Stories behind the stories – Part Five
I wrote the first draft of the lazy wizard, at the end of May 2021, after having a very vivid dream....
World Building - Part 9
In the previous articles on world building we’ve looked at the island and city of Art, along with the c...
Story behind the story – Part four
In Leigh Bardugo’s short story ‘Little Knife’, she tells the tale of a man trying to impress the fathe...
World Building - Part 8
In the previous three articles on world building, I have shared my concept ideas behind the cathedral...
Stories behind the stories – Part three.
I started writing Forever my Love, at the beginning of December 2020, but put the project on hold whilst...
Cover Art Two
Art of Cover- Art, Two
With the release of book 2 in the Broken Promise series, it only seems right...
World Building - Part 7
In the last article we looked in detail at the cathedral itself, this time I want to talk more about...
World Building - Part 6
In the last article on world building I shared images and ideas about the origins of the cathedral complex,...
Stories behind the stories – Part Two.
Following on the trend from my previous short story set in the world of Gear, I’ll be sharing the thought p...
Character building - Part 6
The art of the sword
Initially I wondered about giving my Arten characters swords, as they are so...
World Building - Part 5
The cathedral complex was the chief architectural accomplishment of the Artens on Gear. I will go on...
Stories behind the stories - Part One.
Recently I read a collection of short stories called ‘Trigger Warnings’ by Neil Gaiman, needless to ...
Ship Building - Part 2
In this article I’m expanding on some of the ideas and designs I had for my airship with levitation r...
World Building - Part 4
The Hub Inn
Before we embark on a serious look at the cathedral complex, let’s take a trip to the p...
Character building - Part 5
A dress for formal occasions,
This dress was the first sketch of the dress Keyanna wore at the party...
Ship Building - Part 1
Ship Building One
As I have mentioned in previous articles I was hugely influenced as a teenager by...
Cover art one
Art of Cover Art, one
It’s been a year since the release of Beginnings the first book in the Broken P...
Character Building - Part 4
In the last article we looked at Keyanna Lance’s everyday clothes and her battle armour, in this article w...
Character Building – Part 3
Through the previous two articles on this subject, we’ve looked at characters who were the inspiration f...
World Building – Part 3
The island of Art
The main island shares the name of the capital city of the Arten’s, both are called A...
World Building – Part 2
The lost world
For a short time, I toyed with the idea of setting my fantasy stories on a flat world....
Character Building - Part 2
The hero
In the last article I talked about a character that evolved into two different...
Character Building - Part 1
Character building 1.
In my first story which was titled ‘Learning to Fly’ (for no reason whi...
World Building - Part 1
When I decided to launch this website, I hoped to share my concept artwork and some of my thoughts...