I love the name Rafferty. It conjours up a tall, dark and very handsome individual. Do you start with a name or does the name come to you as you write about the character?
Hi I love the outline of your book and intend to read it soon. My cat is also a Alfie (but not for the same reasons as you named yours). The funniest thing he has done recently is get under the floor boards on the second floor and skittered about chuckling to himself. We were in the room below with our other cats who stalked up and down the room looking at the ceiling they were sure there was a rat in there! It took us hours to get him to come out the small hole he had found in the floor boards.
I love fantasy fiction but the best type for me is when our world collides with that of 'other' worlds. This book sounds exactly right. I love the idea of a renaissance necromancer. My dream job would be 'keeper of the royal unicorns'. It would definitely be in a world full of magic have have more than a touch of renaissance ideas and ideals about it. Maybe I would meet Ward in this role?
My firdt date at 14 was a blind date because my friend fancied his friend but didn't want to go alone. I arrived to find it was a guy i knew from primary school and had disliked because he put a beetle in my bottle of milk and I had drunk part of it! He was very embarrassed and so was I but we ended up having a real laugh about it. I got my own back though. I married his best friend!
‘Empathy is trying on someone elses shoes – sympathy is wearing them’ Isn’t this what good quality fiction is all about? Being able to imagine your reactions to a situation and thinking through the processes. My sister and I recently had a long conversation about Serena’s actions in ‘Stalked’ and what we would do in the same situation. We both love your books and find the characters realistic even though the situations are, hopefully, ones we will never find ourselves having to endure. Keep writing please Brian x