Hello everyone,

Just a quick update. I've wanted to keep this up as a regular thing and this week, I'm finding it hard to think of much to say, I'm afraid.

Something happened during the week that shook me up a little and I feel almost embarrassed that it shocked me and threw me so badly as it isn't necessarily life changing, but it had made be have flashbacks to a time when something similar happened and I was almost made homeless. But I relly do doubt that it'll get that bad. But much of my writing this last week has taken a back seat and I'm having a little difficulty starting up the routine again.

Anyway, I am still trucking through my copy of the WFRP 4th Edition source book: Altdorf, The Crown of the Empire.

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th edition,
Altdorf: Crown of the Empire

I have also decided to revisit a book I finished about 20 years ago when I was in my teens called Puckoon by Spike Milligan. Its hilarious! Its one of the few books that I think everyone should read.

Puckoon, Spike Milligan

Beyond that, I'm also still reading one of Christopher Fowler's Bryant and May novels called The Lonely Hour. Its going slowly but I'm progressing alright.

The Lonely Hour, Bryant and May,
Christopher Fowler,

I have also backed a few Kickstarters, all of which are supplements for RPGs. I have a couple on order for Dungeon Crawl Classics and a couple for Old School Essentials. Both are fun games and I love the Dolmenwood setting for Old School Essentials.

One of the books is for an Old School Essentials setting book based around the artwork of Arthur Rackham which is wonderful. The Kickstarter for which you can visit here.

Rackham Vale for
Old School Essentials

 Hello everyone!

I had thought I'd get a post up yesterday, but I had thought how the first of these new regular posts had gone up on a Tuesday, there wasn't much of a problem with putting one up today instead. there had been that impromptu post put up on Sunday about Andy Remic and him sadly loosing his battle with cancer as well. May he go on adventures wit the gods and goddesses now.

A bit of news about Thadeus Morticaine, he is still studying away at a few things, looking into the lesser known things of the world and the universe, 'playing with chaos and dancing with the fae' as he puts it but he has been looking into some very interesting stories. He has managed to et an interest in Folk Horror and has been working his way through both the collections of 2000AD's Thistlebone and he is thoroughly enjoying them.

Thistlebone Volume One, 2000AD

Thistlebone Rising, 2000AD

Thistlebone, 2000AD

If you would like to take a look for yourselves or buy them, take a look here for volume one.

And here for volume two.

Now onto what Dan Coghlan has been up to. Well, the essence of it is that he is still trucking away at his novella. It's taking a bit longer than he planned, but he has broached the half way mark and soon, once there has been a prison break, the undead will run rampant and a wizard will be found to have been dead for longer than was thought - no, she wasn't leading the undead. He hopes that during the week to come, he'll be storming his way through the final chapters.

After he's finished with this novella, there'll be another first draft written about fimir breaking into a strange dimension and a short story about ancient and unearthly powers being woken below a city that's been built over a pyramid complex. He then should really start editing those stories and the two from before Christmas, but he may well try and get another two or three first drafts done before he grinds through the edits.

And that's about it for this week. I hope to see you next time.

Hello everyone!

I'm just writing this before a writing session. But a couple of things have happened during the week that I can update everyone on.

The first bit is that Dan Coghlan is making headway on a novella that he's been meaning to have finished for a while. It involves his elf barbarian - Gwaeloch Irisgarth - going on the hunt for a Master Wizard with their apprentice in tow and getting themselves involved with a city ruin and necropolis system filled with ancient elven undead, including a mummified elite. There are also evil satyrs and rotten dryads to contend with along the way.

He reckons that he could very well be about two fifths of the way through. It's taken a week to get those seven and a half thousand words done, but progress is being made each day. He'd like to get more done each day but has been having trouble with some dastardly migraine headaches.

Thankfully, Dan Coghlan also has a couple of other short stories including the same character under his belt in first draft form and hopes to get them sorted in short order. Those he hopes to send out to some magazines or anthologies when they're done.

After this, he also has another novella planned including a clan of Fimir, another story that may become a novella involving a cannibal hold of dwarves. There will be a short story including a pyramid complex under a city that holds an ancient evil, and another involving a wizard duel after a long night out.

On another note, I wanted to share something that was of inspiration to Dan.

Earlier this week, he received a copy of a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay book for the forth edition based around the Empire city of Altdorf.

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4e,
Altdorf: Crown of the Empire

He's a big fan of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and is loving this book. He has the Middenheim book in the same series and is finding  this one much more interesting, even though the Middenheim book is a very suitable book for anyone involved with that edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. He likes how its jammed packed with cults and spy rings, location showcases and NPCs. He says it really does paint a picture of a vast fantasy city.

Anyway, with that all covered, I hope you all are well and enjoy your week.

 Hello everyone!

I realise that it's been quite a while since I last left a post on here - has it really been more than two year?!

Anyway, I do still intend to upload to the blog on occasions, even if they are sporadic. I had first intended to upload weekly, then monthly. There was a period when I used the blog as a person interest thing with things of related content to what was being written, from folklore to the supernatural, from crime to literature. I suppose I haven't really fully grasped or appreciated what I could or should do with this blog.

I think I could still try and do that if things come up that are relevant. What do you think to that? I get the Fortean Times regularly and could comment on that?

I also got into wargaming and TTRPGs, I could comment on that too, if there was interest. Even if it was very minor. I know that's diversifying topics on something that should remain quite specific. But I'm thinking of using it for things that inspire or help or generally tie in some how with my writing and it's process.

Anyway, on the writing front, I am still forging ahead. I realise that over the last two years the world has gone a bit weird. Its plain weird all over now and though I've been quite lucky with it all, I've felt quite bogged down with everything that's gone on in this changing world and there have been a few health concerns on top of that too. I hope they are settling down now. I hope this will settle into something a bit more stable or generally better soon. Hopefully both.

So, that is sort of why I've not been up much.

Over the last few months, I have been trying to catch up with things a bit. Though Thadeus Morticaine is taking a bit of a rest from the writing process to ponder some of the strange things of the universe and wander the faery pathways into strange lands and find brilliant ephemeral things, Dan Coghlan has been quite busy.

Dan has been busting through a few first drafts. He has currently three short stories and a poem under his belt, though the poem and one of the stories he is unsure of what to precisely do with. There is also a novella he is currently working on, which will accompany another planned novella and a planned short story. There are also another two planned novellas and three planned short stories. Hopefully, he'll organise himself so that the first two connected novellas will be published over the next couple of months or so. He also has his mind set on a trilogy of novels too.

Needless to say, he is very much enjoying writing these Sword and Sorcery stories based on Gwaeloch Irisgarth the barbarian elf from the hill lands. Hopefully you'll be hearing more about all the magic and sword swinging action in later posts.

With that, I shall leave you all to enjoy your days, afternoons, evening and nights in the best way you can.

To get the ball rolling, here is a little bit about both Thadeus Morticaine and Dan Coghlan.

Thadeus Morticaine and Dan Coghlan have been friends for many years and are both authors from Derby.

Thadeus Morticaine was born in November 1985 and is writing stories in many genres. He is working on some Folk Horror stories based on his Great, Great Grandfather, Obadiah Morticaine. He is also working on a series of stories set during the English Civil War. He is also working on some Grim Dark Fantasy and is very keen on the stories of Sexton Blake. He is also working on a selection of ghost stories too. He is also a runecaster and loves folktales. He is helping out with Northworthy Sagas and Stories.

Dan Coghlan is working on a series of Swords and Sorcery stories based around the adventures of a Wood Elf Barbarian. He is also planning a series of post apocalyptic pulp fiction style stories too. He is a fan of a number of the old pulp fiction stories.

Hello everyone,

As a new year has come, so has a re-jigging of this blog. It will now be a place for the inspirations and work - and its progress - for two author friends called Thadeus Morticaine and Dan Coghlan. You can check out the About the Authors side bar for more on them.

In the mean time, other social media outlets will be set up and post by the two will be uploaded in time. I hope you enjoy what's to come.