Category: fantasy

Writing update and what I’ve been watching

A darkness has descended over Europe. Prayers and thoughts are with Ukraine. In my writing news, I have just finished the first draft of book 3 in the Rankers series (sequels to Deliverance at Van Demon’s Deep), that’s now off to my amazing beta reader......

February whirlwind of news…

February turned out to be a crazy month, with most of the craziness coming in the span of a week. I'm still rather dizzied from it, so this will simply be a rundown of what's happened:Spire City: Occupied was released as an ebook. It will rem......

February whirlwind of news…

February turned out to be a crazy month, with most of the craziness coming in the span of a week. I'm still rather dizzied from it, so this will simply be a rundown of what's happened:Spire City: Occupied was released as an ebook. It will rem......

Spire City: Occupied ebook up for pre-order

 Spire City: Occupied is going to remain on Kindle Vella, at least for now, but it is also going to be released as an ebook in a few weeks (on my birthday, as a matter of fact!). So if that's how you prefer to read your books, I'd love...

Spire City: Occupied ebook up for pre-order

 Spire City: Occupied is going to remain on Kindle Vella, at least for now, but it is also going to be released as an ebook in a few weeks (on my birthday, as a matter of fact!). So if that's how you prefer to read your books, I'd love...

Weird Christmas flash!

I was traveling over the New Year and didn't get a chance to post this until now, but the results of the Weird Christmas flash contest went up just before New Year's Day, and the audio for the episode went up a few days later.And my story "The Power...

Weird Christmas flash!

I was traveling over the New Year and didn't get a chance to post this until now, but the results of the Weird Christmas flash contest went up just before New Year's Day, and the audio for the episode went up a few days later.And my story "The Power...

The state of the Feyrlands – Part 3: Clothes

In this series, I take you on a whistle-stop tour around the Feyrlands, looking at life and civilisation, seeing how the peoples of the world live, and how society looks compared to what we are familiar with. Today, we’re taking a look at what people w......

The state of the Feyrlands – Part 2: Weapons

In this series, I take you on a whistle-stop tour around the Feyrlands, looking at life and civilisation, seeing how the peoples of the world live, and how society looks compared to what we are familiar with. This time, we’re looking at one of my favou......

"A Chance to Breathe" published in Zooscape!

 My story "A Chance to Breathe" is in the latest issue of Zooscape. This is a story I wrote years ago and could never find the right market for--until now. There are three main inspirations for the story: 1) My grandma's family immigrated to ......