myself some money for a while. I had not built the website and it was not useful yet. I will restore it in time. I need to conserve funds. Anyway, my fourth book was published in November on Amazon. It is the third of my hopefully five-part series set in a game-like world, where Jon a bounty hunter is fighting to survive alongside new friends. I am Read more of this blog post »
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“I've always liked the way that words have power. They shape our thinking as they mould our minds with their invisible hands. Depending on the skill that a writer achieves in wielding them, they can create imagery and ideas that grow and spread far beyond any containment, and these can stretch down through the years to touch generations yet to be born. That is the beauty and majesty of great writing. It never dies, but lives on in the souls of all that discover it.”
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“We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream. Still I have read, or heard it sung, that unicorns when time was young, could tell the difference 'twixt the two - the false shining and the true, the lips' laugh and the heart's rue.”
Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

“I've always liked the way that words have power. They shape our thinking as they mould our minds with their invisible hands. Depending on the skill that a writer achieves in wielding them, they can create imagery and ideas that grow and spread far beyond any containment, and these can stretch down through the years to touch generations yet to be born. That is the beauty and majesty of great writing. It never dies, but lives on in the souls of all that discover it.”
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“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call.”
Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Isaac Asimov”
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