Living in Flames – Back Jacket Blurb

Thoughts and feedback welcome ONE LINER:  Some  secrets history won’t let us forget BACK JACKET BLURB: Bristol, UK, the near future, the lives of three people collide in a gruesome twist of the hand of fate.  A former marine turned to crime, and two enigmatic figures who are concealing their true identities whilst skimming the [...]

Living in Flames – Finished.

¦ dialling in from Sky Bunker ¦  Brain-mashed, squeezed dry of creative juice.  It’s been a marathon day of keyboard hammering fingerstrokes.  After, what… 3 months?  I’ve finished the second novel of the year.  Whoo-hooo *weak smile*  Will update more tomorrow, but, the bugger is done. Just need to proofread, review and edit, this one [...]

Living in Flames, chapter 31 finished. Now on final chapter. Ooooo!

Damn my hands are close to sweating with nervous tension. A combination of the intensity of what’s happening to the characters and the intensity of this phase of the writing process.

Living in Flames, chapter 30 finished (and another one added to the plan)

Arrgh, getting so close to finishing this beastly baby. This was supposed to be the penultimate chapter but events lead themselves without my say, sometimes, and the story needs another chapter inserted to round off the reader’s POV about what happens to a particular character.  Mwwhwhaaaaa *evil laugh* .  Still, I’m loving it, really INTO [...]

Living in Flames, penultimate chapter & Fields of the #Nephilim

¦ dialling in from the Sky Bunker ¦  Just past 9pm so gonna call it a day / weekend on the book, for now.  Managed to condense a part and drop the need for one chapter.  So I’ve just started chapter 30, which means next chapter is the end.  On target for getting out 2 [...]

Living in Flames, chapter 29 finished

Fek. Brain now mush. Going to head out and walk til my legs drop off. Take my mind off this madness. All good though, eh?

Living in Flames, chapter 28 finished

¦ dialling in from Sky Bunker ¦  Life support on and blowing warm air across my bare legs. I’m wrapped in Starsky, unshaven, hair sticking out in random clumps. Big progress with novel today.  Using my Da Vinci method (polyphasic sleep) to keep my brain spiking. Umm, and a healthy dose of caffeine from the [...]

Living in Flames, Chapter 27 finished

Sunday morning and it’s pissing down with rain outside.  Distant green hills surrounding Bristol are lost within the grey haze.  Eerie and atmospheric.  Love it.  I’m slicing into Chapter 28 now (Living in Flames).  There’s only 32 mapped out so I guess that means I’m getting close to the end.  Oooooo. *goes to brew up [...]

Living in Flames, chapter 26 finished

Okay, took a little longer than just the morning. Bloody hell. What a chapter. The big reveal. Good though. You can read sample of chapter one here.

Big lie in, small red tea pot & bacon sarnies on a tray in bed. Perfect start to a Saturday.

Ahh, blisto. Now to nail Chapter 26 (Living in Flames) this moring, I hope. And another chapter by end of play? We shall see.

Living in Flames Chapter 26, and the temporal turmoil of messages from the beloved dead

¦ dialling in from Sky Bunker ¦ 22:02 GMT, Friday 3rd September 2010. Listening to Clan of Xymox on vinyl from 1985. Deep into chapter 26.  Big reveal session going on.  Mythos and a centuries-old occult horror rising up from the sub-plot to loom as pinacles of madness and horror above the shocked, sanity blasted [...]

Living in Flames, Chapter 24 completed.

It’s been a productive weekend so far.  Now another fekking interruption. My birthday.  Oh well, *smears on a party smile*.

Living in Flames, starting chapter 24

Just spent my Saturday morning down by the harbour. Drove down in blissful sunshine.  Cool breeze. Quite autumnal. 6 mile walk with a half-way pit stop at Arnolfini, sat outside with pint of soda water & Rocks lime (amazing stuff), listening to H.P.Lovecraft’s “The Shunned House” on audio, then delicious sausage & egg sarnie with [...]

2010, August. Snapshot in time. Glimpse of the Sky Bunker.

I’ve had such a good day today, creatively. Decided to grab a video snapshot of the Sky Bunker and share with you folks.

My-time, continues… creative bliss

¦ dialling in from Sky Bunker ¦ 21:03 GMT, Saturday 21st August 2010.  Just stepped out of a hot bath. Skin’s got that delicious hot and steaming sensation to it in the cooler air of the house. Although it’s not that cold outside.  Warm, muggy, heavy rain. Just got back from a 6 mile walk… [...]

Living in Flames, finished chapter 22, now time for a beer & Clan of Xymox

¦ dialling in from Sky Bunker ¦ 21:49 GMT, Friday 20th Aug. Finished chapter 22 of Living in Flames tonight. The new book is currently hogging every nanosecond of my attention, leaving Dog Eat Dog still in a review and edit stage (sorry for those of you who’re waiting, and, thanks for the pestering! *grins*).  [...]

Living in Flames – deep into chapter 22, introducing the ghoulish creation called Cray

If you’re aware of my work Shadows of the Quantinex, you’ll be aware of the character Cray.  An aspect of Mythos horror wrapped in human form.  Once human form. This is the point where the plot arcs of drug-dealing and criminality are crashed into by the rising background horror story.  Sample chapter 1 of Living [...]

Living in Flames, just finished chapter 21

Okay, so maybe I don’t hate this book as much as I thought I did yesterday. I’ve found my groove again.  Cruising along.

Living in Flames, finished chapter 19

I bloody hate this book.  I’m focussing on using a brusque style, very much as brief as a film script for narrative.  Just want to “get to the point” of each scene and get this damned thing finished.  Sample here (PDF).

4 A.M.> Ping Awake < Favourite O'clock: when the world sleeps like the dead & I can on with writing sitting in my Sky Bunker

Living in Flames continues apace. Still beneath streets of London. Subterrenean horrors and criminal gangs. *sups a mug of tea* Lovely.