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Welcome to my worlds“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies... The man who never reads lives only one.” George R R Martin
This quote just about sums it up. If you're looking to find out about me, my words and my worlds, you've come to the right place. I'm a writer, publisher and editor. This site is about my fantasy, science fiction and horror writing, or what most people in the field call speculative fiction or SF. Hopefully you'll discover some new worlds to inhabit and some new lives to live. Sample Zenith Sample Equinox Sample Eclipse Download Zenith Download Equinox Download Eclipse |
Conquist - the novel!
My serialised conquistador portal fantasy Conquist was short-listed for Best Fantasy Novel in the 2020 Aurealis Awards:
BEST FANTASY NOVEL
Hollow Empire, Sam Hawke (Transworld)
Monstrous Heart, Claire McKenna (HarperCollins Publishers)
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
The Vanishing Deep, Astrid Scholte (Allen & Unwin)
* Conquist, Dirk Strasser (Chimaera Publications)
The Ninth Sorceress, Bonnie Wynne (Talem Press)
Cover by Alejandro Colucci (The Witcher series cover artist)
Conquist - the movie?
Who says a novelist can't write a screenplay? My screenplay based on Conquist has done pretty well in various film festivals and competitions:
* Winner – 2021 WildSOUND Fantasy/Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest
* Finalist (Top 5 fantasy) – 2020 Script Summit
* Finalist – 2020 Creative World Awards
* Top 3 – 2019 Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition
* Top 10 Features Finalist – 2019 Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival
* Finalist – 2019 Richmond International Film Festival
* Finalist – 2018 Byron Bay Film Festival
* Winner – 2021 WildSOUND Fantasy/Sci-Fi Screenplay Contest
* Finalist (Top 5 fantasy) – 2020 Script Summit
* Finalist – 2020 Creative World Awards
* Top 3 – 2019 Fresh Voices Screenwriting Competition
* Top 10 Features Finalist – 2019 Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival
* Finalist – 2019 Richmond International Film Festival
* Finalist – 2018 Byron Bay Film Festival
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Novel writing vs screenwriting - How different are they?
Have you ever wondered how different screenwriting is to writing novels or short stories? After concurrently writing a screenplay and novel version of my conquistador fantasy short story ‘Conquist’ (Dreaming Again, Ed. Jack Dann, HarperVoyager), I’ve got a pretty good idea.
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Have you ever wondered how different screenwriting is to writing novels or short stories? After concurrently writing a screenplay and novel version of my conquistador fantasy short story ‘Conquist’ (Dreaming Again, Ed. Jack Dann, HarperVoyager), I’ve got a pretty good idea.
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