I of the Tiger (poem)

I, TigerListen!Is not my roar,Pounding in you frightened soul,Sweet music of a final dance? I, TigerLook!Is not this face,Smiling out from death’s door,The prettiest to ever see? I, TigerFeel!Are not my claws,Waved before you as knives,The sharpest in nature’s kitchen? I prowl in…

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A further perspective

Surprisingly to some, there is more than one way of writing in the ‘third person’ and many writers draw clear dividing lines between the approaches. In a previous article, A matter of perspective in storytelling, I took a quick look…

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Michelle Artistry granted Royal Warrant

Michelle is now formally recognised as the official court artist by the Royal Household of Sapphira, Queen of Demons.This warrant is a seal of approval granted by HMQoD, and the supplier of any such approved services is free to use…

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Michelle Artistry interprets Gynffach Triddle

Here is a super-brilliant picture of my giant troll Gynffach who aids Giulia in her adventures in Hel, and now lives by his very own bridge in the forest at Angel’s Keep. Superb! Great art by @michwalls_art.

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Michelle Artistry interprets Sapphira

We all know that I am a control freak, someone who has to produce all of her own book covers, so it is hard to let someone else touch my beloved characters. But just look at the absolutely wonderful interpretation…

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Electricity

I have just completed a 13410 word draft of “Electricity”, a spicy, not-quite-horror, not-quite-fantasy love story (I’ll probably go with it being a magic-realism love story.), I absolutely loved creating these characters: Sam, Francesca, Annabelle and Creature. Aly

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Novella drafted

Sorted! My latest short story has gone through several changes of title (it was ‘Cold Numbers’ but is currently ‘Eve of Tomorrow’) and grown to be the novella it was always meant to be. Draft completed at 27,715 words. It…

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February writing update

It’s been an on-off month writing-wise. I’ve mainly been concentrating on stories for my ‘One Beautiful People’ collection. One of these is Cold Numbers, a rare Sci-Fi offering originally conceived as a separate piece but that has refused to be…

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Authors, Mothers, characters, daughters and all their imaginary friends

Minds of their own To begin with, writing requires the ability to disassociate oneself from true reality and go with the version that is inside one’s own head. We often call this imagining of other worlds and non-existent people ‘fantasising’,…

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January writing update

So what am I working on? Well, it’s high time I finished The Throne of Hades, book 7 of the Forgotten Wings series. The book is basicaly written and I am starting the second wave of edits now. After that,…

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