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In August 2017, my first book Medar was published. Click here to buy a hardcopy. E-book version is due early 2018.
Sharon
About
A professional engineer by training, Sharon is currently a quality, environment and sustainability manager in a large, global engineering consultancy firm. Therefore, writing a novel may seem an unlikely fit. However, Sharon’s upbringing involved moving to Belgium when she was 12 and completing all of her secondary schooling in Flemish, with French and German also… Continue reading About
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Gearing up to publish Tyrelia
I’ve got the manuscript in with a professional editor. You’ve given me your feedback on a draft cover design (thank you!). Now just waiting (not-so-patiently) to find out how much work to finalise it. Still hopeful that I’ll get it published before Xmas!
Your vote please: Cover for Tyrelia
Which cover do you like best? Option 1 : Option 2 Option 3 Option 4
Thank the Land for the salami!
I have just finished reworking my Tyrelia manuscript, incorporating the feedback from my various Beta reviewers. I’ve enjoyed reading the comments that one of them made. For Chapter 32, where Watcher Rube escapes being brought down by a couple of dogs by throwing a hunk of salami as a distraction, my reviewer wrote in the margin… Continue reading Thank the Land for the salami!
Tyrelia – new Chapter 1
Five days. Five whole days she’d been in Tyrelia, and still no people. Just this forest going on and on. Tree after tree. The path she’d initially been following had become narrower and narrower, until it had all but disappeared. Tendrils of doubt crept into her thoughts. What if nobody lived here anymore? Maybe that… Continue reading Tyrelia – new Chapter 1
Alternative start for Tyrelia
Does this grab you? Five days. Five whole days she’d been in Tyrelia, and still no people. Just this forest going on and on. What if nobody lived here anymore? After all, it had been one thousand years since anyone had been able to enter Tyrelia. Maybe that was why the Master had built the… Continue reading Alternative start for Tyrelia
Abbie (13y) – Beta reader for Tyrelia
“Most of the manuscript has no notes. This is because I was enjoying it too much to pick up my pencil! But overall, I think this is an absolutely fantastic story and the perfect sequel we have all been waiting for!”
Tyrelia – the perfect sequel
A story full of secrets and mystery. Manssen’s story will capture the imaginations of both young and old. Freya an unlikely heroine, uses her many skills to unravel the secrets of the mysterious tablet while being pursued by those determined to stand in her way.
