Current Projects

Cozy Fantasy Short – Never Out!

I’m writing about Lantern Night again so you can guess what’s coming! I’ve got a dwarf in Northpeak who is a nervous suitor.  Propping up a collapsing mineshaft with your shoulder? No problem. Reading out some proposal poetry you have been working on for a year? 😬 I’m blasting my way through this first draft enjoying myself hugely : D

Drafting 100%
Editing 90%

Cozy Fantasy Novel - The Reluctant Passenger

I loved all the characters in my Autumn Delivery tale so much and I had another story about them swishing around in my mind, this one just poured out. I've got a fully completed hugely rough first draft. I'm leaving it to sit a little before I start editing.

First Draft 100%
Editing 1%

Cozy Fantasy Novel - The Alchemist's Return

I've re-worked a lot of this book - it's changed a lot from the story I first started writing. I'm working on it in between the short stories and the new novella. As of now I'm so much happier with it - I ripped out and replaced the middle and finally it's coming along nicely.

First Draft 85%
First Edit Pass 1%

Cozy Fantasy Novella - The Alchemist's Surprise - Finished!

This is a 20k ish novella that is included in the Cozy Vales winter anthology! The anthology - Winter Tales from Cozy Vales – is out now, wide.

Cozy Fantasy Short - Thorne's Promotion - Finished!

Been wondering about what Thorne got upto after his little spot of bother in Turtle Bay? Me too! This short story is published in the Summer Tales from Cozy Vales anthology, out on the 15th June 2024. A little bit of time to celebrate, then digging back into The Alchemist's Return.

Cozy Fantasy Short - Leon's Lantern Night - Finished!

I'm writing in Mabel's childhood vale - Medlar Vale - for this one, and it's set on the same night that she's having her adventures in Turtle Bay. Meet Mabel's hometown neighbours in Leon's Lantern Night published in Winter Tales from Cozy Vales #2

Cozy Fantasy Short - The Autumn Delivery - Finished!

I loved working on this story - a rune barge called the Rosy Apple that travels the rivers of Medlar Vale, and her wonderful crew. The river mists are rising, the lanterns are glowing, and the crew of the Rosy Apple have one very mysterious chest on board… What could possibly go wrong? Published now in the Autumn Tales from Cozy Vales anthology.

Cozy Fantasy Short – One Golden Day - Finished!

The barge crew are back! Enjoying the autumn again in a new anthology story. This story is published in the first Cozy Vales non seasonal anthology: Wish Upon a Falling Leaf!

 

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