Opening post: Hello, Good Evening and Welcome
It seemed like a good time to start thing blog - first off it'll serve as one of my new year's resolutions, to keep posting here as I've failed to do on numerous blogs in the past, and second it'll be nice to keep people abreast of what's going on with the books, and me. (Dare I say also my 'fans', yes, you happy and individual bunch of people who actually like my work, I know there's not many of you out there, but this stuff is all for you, so I hope you do enjoy it!)
So, what's the story so far? How far have we got, and what is there still to do? Here's a brief rundown...
This whole thing started about ten years ago, growing out of a number of different ideas and projects. Foremost among these was a (very long, not very good) story called 'The Lords of War' (Which will thankfully never see the light of day) and a little place called the Mallorean Tavern, where I posted a number of different bits of fiction (Which, thanks to many crashes, deletions and other accidents, will also never be seen again). Soon after all of this I had my first go at writing a proper, planned out, full length story. At first this was something of a joint effort with Sophie Jarrell, but eventually that collaboration foundered and I was left with the parts of the story I'd written myself. I edited that, changed it, wrote quite a bit more, and then stuck it on the back burner and forgot about it.
Then came the dream/ nightmare/ divine inspiration or whatever it was. In a later post I'll tell you about the dream, and let any number of psychologists, both professional and amateur, have a go at psychoanalysing it if they choose to, but for now, let's say there WAS a dream. Suddenly I had an idea that I thought would make a wonderful story, but no background to go with it...
I put the dream together with what I'd written previously and hoped it would work out. Three books later (Nearly four, actually, at the time of writing), I'm hoping that it's worked. Quite a few people seem to think so, which has got to be a good sign.
The first book of a series of three, the Lost Brigade, was published by KDP in July 2011, and very recently it was joined by the second, The Silent Council. The third, The Unknown King, will bring all of this together in a final ending - after which I'm planning to write three prequels and one sequel. After that, well, I suppose I'd better hope that I have another dream...
So, what's the story so far? How far have we got, and what is there still to do? Here's a brief rundown...
This whole thing started about ten years ago, growing out of a number of different ideas and projects. Foremost among these was a (very long, not very good) story called 'The Lords of War' (Which will thankfully never see the light of day) and a little place called the Mallorean Tavern, where I posted a number of different bits of fiction (Which, thanks to many crashes, deletions and other accidents, will also never be seen again). Soon after all of this I had my first go at writing a proper, planned out, full length story. At first this was something of a joint effort with Sophie Jarrell, but eventually that collaboration foundered and I was left with the parts of the story I'd written myself. I edited that, changed it, wrote quite a bit more, and then stuck it on the back burner and forgot about it.
Then came the dream/ nightmare/ divine inspiration or whatever it was. In a later post I'll tell you about the dream, and let any number of psychologists, both professional and amateur, have a go at psychoanalysing it if they choose to, but for now, let's say there WAS a dream. Suddenly I had an idea that I thought would make a wonderful story, but no background to go with it...
I put the dream together with what I'd written previously and hoped it would work out. Three books later (Nearly four, actually, at the time of writing), I'm hoping that it's worked. Quite a few people seem to think so, which has got to be a good sign.
The first book of a series of three, the Lost Brigade, was published by KDP in July 2011, and very recently it was joined by the second, The Silent Council. The third, The Unknown King, will bring all of this together in a final ending - after which I'm planning to write three prequels and one sequel. After that, well, I suppose I'd better hope that I have another dream...
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