Posted one month ago
It’s been a long time since I first embarked on a writing adventure and as I reflect over the last four years, I am amazed how far I have come! Since writing Hybrid Rebel, I have released six books; the fantasy sci-fi trilogy of Hybrid and three of my spy thrillers, Maisie G. They have been read In the USA, Australia, Germany, France, Brazil, and of course the UK. I chose the Amazon platform initially because I was coming to writing later in life and I wanted to get my work out as quickly as possible! Not that I have given up on finding an agent as this would be the ideal.
In the meantime, I am grateful that my books are being read and bought across many nations and I am blessed to receive many good reviews and feedback. So, thank you to all who have read and I value any constructive feedback you wish to give by contacting me through my website.
To summarise my writing to date is to give encouragement to anyone who has a passion for creating stories, whether for children, young adults or adults. I have found the joy of expressing thoughts and ideas into books exhilarating and challenging. It is not for the faint hearted or those who want a quick return. If one is looking for immediate financial benefits, then you could be disappointed. There again, if you land a great deal through an agent then be grateful! I am happy to work at this level for the time being, crafting my skills, attending author events and gaining insights to improve my writing. That is something I have learnt and wish to continue to do, improve!
So, my latest book, Maisie G – Cold Betrayal, has all the elements of those skills I have adopted over the years, creating a thriller paced to hook you from the beginning until the end. One element I love is creating new characters to sit alongside Maisie in her quest to find out the truth. From the beauty of the Maldives to the ancient city of Edinburgh, you are taken on a full octane ride as she attempts to save the King of the United Kingdom and find redemption for the deaths of her parents with the security services.
I encourage you to come along for the ride, as the next chapter in the Maisie G series is being written as I write now! I am always happy to receive your thoughts and observations and support!
Until next time!
Martin
Posted 4 years ago
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For a long time, I was told that I had a vivid imagination. My mother would laugh at my ideas and because I was interested in discovering new things; she must have thought I was a little weird. This, however, has always spurred me on to learn and seek out new worlds, and pull them into my reality. Sounds a bit weird, but I have grown in love with the world around me since early childhood. At the age of twelve, saving the money I earned from my paper round, I bought my first set of binoculars. Tramping through the local woods and plantations, I further developed this curiosity about nature and all things growing.
This fascination with nature has continued through my life, having always supported the likes of Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, highlighting the destructive nature of our compulsion to control nature rather than live with it. When the youth of today began to take up the banner and make it mainstream news, I was excited that a new generation was serious about change. Greta and many lesser-known teenagers are pressing for the world to understand that we cannot keep on living at the pace and rate of habitat destruction we have experienced to date.
So, the idea was formed; teenagers who could do more than just protest and march. I wanted to bring a story that would empower more young people to join this voice of warning and engage them with the growing dissatisfaction with the way governments and companies exploit the world's resources. In my research into the invasion of the Americas by the Spanish, Portuguese, British and all the other nations, I was amazed to find out how similar the problems of then are to todays. The destruction of the environment; pandemics (I started writing this before the current one!); exploitation of the Indigenous peoples; the lack of understanding of other cultures.
‘Hybrid Rebel,’ is based on these times and explores aspects of the history and present-day struggles of those who recognise that our world is an amazing multifaceted, interconnected, valuable and irreplaceable part of our lives. We are made of the same stuff as trees, plants, animals, birds. In our arrogance, we have overlooked that we belong here, and are not designed to be apart from it. So, because this connection has been severely broken since the industrial revolution, we have built our own constructs around us, separating us from all that is good in the natural world. It is great that schools and doctors’ surgeries are finding out that time in nature is soothing and restorative. It is my hope, as young (and older) people read the Hybrid Trilogy, that they too will want to reconnect and appreciate that the tree outside their window is more than a piece of wood to make furniture or toilet paper, but it is a companion helping us to breath and enjoy this fabulous world.
Now part two of the trilogy is published, charting Rachael and Michael's relationship, leading them into further peril along with Rachael's community. The testing of their love and resilience will have worldwide repercussions.
