River of Stones begins 20 years after the end of The Astreya Trilogy. Mairi and Trogen, the twin daughter and son of Astreya and Lindey are 18, and have risen up the ranks to second mate. Here’s the pitch: Only … Continue reading →
My nine days in England were time-warped. Continue reading →
Interview by Carol Anne Meehan, award-winning radio and tv journalist. We talked mostly about The Astreya Trilogy and The Hippies Who Meant It. Click Here
This is my niece Jane in 2015. Here she is again, reading. When Jane is reading, she is in her own world. She is nine. She wants to be a writer. So I wrote to her early in 2016. Chelsea, … Continue reading →
Many thanks to Anastasia Philopoulos and The Low Down to Hull and Back. http://www.lowdownonline.com
Most fiction writers are immeasurably chuffed when people write to us indicating that they have entered our imaginative world and been engaged by the characters they met there. This is the writer’s equivalent of applause, and is just as heady. Continue reading →
Write On Ottawa: Dragon fables for all ages Written by Janoah Willsie on Saturday August 1st, 2015 An illustration by Shirley MacKenzie from The Laughing Princess. Seymour Hamilton writes the kind of children’s stories that he would have wanted to read as a child. … Continue reading →
Reading (and recording) your novel is the best investment you can make in editing your work. Continue reading →
“Your Majesty. There’s an elopus in the palace fishpond, eating goldfish!”
“Goodness me,” said the Queen. “A chimera with the head of an elephant and the body of an octopus? Well, you know what to do.” Continue reading →
I wrote this piece at the request of Jess Wells, who published it first on Jun 19 2014 on her page at Red Room, http://redroom.com/member/jess-wells Elmore Leonard’s 9th rule of writing is, “Don’t go into great detail describing places and things.” … Continue reading →