Category Archives: Books

Guest author: Robbie and Michael Cheadle – Meet the Characters

Why does Taylor Gingernut look so shocked?   Why indeed? To find out you will need to read Sir Chocolate and the sugar dough bees story and cookbook. I can tell you a bit about Taylor Gingernut though: There was … Continue reading

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Game of Stones… Stuart France

* “This must be it,” shouted Min getting excited again. If she had been a child she would have been jumping up and down on the spot. “The green sward, you mean?” replied Cor who was just as excited but … Continue reading

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Guest author: Michael Dellert – What is the Title of My Book?

I was recently asked where the title for my new book, The Wedding of Eithne, came from, and what it meant to me. I only had about 100 words to answer that question, but it set me to thinking about … Continue reading

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The Broken Fortress… Stuart France

* PC 963 Kraas turned and walked head-long into the sea breeze. Her hair flicked in the wind like rampant flames. “You know, I can’t help feeling we’ve missed a trick with this one.” “It’s mentioned in the book,” replied … Continue reading

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Bent-Red-Sun-Day… Stuart France

*  … “Oh, that’s good!” “Even though I don’t have a clue to what you’re referring.” “Ah, well I expect that particular quotation may have more to do with spring than autumn anyway.” “Or it may simply have something to … Continue reading

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Bent-Black-Sun-Day… Stuart France

* “There is one thing that still troubles me,” said Wen who really seemed to have the ‘Rapunzel’ thing stuck in her craw. “Yaas,” said Don, in his most irritating drawl. “Shouldn’t the seasons be sisters?” “On what grounds?” “Well, … Continue reading

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Guest author: Annette Rochelle Aben – Cover me, I’m going in!

Thank you to Sue Vincent, for the kind invitation to submit a guest post for your blog. I appreciate this opportunity. Cover me, I’m going in! Should an author make their own book covers? This has been a hot topic … Continue reading

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Keys to the House of Don III… Stuart France

* ‘…Such a situation invites the approach of treating the various versions  as at least theoretically, the garbled remnants of an episodic whole. While such a method can never lead us to the definitive story but merely and at every … Continue reading

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Guest author: D. J. Farrington – Burning Belief

I’ve never had children.  Never had a maternal instinct in my life.  But that, I’m sure, is due to my remembering my past death.  A long, slow, agonising attempt to give birth, over three days, without success, obviously. It’s relatively … Continue reading

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Keys to the House of Don II … Stuart France

* …’Wen is still worried about the insanity of it all… but fairy stories only appear insane to us now because we have become so separated from truth… As children we accepted their subconscious logic intuitively. It both satisfied our … Continue reading

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