We are mere days away from the release of The Evil of Balar, the third installment in my gothic horror series. While this was the […] Read More
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When I started The Curse of Balar, I wanted to evoke the classic gothic horror stories that I grew up with. The uncanny feeling of […] Read More
The time has come! The second installment of the Balar series is out now! This is the Doom of Balar, thirteen interconnected stories that build […] Read More
Back in 2021, I took the plunge and published my first collection of short stories, The Bright Report. It was short, silly, and designed to […] Read More
I decided to take the plunge and start a reddit page for my new horror series. This will be the perfect platform for readers to […] Read More
As promised at the end of my reading of one of the stories in The Curse of Balar, here is a list of characters that […] Read More
During last year’s NaNoWriMo, I write the first (messy) draft of a Gothic Horror Fantasy novel. I am still working on it (and I might […] Read More
Time for a writing update! It has been a busy few months and 2023 is already getting old. The saying should really be: time flies […] Read More
My novel, The Silent Symphony, has been out for nearly a month now! These are exciting times indeed. Despite this, many are reluctant to jump […] Read More
Now that my big project – The Silent Symphony – is out there, it’s time to jump into my next big project (or two). A […] Read More
A new release – great! But what is it about? Is it the kind of novel that is worth your time? Well, read on and […] Read More
It’s never easy to admit that you’re wrong. I was wrong about the rest of the First Law series – especially Before They Are Hanged. […] Read More
Finishing my novel, The Silent Symphony Dear Readers, The past few months I have been hard at work on my novel, The Silent Symphony. I am rewriting […] Read More
How to Write a Successful Backstory Few stories start with a backstory, unless it is a dull info-dump. Page one, chapter one, you find characters […] Read More
Creating Tension in Your Fiction There’s a lot of advice out there about creating tension in your writing. As far as I can tell, quite […] Read More
The Work I am currently working on a novel. It has been under construction for the last three (and a bit) years. It has been […] Read More
How Not to Start Your Story Lessons from the Pilot Episode of Altered Carbon I went into Netflix‘s cyberpunk extravaganza, Altered Carbon, as blind as […] Read More
Heart Storm by Marcel M du Plessis Rain filled the café. Droplets fell from the spaces between the ceiling tiles and splattered on the floor. […] Read More
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