The Gamer

Now that the book is finally out, I am now soliciting for reviews. Ideally, people that have recently bought the book (or are reading it free via Kindle Unlimited) are still reading the book and will be the first to give a review. However, until then, the only option for me is to keep encouraging people to try it out and give it a read. Why Reviews are so important... Well for obvious reasons... For me, it is about feedback. What do people think about my book? Is it good, bad, or what is it lacking to get it to perfect. How is the quality of writing? Now, of course, these are subjective matters but they build up my profile as a writer. Other than what reviews mean to me, they mean a lot to other people who will come across the book and figure out if they would like to buy it or read it.  One blogger correctly points out that reviews are social proof of what people think about your product and they do help influence others purchasing (or reading in some cases) decisions. ...

With 1 day to go till launch... I thought I would discuss where the inspiration to write a series on Macbeth came from... so let's go back in time to the early 2000s Macbeth was one of our set books for Literature class and I took pride in reading ahead. At the same time, I was also the school librarian and so getting myself a copy of the Shakespeare play, along with commentary, was not so difficult to do. I read everything from the substance that made the play to the sources that Shakespeare used to bring out his story... Yes, I am talking about you Raphael Holinshed ! Several things stood out for me from the whole story and the tragedy that was portrayed in the whole production (not just the ending). The realisation that came to Irish-German actor Michael Fassbender when he played the iconic title character in a film version of the play in 2015, is the same one that I had over a decade before that. Shakespeare's Macbeth suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder! S...

From the time I first announced that I was writing a novel based on the historical Scottish King Macbeth, I was inundated with people referring to Shakespeare's Macbeth, whilst referring to my work. So let me just say just this once, unequivocally, that my Macbeth and Shakespeare's Macbeth are two completely different characters. In a few blog posts to come, I will outline a lot more on my Macbeth, the character and the book series as a whole. Just for the record, a few points to note about my Macbeth is: He's based on the historical King Macbeth who reigned over a prosperous Scotland for over 17 years The first book covers a fraction of his life, mostly just after his defeat at the Battle of Dunsinane (1054) and his early life from about 1005-1032. It is historical fiction but will be a great source for conversation and debate as I have sensationalised a few things here and there, especially where historical records and documents are not completely clear on the sp...

Seriously... do not READ anything I wrote before 2019 or released before 2020! Why?  Because those were mostly random ramblings, without planning or structure or meaningful substance of any kind. They were mostly fueled by "great ideas" that I had under the influence of some drugs or sorts (alcohol usually) and the false overwhelming sense of invincibility. So? Read everything else that I wrote (or rather released) from 2020... Why? Because these are articles or stories (or novels) with: substance,  structure,  thorough planning,  proper grammar checks and so much more that the old stuff didn't have Okay... so? So for my Blogger stuff, I will still keep them informal, the same as my social media stuff... I am not deleting my old stuff (yet). The old articles will still be there but I will be pushing you to read the newer articles and then there are the novels... Novels? Yes... Just released my "first" novel... yeah it's the first that ...