I’ve always fancied the idea of writing a fantasy epic of some sort, but I’ve got so many other writing projects on the go (that sequel to Bright Future, my choose your own adventure book, and of course, The Badger Helper Watcher) I’m not sure where or when I’ll have time for it. Well, I’ve had a thought about that. What if I just wrote a little bit at a time right here on my website, at least once a week. I’ve not really had any major thoughts about it, but that’s the beauty of it: gone will be the pressures of keeping to a story plan and theme. I’ll be pretty much making it up as I go along. The idea is to have a full first draft novel by the end of it, ready for tweaking, poking and prodding and eventually publishing. I’m excited about this, because even though I’ve read plenty of fantasy, I’ve never even so much as written a fantasy short story. So, watch this space…
New Ongoing Fantasy Project
Published by John Payne
I write novels and short stories and draw and write cartoons. The main cartoon I'm working on at the moment is Still Life. It's about a man who sits at home on his sofa all day and yet bizarre things still happen to him. At the moment him and his sofa are stuck on a desert island. Check out Still Life Series Five: Beyond the Sofa on this site. My debut novel is out now. It's called 'A Fifth Visitor', and it's a very unofficial sequel to 'A Christmas Carol'. The story picks up five years after the events of Dickens' classic, and we see how Scrooge is getting on with his promise to always keep Christmas. A new spirit pays him a visit and convinces Scrooge that he's not doing enough to redeem himself, so they both travel to the future to save a young nurse called Grace, but there's something big that this new spirit is keeping to himself. I'm developing a website dedicated to my writing, so watch this space. One of my short stories is available on amazon kindle. If you want to check it out, it's called 'Richmond's Rarity'. It's about a late night hospital radio DJ. I've written it under my author name of John D Payne. View all posts by John Payne
JOHN D. PAYNE IS WRITING 