The Road Lesser Travelled …

The road winds through the bleak landscape, disappearing over the horizon. The rain is relentless. The wind, a hand at your throat. There are times this feels less a walk and more like a sojourn.   What am I looking for? Easy. An answer to the question why Lauren and her family run? How likely isContinue reading “The Road Lesser Travelled …”

If You Go Down the Woods …

I take a break from the storm of Lauren and Jake’s lives, and face instead, the storm raging outside. Buffeted by sheets of rain and a wind, part friend, part foe, I go looking for inspiration. Or at least something to brush the cobwebs from my head.  Three and a half thousand words later, andContinue reading “If You Go Down the Woods …”

So It Begins …

Finally, I’ve found the perfect place to hole-up and finish the second book.  After a weekend of walking on moors American backpackers should be wary of, watching five horror movies, almost back-to-back, reading Clive Barker where pretty much everything is hell bound, my iPod shuffles through score upon score from Stephen King movies — MichaelContinue reading “So It Begins …”

Hello, Is There Anyone Out There?

After an unexpected silence and the terror of how quickly we all forget, here I am testing. One. Two. Three. Trying to remember how I did this website thingie, and the whole ‘posting’ malarky. Oh, of course, since I last played there have been updates. Improvements. And so I am totally confused. But here goes.Continue reading “Hello, Is There Anyone Out There?”

When Did Christmas Get So Complicated?

Well, I guess for Lauren, that was all down to the Red Marsh King … Trying to write, edit, create post content, art and animations for ads, whilst at the same time bringing my past life to an end, and still find time to buy presents, write Christmas cards, decorate the house and generally sortContinue reading “When Did Christmas Get So Complicated?”