Well folks, I have plenty of imagination, in fact some say too much!
He,he,he, as a good friend of mine would say.
G R Jordan author, poet, and top Dad apparently!
Category: writer
Crescendo Crowdfund Update!
Crescendo Crowdfund Update
Just a quick note to say I am one sixth of the way there with the crowdfund. Thanks to all the generous folk who have contributed to help make this book happen. If you haven’t pledged and would like to, or simply require to know more check the link here. Thanks all you wonderful supporters.
G R Jordan author, poet, and top Dad apparently!
Writing and Archery
It’s always nice to know you have something in common with a fellow writer. Hopefully the drawing of a bow inspires such inspirational thoughts in me!
Remember my Kickstarter for “Crescendo!” is still available here.
G R Jordan author, poet, and top Dad apparently!
Location, Location, Location (Part 2 – Places nearby)
I believe some of the best locations for a novel are nearby. In the local area you have places where the smells are familiar, the sights understood and a wealth of knowledge of what lies behind. Place a fantasy castle in the middle of this scene and away you go!
In my novel, Crescendo!, the pairing of Austerley and Kirkgordon arrive on a remote Scottish island, in the fog. Living on the Isle of Lewis this scenario is very real to me and the landing site comes from a location very close to home. When I visit this little harbour, I can see some and their associates clambouring onto land and wondering where everything is. There is a remoteness not found in many places on our mainland and the lapping waves on the harbour causes the senses to be aroused. I’m pleased to say that the rudeness encountered by my characters is not typical of the island people (although some individuals do come to mind) and by placing evil folk in the villages causes the remoteness to be exacerbated.
It was the west coast of Ireland that gave me the location for the book’s grand finale. I remember visiting and seeing sheer circling cliffs and looking sown into the depths wondering at the splashing surf. Thoughts ran through my head of what could be causing such violence in the water. And ideas sprouted which have been fermenting until this novel.
Finding those locations close to home and then mixing them up with horrors of the novel seems to ground the fantastical ideas. Writing fantasy into the real world is hard and I think the writer has to give something the reader can hold onto while their imagination is asked to soar. Local places help round the writer, lest we disappear, heads lost in the clouds.
A Kickstarter for my new novel Crescendo! is underway here.
G R Jordan author, poet, and top Dad apparently!
Support of friends
In times of stress and worry about a project you need friends around you. Running a Kickstarter is no different and I have been delighted with the support friends have given me, some very unexpected. Here’s to friends!
My Kickstarter for Crescendo!, my new novel running right here!
Kickstarter for “Crescendo!” is underway
Just a quick update. My Kickstarter for “Crescendo!”, my first novel about misfit investigators of the mysterious, is underway and I have some backers already. Yee-Haa! Take a look and get involved yourself at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grjordan/crescendo-do-you-embrace-the-dark-or-run-from-it The clock’s ticking get involved.
G R Jordan author, poet, and top Dad apparently!
Crowdfund fund for Crescendo! is underway
Just a quick note to let everyone know my crowdfund for my first novel is off and running at Kickstarter. Check it out at the following link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grjordan/crescendo-do-you-embrace-the-dark-or-run-from-it
I’ll be posting about it on my blog but get ahead by having a quick look. It’s my first kickstarter soo finding it well exciting!
G R Jordan author, poet, and top Dad apparently!
Reach for the Stars
So reach for the stars! Oops, went a bit S-club there.
