Authors and Books at UK Games Expo
Do you think there is a book in you? Do you have ambition to see your words in print? Come and meet some people that have made it happen.
Dont miss the authors reading from their books as well as talking about the different ways to get published.
The Seminar will include:
- Authors giving short readings and a synopsis of their work.
- How to start writing and how to keep writing
- A look at the options and challenges authors face in Main Stream Publishing, Independant Publishing, Self Publishing.
- The importance of good editing and a professional approach even if self published
- The new world of Kindle, Ibooks and how this opens the doors to authors
- How to promote your books.
The following authors will be attending UK Games Expo. You can meet them at a stand in the Green Zone, have a look at their books and hear some of them do readings. They are all members of New Writers UK which has a membership which includes mainstream published authors, self published and independantly published authors. Each of them has a wealth of knowledge about how to write and what to do when you have written a book. Come and find out more at their stand or at the seminars they will feature in.
Nick Marsh Science fiction author, veterinary surgeon, and self-confessed geek.
Nick was born in the sunny vale of Manchester, in North-West England, back when everyone else was busy wearing flared trousers and purple shirts. He has continued to be out of step with fashion ever since.
Several years later, after five years at Bristol University Nick found himself out in the real world, qualified as a vet.
Soul Purpose was written as a response to his first few years at the sharp end of veterinary life. He now works as a small animal vet in Plymouth, and is feeling much better, thank you. If he ever wonders whether he is in the right job, he hums the first few bars of ‘I get around’ to himself, and knows that things could have been much, much worse.
Nick has written two novels in the 'Conduit sequence', and The Ancients, a fantasy ebook.
About Past Tense
Last year, Alan Reece, an unassuming animal doctor from the West Country, was surprised to discover that he had become the 'Conduit', a link between reality and the strange world beyond. Not even beginning to understand this, Alan deals with this problem as he deals with most in his life - he ignores it.
Unfortunately, ripples from his unwitting transformation have freed a dark and terrible creature from its improbable prison. Burrowing into the past, it plots revenge from Ancient Britain, and only Earth's reluctant Conduit has any chance of stopping it.
Taff Lovesey A fan of all things fantasy and ‘sword and sorcery’ and inspired by writers such as, Garth Nix, Stephen Donaldson, Tolkien, Phillip Pullman and Edgar Rice Burroughs, in 2006 Lovesey launched his debut novel, The Spider Gem, book one of The Portal Chronicles.
With the series well received by readers, Lovesey decided to make more time for writing and promoting his work and has now stepped out of corporate life to pursue this path. BookTwo of The Portal Chronicles, The Shimmering Gate, was released in June 2007.In addition to his fantasy writing Lovesey has built a wealth of knowledge and experience of the self publishing and print on demand markets and has had a number of related articles published in the industry press as well as white papers and guides on IT subjects applicable to authors.
Taff was born in 1959 and raised in and around the valleys of South Wales. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1976 straight from school before moving into the computer industry. Following a period of four years living in Oregon USA, during the late 90s, Lovesey returned to the UK and now resides in Lincolnshire with his wife Bridget in the small but beautiful village of Witham-on-the-Hill.
More recently, in the summer of 2009 Lovesey, signed a deal with US publisher Under the Moon, who have edited, illustrated and re-released The Spider Gem.
The Portal Chronicles are an action packed traditional fantasy adventure for reading ages 11-111.
Website: www.lovesey.net
Richard Denning was born in Ilkeston in Derbyshire and lives in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, where he works as a General Practitioner. He is married and has two children. He has always been fascinated by historical settings as well as horror and fantasy. Other than writing, his main interests are games of all types. He is the designer of a board game based on the Great Fire of London and of course director of UK Games Expo.
In 2010 Richard set up Mercia Books to self-publish his novels which written primarily for young adults and adult fantasy and historical fiction fans.
The Northern Crown series (Set in Anglo Saxon Northumbria)
The Praesidium Series (Historical Fantasy in the 17th century)
The Hourglass Institute Series (Time Travel adventures)Northumbria
http://www.richarddenning.co.uk
Michelle Gent This is Michelle’s first novel but she has been writing since her school days. Michelle has also written several short stories and did a stint as a journalist for an online magazine.
She was born in Derbyshire England and moved to Nottinghamshire.
She lives in the heart of Sherwood Forest.
Angela Rigley, is married, retired, lives in Langley Mill, Derbyshire, has 5 children and 7 grandchildren and has 1 book published: 'Looking for Jamie'.
Rosey Thomas Palmer, the author of Hues of Blackness, wrote plays and poetry for thirty-three years, during the last ten of which, she started to craft her saga of the overcomers in Caribbean history. Starting from discussions with Eva Jones, a well known archivist of western Jamaica, she wove a story from twelve years’ discussions and researches that explored island history and eco-tourism. Motivated by her love of Jamaica, her home for twenty-three years of adult life and by her deep gratitude for the role models she met there, Rosey’s work demonstrates how to live as a fulfilled woman regardless of constraints and set backs. The novel has left queries about the male role in this most vibrant of societies and explorations unravel with the first of five sequels, soon to be published as Coastal Turf. Jamaica inspires Rosey Thomas Palmer most as a magical island where she spent the happiest times in the most challenging situations and these lessons are now applied to changing issues in the UK in a new periodical: ESOL Voice. Please see RoseyTP and Yaxfromafar on www.twitter.com, RoseyP on www.blogit.com and www.roseyfromafar.co.uk.