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Through the windscreen from Cape Town to Durban
Some pictures taken through the windscreen en route from Cape Town to Durban, and a few from the journey back again. We took four days to get there, and three days to drive back again. Unfortunately...
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Squirting Squid Eyes
I did my first stint of “Behind the Scenes” work at the Two Oceans aquarium today. It was great! I’ll probably get all jaded and bored with this stuff soon enough, but right now everything is new and...
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“Teaching and Amusing” the work of Ermanno Libenzi
One of the amazing things about having a blog is that every now and then, the people you write about, write back! Imagine my delight in getting an email from Ermanno Libenzi, the author of quite a few...
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Ghost in the Aquarium
I arrived a little early for my aquarium volunteer shift at the Two Oceans this morning. Lights were still off. Quite amazingly spooky, walking around in a dark aquarium. The baby ragged-tooth sharks...
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The Penguin Gang
They are cute, but their beaks are sharp, and they have plenty of attitude. I had to reach in behind the tree — one of those rocks is actually a lid on a pipe, which I had to fill with water for the...
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Turtles big and small
I skived off from the perpetual squid-cutting duties to go and watch the turtles being fed. Up on top of the Two Oceans aquarium, on the roof, is the quarantine area where sick animals and new...
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Illustrations in progress for Wolf Logic
I’ve finished writing Wolf Logic. (Or I hope I have, I’m still waiting for some feedback from my critique partners so we’ll see what happens then!) In the meantime, I’ve started on the drawings for...
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Insects and Squid: More Wolf Logic drawings
Here are some more illustrations-in-progress for my book Wolf Logic. These really are unfinished! This one is of a “lacefester” which is a creature that appears early in the story. Not very dangerous,...
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The Swan Drawing
This might be my final illustration for Wolf Logic. I’ve not posted all the illustrations on here…got to save some surprises for the book itself!
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Wolf Logic is published!
At long last, Wolf Logic is available for sale on Amazon. Wolf Logic is part of the two book series that starts with Crooks & Straights. These are fantasy novels set in an alternate version of...
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Skulls
Have finished the first draft of my latest book (a whole new story, not a sequel to anything I’ve written before!). Listening to Patrick Rothfuss’s “The Name of the Wind” while doodling on Photoshop.
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The Green Man doll
In between everything else, I’ve been making a new doll. At the moment he is called “The Green Man.” Using marbles for eyes is a new thing I’m trying out. He looks quite different with his skin on :)...
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The Dragon Girl
Once there were two dragons. They lived in a cave quite close to a village. This was lucky for them because they were both getting old and could no longer fly long distances to find food. Every now and...
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Writing companions
Who says writing is a solitary occupation? Although the birds are much less distracting than Pippin, who keeps lying on my feet, groaning, and accidentally switching the power off at the wall.
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Meet Science Fiction writer L J Cohen
Today I have a guest! Writer L J Cohen has kindly let me interview her. She’s just launched her latest book, DREADNOUGHT AND SHUTTLE, book 3 of the Halcyone Space series of science fiction space opera...
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Writing Update
I’ve just completed another two book series which I hope to publish in the last half of 2016. This is something new for me: science fiction set in alternate world Southern Africa, and nothing to do...
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The Babylon Eye ready to launch…
My next book, The Babylon Eye, is about to be published. It’s something a little different for me, science fiction set in alternate world South Africa. I had a lot of fun with it. The main character...
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The Babylon Eye Cover: discarded designs
I don’t think I’ve ever gone through so many different versions when designing a book cover! The Babylon Eye went through quite a few look and title changes. Since I’ll soon be doing the cover reveal...
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Cover Reveal: The Babylon Eye!
Everything’s ready for The Babylon Eye launch, including the final cover design. Here it is: The Babylon Eye is a science fiction novel set in an alternate version of Cape Town, South Africa, a world...
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The Babylon Eye is launched!
A cyber-dog, lost in the void between worlds. The woman who must find the dog to win back her freedom. A spy’s betrayal that could kill them both. It’s alive! The first book in my new “Linked Worlds”...
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