I am penning this article as I have seen some blatantly ridiculous evidence of some indie authors taking something that “inspired” them and turning that inspiration into one of the following categories of books: 1) A “cash in” book on a current trend. ie. The endless vampire teen romance books aimed at targeting Twihards (No offense to Twihards, just an example). This is the least of all evils as although it can be mind...

I have been hard at work on a side project for the Legends of Marithia series and had sent off my books for critic review. Imagine my surprise when I received two critic reviews of my latest instalment in one day Without further ado, here are the reviews, feel free to check them out. If you haven’t already, you can order Legends of Marithia 2 on all eBook stores and on Paperback here Michy’s Book Reviews “This is book two in...

Good evening to all marithian readers and fantasy lovers alike It brings me great pleasure to announce that the paperback of Legends of Marithia: Darkness Rising is released and available for purchase. I have made some special touches to darkness rising and look forward to everyone’s thoughts on the next instalment of the Legends of Marithia series. Also, I am beginning to build “Marithipedia”, which will be an online...

It has been almost exactly two years since I published Legends of Marithia : Prophecies Awakening, and many of you may have noticed me fly off the radar on my blog as well as on other forums, etc. It has been a hectic two years with a lot happening, but finally… Book 2 in the Legends of Marithia series is released! You would have seen me post a preview and the cover of Darkness Rising:   Currently, I am awaiting the proof copies for...

For anyone who has read my fantasy novels, they know that I like to use the element of fear in certain chapters to set my reader’s nerves off balance. How do I do this? by learning from books I read and movies I watch. What interests me is, what is fear? and what makes something scary? As most of us see movies a lot more than we read books, I will analyse this in movies that you have most likely already seen… but the principals are...

I recently posted about Legacies and what we will leave behind. That leads me to this topic, motivation. If we’re not motivated and driven, how will we achieve anything that we want to leave behind? One of the hardest disciplines to master is that of motivation and self-discipline. As writers, it is very easy to fall into the trap of “doing it later”, “I will…”, “One day…”, “When...