Books – Page 2 – Jonathan K. Benton

Returning to the keyboard – Book 2 of my young adult fantasy series

jonathan / September 14, 2013

I’m on holiday, which means writing. I’ve given myself four weeks to finish the first draft of the next book […]

jonathan / July 24, 2013

Here it is: the cover of my young adult fantasy novel A Wicked Kind of Dark. Due to certain laws (and fair

jonathan / June 16, 2013

Throughout the book The Lord of the Rings, Sauron rarely (if ever, from memory) speaks a word. We don’t know what

jonathan / June 14, 2013

‘Toot Fraakyl’ is an ancient greeting used by Allaria, a beautiful (and she knows it) little fae that lights up

jonathan / June 1, 2013

I spent a couple of hours a few weeks ago dressed in an ankle-length, hooded black cloak walking up and

jonathan / May 11, 2013

Other than the many great books I’ve read, I wanted to explore why I write, and I soon found that

jonathan / May 4, 2013

1) The Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings was always going to be on this list. However,

jonathan / April 24, 2013

Always where light shines brightest, the darkness is most pitch. It is in these extremes, real and imagined, that our

jonathan / April 6, 2013

I’d like to write a fantasy novel inspired by music – I have an idea but it requires some developing.

jonathan / March 24, 2013

A Wicked Kind of Dark began with an idea – a ‘what if’. For me it was a powerful ‘what