October 31, 2022
And this is my final horror Pop Funko pic for 2022 - a really cool funko version of the scary Candyman!
Happy Halloween.
Current W.I.P.s: GNS3 | Lost Glove Society
Bram Stoker Pop Funko
October 30, 2022
The man himself - mighty Bram Stoker. Pardon the pun(let), but I was really stoked to see the funko factory had brought out this particular character :)
Vincent Price Pop
October 29, 2022
Not one of Funko's greatest likenesses, but I couldn't say no to adding Vincent Price to my collection of horror Pops:
Twin Peaks Pop Funkos
October 26, 2022
Todays Funko foto features not one, but four Pops! I present a dead Laura, her possessed father Leland and the demonic Bob! Dale Cooper is there too, looking well too happy with his coffee given the gruesome circumstances, but hey ho. Happy Halloween 🎃
Burning the candles at both ends
October 24/25, 2022
Well, who would have thought it? Not me, for one. Yet here I am, working on a vampire novel!
The plot and main characters just sparked in my head the other night in the kind of clarity that my muse has been shy of delivering this past year. I received it's suggestion with earnest thanks and have made it my duty as I writer to crack on with translating these flashes of storylines into words on a page.
I'm tired now, but before I go, I thought I would use the opportunity offered by this post to communicate my publishing plans for the year ahead. I have nothing at the moment we close to publication but I do plan to release three completed books over the course of 2023.
The first to reach the Amazon shop will be this vampire novel I am currently working on. This will be followed, sometime in late Spring by my local history book detailing the WW2 structures still visible on the Gower peninsula. My final publication, The Curious Adventures of Mister Pyewacket should reach the light of day by late 2023, after which I really have no idea what I will be working on.
But, as usual, watch this space and I am sure these will be detailed at the earliest opportunity...
All-nighter!
October 22, 2022
It's not often I throw an all-nighter. But it's a rare treat to have a new storyline present itself to me so vividly, and such moments have to be savoured.
Pyewacket
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
With the closing of Magickal Gardening until early 2023, and time off from my day job to recover from a suffocating cold virus, this morning gave me the opportunity of progressing my next book - The Curious Adventures of Mister Jonathon Pyewacket.
This story is not my usual folk-horror fodder, though it is set in both the real and magickal world. It is, instead, a twisted children's story about a man borne from a love affair 'tween a human mother and an elf. Bored by the mundanity of the 'real' world, he nips in and out from the world of fae, to make his life more bearable. Unfortunately, if this has whetted your appetite to read the tale, I am still progressing the storyline on its first draft so this won't be available for purchase just yet...
DNA
I had my DNA results in recently. Slightly on the pricey side but it's well worth it. Click on the link below to see my results:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/dna/origins/share/320f4f06-f191-4d6b-bfe4-815f2d475816
Jumping out of my skin!
Saturday, September 17, 2022
Incy Wincy
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Tomorrow I return to the job that pays my bills. I thought I'd make the most of my remaining free time with a little creative writing. As I opened my writing pad, a small spider scrambled across the page and lingered there. It was nice seeing him take such a keen interest in my work-in-progress 😀
Ironing Pyewacket
August 29, 2022
Managed to get my head around the first curious adventure of Mister Jonathan Pyewacket today. It's story has been coalescing for around a year now but today's stint of work in the garden has helped iron out the creased beast into something that will be far more presentable and should hopefully astonish the reader enough to make them anticipate any further magickal adventures Mister Pyewacket might stumble upon in the future.
My muse flutters its wings
August 15, 2022
For the first time in what seems like a very real age, I felt my creative muse make its presence known to me, fluttering its wings as it (hopefully) awakens and brings my creativity back to life...
I have finally decided the narrative voice that will be used to tell the tale of Jonathan Pyewacket. Hopefully, this decision will give the unfurling story a decisive edge and clear the story of unnecessary 'clutters...
Peace and Quiet in the Sunshine...
August 11, 2022
A little peace and quiet sat out in the sunshine. It's been a tough few months health-wise. I am hoping for better things in the future...
A Field in Suffolk
This is probably the most picturesque field I have ever had the village to walk past:
Please click the video below (it usually requires x2 clicks):
Well, I only gone and did it!
Well, I only gone and did it! Avalon ~ The Glastonbury Zine is published! And you Glastonbury lovers out there can buy your copy here :)
Gower WW2 Remnants
June 27, 2022
I am already getting enthused with my latest Explore Gower project. I am already compiling a list of map co-ordinates to check on...
Remnants of War
June 26, 2022
I had x4 books planned for publishing in 2022:
* Solstice
* A third book in my series of Gower guides
With the first three books now written, produced and available for sale, I can now introduce the final project I want to be completed and published by the close of this year:
I have a good five months to get this book sorted, so hopefully, I can pull something special together in this next book 🙂
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| Yours truly among the rubble of a WW2 pill box, Gower |
As part of this 5-month project, I will be revamping my old www.explore-gower.co.uk website. This will include bringing my old Gower guidebooks under the umbrella of Explore Gower and I have already redesigned the cover of The Verry Volk and Gower Ghosts to evidence that:
So, as well as keeping an eye on www.pixie-led.co.uk, please remember to keep an eye on www.explore-gower.co.uk as there will be lots happening on there...
SOLSTICE
June 15,2022
Well, it has taken me a few years to get this book written and published but the portmanteau novel is finally out in the wild and available for purchase as either a paperback or an ebook from Amazon. Click here to be taken to the purchase page for this novel.
With this beast finally released, I can give more attention to the projects that remain on my plate for 2022/3, namely Avalon ~ The Glastonbury Zine, a new book on the Gower Peninsula and my next novel - Pyewacket.
Publication Dates for these projects are:
Avalon - A Glastonbury Zine - August 8,2022
Gower - December 31, 2022
Pyewacket - February 28, 2022
I will release details of the rest of my 2023 projects closer to the time.
But for now, I hope you enjoy Solstice. And don't forget to leave a review on Amazon.
Speak soon,
Chris
Strange Pyewacket
June 08, 2022
I think Pyewacket will be my strangest book of all. It's not folk-horror, not Folk of the Faraway Tree. But both are hinted at strongly in my new creation. I'm hoping to get this story published sometime in the Year New but can not promise anything firm on this just yet...
Suffolk (2)
June 07, 2022
I awoke in the Suffolk Shephard's hut to a beautiful sunny morning and wasted little time cracking on with my writing before the rest of the family awoke. Sat on the steps of the shepherd's hut, surrounded by wildflowers and fields and rabbits and an orchestra of birdsong felt like bliss - pure unadulterated heaven.
Later in the day, when the sun got too hot, I even managed to scratch my pen across a few further pages. So far, the extraordinary adventures of Jonathan Pyewackett seems to be almost writing itself. 😃
Suffolk (1)
June 06, 2022
Had a much-needed getaway this past weekend. I didn't take many pictures as I am still out-of-sorts health-wise. I took the trip with my wife and son to meet up with my daughter (who lives too many miles away on the other side of the country) and her partner. They stayed in the house we had rented- my son on the first floor, my daughter and her partner on the self-contained second floor. My wife and I cwtched up in the nearby shepherd's hut.The weekend away was lovely, the peace and quiet of the Suffolk countryside providing medicine for the soul.
Here are some pics from the trip. And yes, I did find time to do some writing on my next novel, Pyewacket. It was lovely writing by fire and candlelight.
'Tis done.
May 31, 2022
How do I feel when I complete the writing of a novel?
Solstice is complete :)
Well, this particular book has taken me nearly 3 years to write and, much like the completion of my previous 5 novels, the feeling is of a complete sense of unburdening. Plus, of course, a growing sense of excitement as I can concentrate on fresher ideas :)
x2 Cover Art
With the publication dates of both Solstice and Avalon getting close, I thought it was time that I designed some book covers. And here they are - the front cover of Solstice and the full jacket layout for Avalon. I hope you like them :)
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