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Dark Fire: Character Profiles
In a previous post I mentioned needing to get to know my Dark Fire characters better when I felt stuck and my writing wasn’t flowing. Creating character profiles wasn’t something I did before I wrote Contact (I have now), I simply went with my instinct and, while this was fine at the time, I have certainly…
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Dark Fire: The Lore
One of the main tasks when planning a series like Dark Fire, is to decide on the mythology for your world. Okay, so you have forces of evil. What are they exactly? Demons? Vampires? Ghosts? All of the above? Some of the above, but not others? There is already a lot of information about these…
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Dark Fire: Locations
Delving into a new world for my latest series has been great fun. Not only is it set in America rather than England but I have a brand new set of characters to play with. The main difference however, is because Dark Fire is an urban fantasy/paranormal, there are a completely different set of world rules…
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Encounter Series Fantasy Cast: Part 1
Visualising my characters is a massive part of my writing process. I find when I have a clear picture of a scene in my head, of the characters, locations, outfits, objects etc, it becomes so much richer on the page.
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Poll – What Would You Like To See Next?
My approach to the content for this site is to ask myself what I would like to see from an author/book series I am interested in. For me, I love extra content, excerpts, info on the next book, what they are working on and a bit about the author. But that is just me –…
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The Giving Keys
Something I have been meaning to post about for a while now, is how much I love my new Giving Key necklace. In case you aren’t familiar with The Giving Keys, they are a pay it forward company who support job creation for individuals transitioning out of homelessness. Each one of their products is stamped with…