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The Prologue for my next book and a Q and A with the main character – Jonathan K Benton
Prologue So this is fear. The man stood trembling on the edge of the plank as dark clouds tumbled towards the boat. The approaching storm sent cannonballs of wind to clear its path. Inside the storm, the ocean was black. …
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Tagged A Wicked Kind Of Dark, dark fantasy, Jonathan K Benton, young adult
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A Wicked Kind of Dark – what is literary fantasy? Jonathan K Benton
I think the best explanation I’ve found for the genre in which my writing sits goes something like this: Books that are written to entertain with words as much as plot. Books like Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes, Christopher …
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Tagged dark fantasy, literaryfantasy
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Returning to the keyboard – Book 2 of my young adult fantasy series
I’m on holiday, which means writing. I’ve given myself four weeks to finish the first draft of the next book in the Minaea Chronicles. I’m loving returning to Minaea. I’m also enjoying the change of scenery on Earth for Part …
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