People often ask me where I get my story ideas from. Sometimes the spark of the idea might emerge from a single random thought. Or it could be from something I’m watching where I start to consider how I might tell the story differently. Maybe it’s something I’ve read or a picture I’ve seen. ButContinue reading “My creative process part 1”
Once I’d had the idea of creating my own superhero universe, I impatiently looked forward to the day when the different characters would meet for the first time. One of my original ideas for the ending of my second book, Fire Angel: Turning Point was for Fire Angel and Fade to meet, but I soonContinue reading “The creation of the Fire Angel Universe part 7”
Thanks and appreciation to Julie for hosting me. Check out the interview below! Author Spotlight- Interview with Paul English and his book- Scorched Earth
When I wrote ‘Fade: Shadows of the Past’, I knew there would be another book to continue the story behind the mysterious disappearance of Melanie Wilson’s adoptive sister, Carla Wilson. Initially, I wasn’t feeling entirely confident about that story and decided I would write it further down the line, but as I came closer toContinue reading “The creation of the Fire Angel Universe part 6”
While working on Fade: Shadows of the Past, I knew that once the book was completed, I was going to return to Fire Angel. The question was where do I go from here, now that she had finally become a superhero? After asking a couple of people, the answer was the same: it was timeContinue reading “The creation of the Fire Angel Universe part 5”
As some of you know, I spent most of my young writing life writing fan fiction as I wasn’t confident enough to try and create my own characters. But, in 2001, that changed. I read an article in a magazine about how there are no more original stories; it was this which gave me theContinue reading “The creation of the Fire Angel Universe Part 4”
Knowing there would be a second Fire Angel book, I began to plan for that next story, starting with the early ideas for the villain, originally called Rapture. I also wrote part of one of the first fight scenes of that story, while simultaneously continuing with the first book, which I had decided to callContinue reading “The creation of the Fire Angel Universe Part 3”
My original plan when I created Fire Angel was to write a short story series each ending on a cliff hanger so that hopefully people would buy the next book. While getting the first story underway I began watching a series called ‘Heroes’ and found the look of the character ‘Claire’ played by Hayden PanettiereContinue reading “The creation of the Fire Angel Universe Part 2”
What better place to start a new blog than where it all began. Some of you may know the story about how I was inspired by an interview with Stan Lee to create my own superhero, but what was the next step? Who was the character? What were their powers going to be? I knewContinue reading “The creation of the Fire Angel Universe Part 1”
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