I don’t often make personal posts. But today I’m going to change that because to tell you the truth I’m actually changing the way I write. I’ve left my home country of England and I’m embarking on a trip to Europe and beyond, whilst working on the way.
You likely won’t notice anything, but 1984 (Made in Yorkshire Book 7) was actually released from an apartment in Paris. Right now I’m in Brussels in Belgium, and in a few days I’ll be in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Why am I doing this?
Well I haven’t left my city in three years. I’ve lived an isolated life, and that has constrained me somewhat. I don’t know what it’s like to truly experience what say Richard Warren, Jessica Deakins, and Peter Warren have experienced. My characters are more advanced than myself, and that’s a problem.
I want to experience some of those highs and lows for real. I want to know what it’s truly like on the outside, and so I decided to go for it.
I’ve never done anything like this before and I’ve never been truly alone and far far away from what I know, but now I am. In another country it’s difficult to simply return home on a whim. It takes real effort to do that.
So what does this mean for me?
At the moment, I intend to simply continue my work as I am now. The War Years series will start on June 18th and I’m looking forward to seeing what will come my way. I’m eager to try working abroad outside of my writing at some point too, just to see what happens.
But don’t worry. I’m not going to be spamming you with my travel stories anytime soon. I’ve created a separate website www.travelfarner.com/ for that. It’s the same theme as this website, except it concentrates more on my travel stories.
You can easily access my new site from the James Farner the Traveller Page too!
Until next time…
James Farner