Bestselling epic fantasy writer, including The Twins of Moon, The Snowmelt River, The Tower of Bones, The Sword of Feimhin and The Return of the Arinn.
Hi Everybody! Pleased to say my Swift titles, Darwin's Blind Spot and The Twins of Moon, have sold well over the Christmas period. Best wishes for New Year to all and everyone!
A writer, by definition, is a person who writes. If you want to make a living as author I would suggest you also acquire the ability to write non-fiction. The latter may help financially while you are trying to make your way in the tougher alternative.
If you experience a block when you're writing, one way to deal with it is to simply stop. Don't force it. Do something else. Often, the solution will just come into your head.
I know it might seem strange but in writing book 3 of The Twins of Moon trilogy I now dream in the landscape and populations of the trilogy. Some of the characters I invented visit me and have things to say about magic, war and dragons and much else.
I know it will be a strange old thing to some but I am sitting here with the great witch Granny Dew and deciding how much we can tell in book 3 of the Twins of Moon trilogy, which will have a great deal to say about dragons.
Currently writing bk 3 of The Twins of Moon fantasy trilogy. Got to explaining why Eefa and Magio had to be invisible at birth; why hidden in a backwater in the care of a great witch; hidden from what fate . . . or more likely whom?
I went a bit crazy, creative-wise, and scribbled some 600 pages in a month. It will take me another month to edit and strengthen down to about 300. When done, Book 3 of Twins will exist in first draft.
Here in the UK we suffer the stupidity of having to change the clocks twice a year to accommodate a bright idea from a century or so ago. It's stupid and pathetic with the multiplicity of devices in house and car these days. I get really mad about it.
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I'm pleased to report that readers of the first book in my latest fantasy trilogy, The Twins of Moon, are reacting in a positive way. As fellow writers out there, a trilogy takes a great deal of inspiration and hard work, so it is gratifying.
Lost a key flash drive. Looked everywhere for two days. Then stopped panicking and applied cold logic to my predictable patterns of behavior. Found it almost immediately.
Was a bit delayed on new fantasy novel. So I set strict aims. First was to complete first third. Done! Next aim to complete first half . . . pending . . . But I'm on it.
I'm now ultra focused on completing the final book in my Twins of Moon trilogy. Working through a chapter or two per week. Hope to complete before end of this year. Fingers crossed!
Lovely article on film/play director, Ken Loach, in today's Irish Times. Still creative in his 80's. What a creative soul! An inspiration to me to crack on with Book 3 of my trilogy, The Twins of Moon.
One of the problems of a book series featuring young folks is they change, mature, and even get bolshy with you as writer. Demanding but can also be fun. Try The Twins of Moon by Frank P Ryan!
From what I am now reading about Elon Musk, and I doubt that it is truly accurate, I appear to have quite a few commonalities, not least my rebellious nature.