First there was The Golden Scarab Then there was The Cursed Nile Now there is the third book in the Quest series: The Fallen Pharaoh by SW Lothian Tragedy sends a shockwave across the land, and rumours begin to surface and spread. Has the very thing that protects the Pharaoh gone missing? An ancient Egyptian […]
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It’s ready! The Advance Review Copy of The Talent Seekers is now available as a pdf file. The idea is that you read and review it ready for the launch date – or soon after it launches – in a couple of weeks. So please don’t ask for a copy if it’s going to go […]
The winners of the Princelings A to Z Giveaway are now finalised and published here http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/af859d2/ Congratulations to Tizzy, Lynda, Tonja, Susan, Heather, Dan, Julie, SW,Wanda and Autumn. If you received an email but your name is not on this list, I’m afraid your prize was withdrawn since you did not claim it within the […]
In which Crown Prince Fred of Marsh prepares to present his paper at the inaugural Natural Philosophy Summer School 2011 This 1300 word short story could appear in a collection entitled The Chronicles of Marsh. It picks up on the work the Princelings did throughout the Trilogy – their hobbies, if you like. These Summer […]
In which Dylan and Dougall debate an exciting enterprise This 500 word short story/flash fiction could be the start of something big. I have a destiny for the brothers, the Princelings of the North, but am nowhere near ready for them to embark on it. Dylan being Dylan, he has to get in everywhere, though. […]
In which Victor witnesses the pleasures and perils of technology This 1500 word Princelings story/extract is an introduction to the changing technology in the realms. I thought of Victor seeing people pass through Seventh Happiness, imagining stories for them, and decided that a tale set in his home would be nice. I have an inkling […]
In which Professor Saku discovers a delightful side-effect of a new invention. This is a short (1800 word) story that fits in the Chronicles of Hattan; it’s sort of back story for Saku and Mariusz (before the start of Traveler), but happens in their world soon after the Princelings and the Lost City ends. It […]
In which Lord Mariusz relates his first encounter with the infamous Blackbird This is a 1200 word tale in the backstory of Castle Hattan. References to ‘the Rajah’ pop up every time Hugo or Mariusz turns up in my books. Regular readers may even have wondered about the identity of the foreign gentleman in Dylan’s […]
Review of the first in the Dakotaroo series by Krista Michelle Breen Most of the times I sit down to write a review of a middle-grader book I have to remind myself, yes, but what would a middle-grader think? This time I had no problem with that. This time when I started reading, I was […]
Book Review and Kid Lit Blog Hop There are librarians, and there are ninja books. Sounds like two subjects that are pretty far apart, doesn’t it? So, what’s so special about the Ninja Librarian? It’s not so much Wild West as the Middle of Nowhere. Skunk Corners. A place with a library, but the locals […]
Today my post is K for Kanizo, which is the name my cover illustrator Danielle English works under (it’s her website name). Dani is 22 and graduated last year from Winchester School of Art and Design, in the UK, with a degree in Illustration and Animation. I asked her how the website name came about:
Strange to include this when the next eBook, The Talent Seekers, describes how Humphrey went west in the first place. This was written as a prologue for a later book, then I realised I wanted to bring Hector and Humphrey into the series far earlier. “I’m sorry, I can’t go on,” croaked Humphrey. He collapsed […]
This is the back-story of one of the characters in the next book, the Talent Seekers. It is dedicated to my Facebook friend Blackbird Jury, who is the real Glory’s dad. Glory huddled in the corner of the attic. The waves on the beach crashed and sang as they broke and drew back again, the […]
Book Review and Kid Lit Blog Hop We first meet Marty when he is doing as he is told, sitting still and not moving a muscle, in response to strict instructions from his mother. This has the consequence of putting him in even deeper trouble for not answering the door to the police. Such is […]
Lord Mariusz is the Traveler in Black and White – he was also the villain of The Princelings of the East. We were set this exercise in our creative writing class just as I was publishing Traveler, so his story was uppermost in my mind. When asked to write a piece with the ending “sometimes […]
