I’m a great believer in the influence our surroundings can have on us. J.G. Ballard’s The Empire of the Sun came from his own boyhood experiences of being held in a war camp. Albert Camus’ The … [Read more...]
About David M. Brown
Living in Yorkshire, UK, married to Donna and playing frazzled Dad to six cats! I'm the author of fantasy novel Fezariu's Epiphany and I'm currently working on my second book, A World Apart.
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Masterpiece or Sales
April 15, 2013 by
The Writing Pilgrim emerged from the dense woodland and beheld a valley to the north. In the heart of the valley rested a small village named Wordsville. The Writing Pilgrim made his way eagerly into … [Read more...]
A Crisis of Confidence
March 15, 2013 by
The Writing Pilgrim traversed the barren wasteland seeing nothing but the dry and cracked earth beneath his feet and the clusters of boulders that dotted the landscape all around. The merciless sun … [Read more...]
A Homage to Cats, Dogs and Bloggers
February 15, 2013 by
From 14 January to 14 February 2013 I joined Vickie Johnstone in a blog tour that had attracted 30 blogs by the time it ended! I find it personally heart-warming to have one blogger agree to offer a … [Read more...]
A Furry Christmas to One and All (with some exceptions!)
December 16, 2012 by
David M. Brown lets his fictional character - author and explorer the Writing Pilgrim - loose for the holidays... A Furry Christmas to One and All (with some exceptions!) The Writing Pilgrim … [Read more...]
Why Won’t You Do as I Say?
November 15, 2012 by
David M. Brown lets his fictional character - author and explorer the Writing Pilgrim - loose to find his characters... Why Won’t You Do as I Say? The Writing Pilgrim ascended the narrow path, … [Read more...]
Nano! Nano! NaNoWriMo!
October 15, 2012 by
David M. Brown lets his fictional character - author and explorer the Writing Pilgrim - loose to find inspiration... Nano! Nano! The Writing Pilgrim passed through the crumbling archway and entered … [Read more...]
Untold Sacrifice
September 15, 2012 by
At the end of March this year I left my job to be a full-time stay at home writer, part-time worker, house husband and downtrodden victim of six cats. It wasn’t an easy decision (especially being a … [Read more...]
One Novel at a Time?
August 15, 2012 by
My current completed writing output is two novels and one short story collection. I’m happy with all three books and before my latest novel was published I had already started planning my fourth … [Read more...]
The Untold Stories
July 15, 2012 by
I was saddened by the recent news that Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985), is suffering with dementia. … [Read more...]
An Argggh-some Launch Party
June 29, 2012 by
Shiver me timbers, pieces of eight and a bottle of rum, the argggh-some launch party for A World Apart was such fun. Book bloggers, authors and readers all boarded the ship and joined me on a week of … [Read more...]
World Building: How it can make or break a game or book
June 20, 2012 by
Fictitious worlds are not for the faint hearted. When I started building Elenchera in 1999 I was aware of how foolish I was being, how many hours, weeks, months, even years it would take. Truth be … [Read more...]
