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Stephen Irwin on The First Step
Today’s guest blog is from Stephen M Irwin, novelist and filmmaker whose short films have won awards around the world. He has written and directed TV documentaries and his first novel, The Dead Path, which has been published in many countries, was named Top Horror Title in the 2011 RUSA Reading List. His second novel, The Broken Ones, was released in Australia to excellent…
The One-Page Guide to Storytelling
Here, gleaned from several decades of writing (28 novels in various genres), and the hundreds of books and articles I've read on the topic, is the most concise guide to storytelling I can come up with. I've included some classic references at the end, and I acknowledge my debt to these writers, and many others.For each scene, and your overall…
Richard Harland on Writer's Block
Every week from now on I'll be inviting an Aussie writer to blog about books or writing. First out of the blocks is the amazing Richard Harland, who had writer's block for 25 years! But he's since had fifteen novels published, won enough awards to fill a treasure chest, including two major French awards this year – the Tam-Tam je…
My Ebooks and Audiobooks
People constantly ask me about availability of my ebooks and Audiobooks. EbooksIn Australia, The View from the Mirror Quartet, The Song of the Tears Trilogy and most of my Runcible Jones books are available as ebooks, eg from http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/search/Ian+Irvine/mediatype/EBook/ Note that these are epub or computer/mobile editions. To read them on a Kindle you need to convert them to .mobi format, which you can do this way: http://techsupport.foreverwarm.com/how-to-read-epub-books-on-your-kindleIn the US, The View…
Why I’m Writing The Tainted Realm (and why it’s taken so darn long)
Between 1998 and 2008, 11 of my bestselling fantasy novels in the Three Worlds sagahttp://www.ian-irvine.com/threeworlds.html were published, but the last of them, The Destiny of the Dead, came out in three years ago. Why the inordinate delay, I hear people ask? Has Ian Irvine retired to count his millions (LOL)? Has he lost the plot? Is he doing a George RR Martin? When is…