As promised, I have some insights to share about editing Blood of Heirs... The edits hit a pretty big snag last week, and without going into the gruesome details, the up-shot is that I had to cut ties with one editor and employ another to finish the job of the structural edit. Hopefully, this won't have a... Continue Reading →
A New Path: The Publication of The Coraidic Sagas
The last two weeks have thrown up some big changes for me and my little writing Dungeon... One of the biggest is the decision to self publish my first trilogy of fantasy books! Woo! Book babies! Everyone loves book babies! I've decided to run a bit of a commentary on the process as it happens,... Continue Reading →
Queens of Grim
A quick post this time! I am featured over on Dark Mondays among some amazing women authors! Check it out, buy their books, revel in grim awesomeness! https://darkmondaysblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/an-introduction-to-the-writers-of-the-grimdark-group-part-2/
Bookmarks for Mark’s Books
Another competition is underway at That Thorn Guy and this time it's all about bookmarks! The themes could be across any of Mark Lawrence's current novels or based on a sneak peek of a yet-to-be-released trilogy. I do love a challenge and without much writing work on at the moment, my mum asked if I... Continue Reading →
On the Book
I've been completely slack in posting of late, focussing what small sparks of energy I have on finishing my second manuscript, Blood of Heirs. It took just over 12 months, consists of a little over 116,000 words and 40 something chapters, and was rudely interrupted by abdominal surgery and a joint fusion in my right... Continue Reading →
Short Story – The Nexus Protocol
Good evening my lovelies! 5 weeks post-surgery on the Hand and I've finally gotten around to completing an entry for The Liar's Key short story competition over at That Thorn Guy. Much the same as last year, the comp is to celebrate the upcoming release of Mark Lawrence's fifth book, The Liar's Key, earning the lucky winner... Continue Reading →
Emperor of Thorns (Book 3 of The Broken Empire) – review repost from Goodreads
. I've made several manic recommendations to friends to read the Broken Empire Trilogy and whenever they ask 'Why?' or 'What is it about?' I find myself hard up against a roadblock. By roadblock I mean "giant choking lump in my throat every time I think about this series"... Weird, given it isn't some navel-gazing,... Continue Reading →
A non-Grey area…
With the impending 'release' of the book to film adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey I feel it's time to drag a little irksome bug-bear of mine from under the bed. For close to three years now, I've referred to myself professionally as a 'writer', though I've been writing for almost fourteen years all told.... Continue Reading →
Prince of Fools – A Review
I came to meet Prince Jalan a good few weeks after the novel was released worldwide, thanks to an extraordinarily slow postal service from the UK to the antipodes now known as Australia. This was made significantly worse by the need to have the parcel delivered to my home in the middle of the Queensland... Continue Reading →
Epic Heartbreak
I often hear new converts to the fantasy genre lament a story's end, or more often, a character's end. In film, books or on television, they find it hard to process the creator's decision to send the plot or characters down certain pathways and into situations they are unlikely to escape. Reading and watching fantasy... Continue Reading →
Alicia Wanstall-Burke 