Stuart Aken
Reading from infancy. Writing stories since I could hold a pencil. Always fascinated by the power of words to entertain, illuminate, transform, educate, and influence. Stories are fundamental to our psyche: we love them. It's an honour to be privileged to tell my own versions of tales that have abounded for millennia.
Fantasy fascinates me: that ability to enter an imagined world and witness events not always shackled by Earthen rules.
Science Fiction allows speculation on our future: what will happen if we carry on in certain directions, and what will occur if we allow developments that might actually threaten our very existence?
Romance is fundamental to human relationships and love, with its opposite, hate, form the roots of most stories.
As I say to all my readers; Enjoy the read!
“For any given problem, if there's a simple solution it will already have been applied. So, perhaps, the solution isn't as simple as you think.”
“Sell your book like a can of beans & your readers will place the same value on it.”
“Inspiration fires you up; motivation keeps you burning.”
“Evil people rely on the acquiescence of naive good people to allow them to continue with their evil.”
“If knowledge is power, let's spread it as widely as possible and dilute it to deny those who would abuse it.”
“Knowledge, like money and muck (manure), serves us best when spread evenly.”
“Write from the heart, edit from the head,”