Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
I went visiting Castle Marsh instead of story-writing – you can see how it started last week. Now read on! Castle Marsh Christmas In which I discover that the Steward stands in for the King at all times I’m flying
I was hoping to do the Deja Vu Blogfest today. This has been an annual flashback event, and I liked it so much I went for the monthly one when that was invented. The brainchild of D L Hammons, it
I am at the Cheeky Parrot on my way to Castle Marsh. I didn’t get a new story written for Christmas this year, but I did attempt to research one. Here’s what happened when I went to interview some old
The Pirate King first appeared in the Princelings and the Pirates. This interview comes from a series I did in the summer of 2012 – five years ago!! I can’t quite believe it. You may find it interesting, as I
Victor has appeared on the A to Z several times – in 2015 when I was about to launch his book Bravo Victor (Book 6 of the Princelings of the East), my theme was the phonetic alphabet. That gave me ample
Welcome to this year’s Deja Vu Blogfest, the brainchild of DL Hammons. In view of the approaching launch of book 7 in the Princelings of the East series: Willoughby the Narrator, I have asked the narrator himself to reprise this
Oo-er! The Question of the Month for November is: “When was your first kiss?” Now, I can’t remember whether it was Mick B, David A or a boy I liked at Kindergarten, but I have lots of clear recollections about David
In our final character review of this summer, I get to talk to Zito, the fixer of just about anything, who I sort of modelled on Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. But then I used that in the Paradisio flash fiction
Willoughby finishes his story, and jumps off the platform called the fiddlesticks to rapturous applause. Quite how he got so popular in such a short time nobody really knows, except he brought some new angles on old stories, and new
This time travel stuff is weird, but tiring. I arrive at the spacedock of Pleasant Valley, one of the synchronous third planets of the sun Viridium, without really knowing how, and satisfy myself I am some 800 years in my
As promised last month, I have a series of interviews for you during July, and maybe August, while I’m away at Camp NaNoWriMo. Here’s the first. Picture above of me about twenty years ago (cough) sailing on the Horsey Cut,
Today I’m being interviewed by Kai Strand on her blog Strands of Thought. Kai is a children’s author, and blogs fiction for children and teens. That sounds just the right place for me. She’s asked me some interesting questions, like
In a cosy room at Castle Marsh, Fred and George are relaxing after a nice meal with their guests, Max the Tonkinese cat from the Shadows of the Past series and Stanley the labrador dog and Katrina von Cat from
I am overjoyed to be interviewing one of the outstanding time travellers of our generation today – Max, the Tonkinese cat, who stars in the Shadows from the Past series by Wendy Leighton-Porter. To start, find out about the first
My name is Victor and I’m the barman of the Inn of the Seventh Happiness in Jemima’s stories. I’m also her oldest guinea pig now that Fred, George and Hugo have passed on. I try to keep George’s Guinea Pig