Closeburn Crossing is up for a Watty Award!
It’s in the science fiction category, will find out how it does on the 4th December. Over the moon. Fingers crossed!
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Chapters 1-9 of ‘Closeburn Crossing’ are now available for free on Wattpad!
That’s around half of the book posted there.
Chapter 10 will be published next Tuesday.
Thank you to my fellow Wattpadders for your reads, votes and comments so far!
Also, as always, a big thank you to my paperback and e-book readers and audiobook listeners. Your support is much appreciated.
Chapters 1 and 2 of ‘Closeburn Crossing’ are now available for free on Wattpad.
Chapter 3 will be published next Tuesday (7th July).
Enjoy, fellow Wattpadders!
Jungles and rainforests have always fascinated me. I think ever since watching Raiders of the Lost Ark as a child, and probably even before.
They inspired me to write about Iria.
Iria is the largest jungle on Altinor, the faraway planet the main character, Daniel Mearns, travels to in my Altinor books.
Iria is home to many beings, including spider-trees, singing voriez plants and the Phibs.
Phibs are bipedal, talking frogs the height of humans who have a warrior culture.
I’d love to visit more jungles and rainforests.
Have you been to a jungle or rainforest you’d recommend?
Or is there one you’ve always wanted to visit?
I recently wrote a chapter of Edge of the Wild, the third book in the Altinor trilogy, from the point of view of Tarban, a young soldier in the Delvidran army.
During it, he’s with the Commander of the army, Laton.
He is both frightened and intrigued by her and what they speak about.
Laton is the central antagonist of the books, other than Ordran.
An exceptional warrior, she is intelligent, ambitious, tortured, stern, loyal, at once strong and brittle – Laton has a very human alchemy of qualities that make her a fearsome antagonist to Daniel.
Do you have a favourite antagonist/villain in literature?
One of mine is Long John Silver, from Treasure Island.
He first appears one way to Jim Hawkins, the story’s protagonist.
Then due to each of John Silver’s choices later in the book, Jim finds his view of him often changing.
Whether an out-and-out evil villain or an ambiguous antagonist you sometimes found yourself empathising with or even rooting for, which adversaries did you enjoy reading about?
‘Jim, Long John Silver and his Parrot’ by N.C. Wyeth for a 1911 edition of Treasure Island.
Yesterday, the first proof copy of my book, An Exiled Soul, arrived in the post.
An Exiled Soul is the second novel in my Altinor trilogy.
Over the moon to show you the first page of An Exiled Soul paperback and the contents page.
As always with the publishing process, there are a few issues to iron out with the printing.
Fingers crossed it’s not going to take long.
I’ll keep you updated on the paperback release date.
In the meantime, the ebook is available on Amazon from today!
Delighted to tell you An Exiled Soul, follow-up to Closeburn Crossing and the second book in the Altinor trilogy, is out today as an ebook on Amazon!
Click these links for the book’s pages on:
It is also available on many more Amazon regional websites.
After months of working on it, I am very excited for it to be finally ready.⠀ ⠀
A paperback version is also on the way. Stay tuned!⠀
Over the moon to tell you the ebook of An Exiled Soul, follow-up to Closeburn Crossing and book two in the Altinor trilogy, is available for pre-order on Amazon!
The ebook will be released on Saturday the 4th May 2019.
Click this link for the pre-order page on:
It is also available on many more Amazon regional websites.
After months of working on it, I am very excited for it to be finally ready.⠀ ⠀
Stay tuned as I will let you know the release date of the paperback soon!⠀
Hi everyone, I wanted to say thank you to all of you who purchased and read my adventure book, Closeburn Crossing. I’m so thankful for your support.
I would like to ask if you have read the book if you would be willing to spare a few minutes to leave a review on your regional Amazon website and/or Goodreads.com?
They can be for the paperback, ebook and audiobook edition and as long or as short as you choose. It would really be appreciated!
You can leave a review via logging in to your Amazon and/or Goodreads account or using the links below.
Here are links (shortened plus secure to use) to Closeburn Crossing’s pages on Amazon UK, Amazon US and Goodreads:
Thank you SO much. Your feedback really helps more people discover Daniel’s adventure, soon to be continued in An Exiled Soul, book two of the Altinor trilogy!
I’ll keep you updated here at my website and Facebook page, and by the way, if you’ve already left a review of the book, you’re awesome and I can’t thank you enough.
Giles
Hi everyone, I am excited to share with you that in An Exiled Soul, the upcoming follow-up to Closeburn Crossing and book two in the Altinor trilogy, you will learn more about Alpona, a talking horse and Daniel’s friend, and Skara, who is a descendant of a powerful warrior family and Ketch’s wife.
The novel expands on the stories of Daniel, Alpona and Ketch as they travel through areas of the world of Altinor, many of which not visited in the first book.
An Exiled Soul is an adventure with colourful new characters, exhilarating action and emotional moments. Keep you posted!
