2018-10-21 16:57
I can't write without music. I know a lot of authors prefer quiet when they're working and, don't get me wrong, when I'm editing I like to do that in silence, but when I'm writing, when I'm… Read More
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The blog of children's author Geoff Turner, writer of Archie's Mirror, Dragonspeak and Darkness Risen (The Land Beyond trilogy).
2018-09-17 08:10
The man hurried through the streets, his head spilling sweat and wild ideas.
It was a warm night, but had been raining and the streetlights illuminated sodium-coloured pools on the black s… Read More
2018-08-13 15:26
The first book I ever remember reading and finishing on my own as a child is Maurice Sendak’s timeless Where the Wild Things Are. The deceptively simple story belies a multi-layered ta… Read More
2018-07-30 08:20
The wind blew ripples across the surface of the Great Lake as the sun rose slowly above the three peaks cutting into the sky; mountains known throughout the land as The Talons. It was a fine… Read More
2018-07-16 07:58
When Carnegie Medal Winner, Geraldine McCaughrean, recently slammed children’s book publishers for moving towards ‘accessible’ prose and simplistic stories, it caused me to… Read More
2018-07-01 15:17
I love a good short story – reading them that is, not necessarily writing them. I find I don’t have the discipline to successfully construct one. My mind is too diffuse, ideas sp… Read More
2018-06-18 11:55
Following my previous blog about fairy tales, I received a few requests wanting to know more about the tale of the mermaid that appears in Archie's Mirror. Here it is in all of its watery, s… Read More
2018-06-10 17:22
As a writer of stories for children I’m well aware of the irony in that title, however I’m not saying that fairy tales aren’t for children at all, but rather there’s… Read More
2018-06-06 08:10
This interview, conducted by fellow Prospective Press author Shervin Kiani, originally appeared on his tumblr blog here. His great, Arabian Nights influenced adventure novel, Sati and Doghu… Read More
2018-06-03 11:08
So, a few days ago I published a blog about the origins of the fantasy world I created for my Land Beyond trilogy (see: Terra-forming a Fantasy World), and my wife’s reaction was both… Read More
2018-05-30 12:09
I was lying next to my son and we were staring up at the ceiling in his bedroom. The cracks, shadows and peeling paint seemed to form land masses, islands and oceans; an entire world was tak… Read More
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