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I think I'll do a little illustration of the character with the most votes :)
My book The Winding and some of the things you’ll find therein!
E-book - Publisher Bookshop - Order it through a North American indie bookshop!
A few weeks ago, I did an illustrated edition of The Winding for a charity auction. These were some of my favourite sketches!
a Riz Ahmed-inspired Gloucester, because Ballister in the movie version of Nimona has strong Gloucester energy :)
BIG NEWS!!!
The Ticking, sequel to The Winding, will be available January 1st, 2024, from Literary Wanderlust!
In this exciting sequel to The Winding, everyman-turned-hero Mikalai Gloucester finds himself swimming far out of his depths.
Two weeks have passed since Denken, a vicious demigod with the power to manipulate human thought, disappeared in the wake of a shocking confrontation. Unleashed upon the city of Frettchen, his magic sows fear and paranoia into the minds of all.
Worse, a horde of nightmarish creatures once locked safely away in Denken’s pocket dimension now roam free. Though Mikalai Gloucester has no magic of his own, he is determined to fight the beasts alongside his new friends, a motley band of magicians, scientists, and unusual beings.
Distrust threatens to tear them apart, but the group must work together to save one of their own and discover Denken’s plan for the city. It’s a race against the ticking clock to stop him before he destroys Frettchen for good.
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Keep an eye out for more news!!
Denken, my favourite character shark boy from @aliiveswrites amazing fantasy novel, The Winding, go check it out!!
characters from @aliiveswrites book The Winding. I love them all and am so excited for the sequel to come out in january!!!
I have created a playlist on Spotify of songs that make me think of The Winding by @aliiveswrites
1. Blood On My Name - The Brothers Bright
2. God’s Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash
3. Broken Bones - Kaleo
4. Brother Run Fast - Kaleo
5. Raise Hell - Brandi Carlile
6. Through The Valley - Shawn James
7. Human - Rag’n’Bone Man
8. Prisoner - Stumfol
9. My Own Monster - X Ambassadors
10. Fistfight - The Ballroom Thieves
11. Raise Hell - Dorothy
12. Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Cover by Lorde
13. Bang Bang - Nico Vega
14. That’s Life - Shawn James
15. Providence - Poor Man’s Poison
16. Glitter And Gold - Barnes Courtney
17. Supernatural - Barnes Courtney
18. Fire - Barnes Courtney
19. Hellfire - Barnes Courtney
20. I’m A Wanted Man - Royal Deluxe
21. This Is My World - Esterly, Austin Jenkes
22. Blood Runs Red - 78rpm
23. Killer Inside Of Me - Willyecho
24. Bartholomew - The Silent Comedy
25. Used To The Darkness - Des Rocs
26. Sinners - Barnes Courtney
27. Gun In My Hand - Dorothy
28. Me And Mine - The Brothers Bright
29. Rather Die - Barnes Courtney
30. Good Thing - Barnes Courtney
31. Survivin’ - Bastille
32. The Draw - Bastille
33. World Gone Mad - Bastille
34. Million Pieces - Bastille
35. Blame - Bastille
36. C’mon Down - Poor Man’s Poison
37. Allies Or Enemies - The Crane Wives
38. Tongues And Teeth - The Crane Wives
Happy belated birthday, @kirk-goes-to-gallifrey! I'm so glad you like Zane!!! Wishing you all the best of luck in the year to come!
It's hard to believe that The Winding has been out in the world for a whole year!
And just 3 more months until its sequel, The Ticking, comes out! Hooray!
godly folk
The Gambler and Denken
Just TWO MONTHS until The Ticking comes out! It's the sequel to my book, The Winding, and it's going to be a lot of fun!
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'Two weeks have passed since Denken, a vicious demigod with the power to manipulate human thought, disappeared in the wake of a shocking confrontation. Unleashed upon the city of Frettchen, his magic sows fear and paranoia into the minds of all.
Worse, a horde of nightmarish creatures once locked safely away in Denken’s pocket dimension now roam free. Though Mikalai Gloucester has no magic of his own, he is determined to fight the beasts alongside his new friends, a motley band of magicians, scientists, and unusual beings.
Distrust threatens to tear them apart, but the group must work together to save one of their own and discover Denken’s plan for the city. It’s a race against the ticking clock to stop him before he destroys Frettchen for good.'
Made some Epitome of Science stickers to add to the decorations on my sketchbook cover
Denken wins!! Keep an eye out over the next little bit for my illustration!
The Ticking Character Poll!
Denken, personification of Thought
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Denken won the character poll, so here he is! He looks quite put-together, so I suppose this is him in The Winding, more than in The Ticking haha!
Looking for some queer fantasy action-adventure?
I wrote some books, hooray! Let me tell you a little about them.
The Epitome of Science trilogy is an urban fantasy series set in an alternate world, where clockwork technology reigns supreme and magic lurks in unexpected places. Our main protagonist is Mikalai Gloucester, a former bodyguard arrested for a crime he doesn't remember committing. He's released in exchange for helping the very man who destroyed his life, and soon finds himself caught up in a whirlwind of magic, colourful characters, kidnapping and mysterious demigods. And that's just in The Winding!
I wanted to write the sort of books I really wanted to read, with loads of queer characters who have lives and storylines beyond coming out and romance, where their queerness is undeniable but also not always the focus of the plot, since that was a really rare thing when I was growing up (let's be real, books with ANY queerness in them were rare in the 90s).
Here are some things you'll find within The Winding and The Ticking:
If they sound like something you'd be interested in, please check them out!
Where to find them:
They're published through an indie publishing house called Literary Wanderlust, and the ebook is available through their online bookshop. Since tumblr tends to bury posts with links to other sites, I'm not including any, in hopes that this might reach more people, but you can find their site with a quick internet search. The paperback copies are only available from LWL's site if you're in the US, but us non-Americans can order them through other sources, such as local indie bookshops!
Book 2, The Ticking, just came out in January and Book 3 is officially in the works!
The Gambler, personification of Choice
A whole ton of character sketches I did recently to accompany me to the Fergus Steampunk Festival yesterday, where I was selling copies of The Winding and The Ticking. I hope everyone who took a sketch home with them enjoys it (along with the books!), because they were made with love :)
Congratulations to Denken and Finch, who ended up being the most popular characters!
Just realized that two years ago today, The Winding came out! Happy book birthday to me!!