It’s been a while since I finished this book. And I’ve been meaning to write a review forEVER but somehow I just didn’t get around to it. It was almost easier to make a video review–because that was just like talking spontaneously about the book–other than the fact that I sound really awkward and talk in a strange way because I’m obviously unused to talking to a camera. Okay, so, the book. I picked it up quite randomly. The gold on black cover was really catchy, and I thought that hunger-games type thriller thing it had going on–ONLY FIVE WILL …
Tag: fantasy
My continuing journey as a writer…
When I was 12, I thought I was a writer. I had such confidence in my little self that would lie on the cold ridged floor of our spare room holding an all-in-one giant version of Lord of the Rings. I even made a little notebook and wrote a whole manuscript, and then dumped it later when I first met the critic inside me (something every writer/artist learns is an invariable part of themselves). At 20, this resolve wavered. There had been so much to study over the last few years and anyway, how did one get an agent or …
The Batsford prize submission
Hello reader. The blog admittedly has been quite forlorn of late, and there are many reasons for that, but the most relevant and important reason is that I have been possessed. Yes, possessed with an urge to finally create the Iridescent Alloy I have been dreaming of this whole time. Do you know the feeling, when you know exactly what you want to make, and your fingers are itching to make it so much that you can barely wait for each layer to dry let alone sit and write a coherent thought on the blog? I aimed to create what …