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Three, a short fable of sorts.

23/04/2020 By jason Leave a Comment

I am pleased to announce my short story Three at just over 13,000 words. It is now available on Amazon (see below). Don’t worry, it won’t cost much at all.

Three was written many moons ago, during the early 1990s. It was the first full-length piece of prose I ever wrote, in my aspiration of becoming an author. It transpired from a hungering interest in mythology, table-top gaming, and extensive reading in fantastical literature, fables, and International lore.

As a child I always wanted to write a fable, and an unusual one at that, but it had to employ a succinct fictional storyline, and (at the very least) parallel the technique and reading style of the old masters, such as Aesop. The vital ingredients for me were the principal moral lesson, along with revealing a common and inherent human trait. A great undertaking that wasn’t easy.

Last year, I took the manuscript out simply to read it. Then I felt the need to re-shape it, and in a way re-tell it. In the end, I got to the point where I was really happy with it, and wanted to share it, and that’s all I can ask. So, without saying too much about the story itself, I will simply leave you with the preview below.

Have you ever wanted something so bad that you’d do anything to get it? Or travel far and wide in search of it? Or feel that the object of your desire is rightly yours —your destiny —and yours alone? The Outlander, a battle-weary warrior has travelled far in search of his prize, the thread of life, and he would do anything to finally lay his hands on it. Failure would only result in misfortune, but as his quest reaches its climax he can almost taste victory. However, sometimes it is never really what it seems.

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Natural History in Creative Writing

22/11/2017 By jason Leave a Comment

Photo of The Hobbit set in New Zealand. Image from Unsplash. Photo by Andres Iga.

Nature and Narrative

Rich natural history in creative narratives, is something I continuously ponder on. I say this with particular reference to the influence of nature in the creative process focusing on the fantastical in literature. [Read more…]

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Writing for Games

01/02/2011 By jason Leave a Comment

An upcoming medium

Focusing on short stories for my Masters module in advanced writing practice is real fun. It’s been quite liberating to see the difference but yet the similarity all forms of writing share whether is be the short story, novel and even games. Yes games. [Read more…]

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Nature Writing: An Observational Science

22/01/2011 By jason Leave a Comment

Venturing into the natural habitat is in sense an act of escapism for me, especially in seeking tranquility from today’s hectic urban demands. What better way to relay your thoughts and observations of the natural world than by putting these visual notes and experiences down on paper. Nature writing is about the writer as well as about the natural world, and is exploratory as well as reflective. If you try to delve a little deeper, then Don Scheese has a great book called Nature writing: the pastoral impulse in America and in there is some thought provoking information and definitions. He describes the place to which nature writers escape is a problem fraught with ethnocentric implications. He goes on to say that the wild or wilderness is a traditional designation meaning land unaffected by humans. He goes on to say that nature writing in a sense is a descendent from other literary forms, it emphasises natural history for it’s scientific bent (the attempt to explain the workings of the physical universe over time); spatial autobiography, for it’s account of the growth and maturation of the self in interaction with the forces of the world; and travel writing (including the literature of exploration and discovery), for its tracing of a physical movement from place to place and recording of observations of both new and familiar phenomena.

In This Incomperable Lande: A Book of American Nature Writing, Thomas Lyon proposes that nature writing “encompasses a spectrum of different types of works, ranging from those that place primary emphasis on natural history facts (such as field guides) to those in which philosophical interpretations predominate. Some of the subcategories he identifies include natural history essays, rambles, essays of solitude or escape, and travel and adventure writing” (Wikipedia, 2011).

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Fantasy fiction: A perspective on strength and influence

17/01/2011 By jason Leave a Comment

I always get very childlike; the adrenaline rush when I race over to my favourite section in a book shop ‘fantasy.’ Even online when I scroll and type away, I am amazed at the variety of both traditionally published books available by known and unknown authors. Even the every increasing eBook age is encouraging more writers in this field to surface and grace the world with their fantastical tales and unique worlds. It seems the demand is there, and the cultural evolution of the genre is evident.

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Alan Bennett: The Uncommon Reader

29/12/2010 By jason Leave a Comment

I was at Stansted airport waiting for a flight to Poland a week ago. I was bored, and with nothing to do except walk around the shops my eyes fleeted back and forth from the digital board hoping our gate would be open sooner rather than later. [Read more…]

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Book Review: Blood Of Elves

20/11/2008 By jason Leave a Comment

Blood Of Elves
Written by Andrzej Sapkowski
Translated by Danusia Stok.
Gollancz hardback and paperback
Released 16th October 2008

Geralt of Rivia is a witcher, but he always stands out from other witchers with his white hair and piercing eyes, as well as his cynicism and lack of respect for authority. Although a magically and genetically mutated monster-slayer for hire he is far more than a striking-looking man. As a witcher [Read more…]

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