5 Fantastical European Locations

  Sometimes when you’re dreaming up locations for your writings or just have a case of writers block looking at real world locations can give you much needed inspiration.  To that end I’ve found five places in Europe that have an almost fantastical appearance.  All of these are real places that anyone can visit but…

Making Art from Old Books

By Alexander Ballard Published January 15, 2014 The other day I came across some incredible art by an artist Guy Laramee.  He’s created some impressive landscapes by carving books.  Its some really incredible out of the box thinking and design.  Just another great example of some of the original artwork and creativity that is going on…

Inspiration Monday #9 – The journey

By Alexander Ballard Published July 23, 2013 I haven’t posted in far too long in part because my new job consists of long boring days and I just want relax for the hour or two I have at home before I have to call it a night. Let that be lesson when your working day…

Inspiration Monday #4 – Anonymous Story

By Alexander Ballard Published April 29, 2013 Well it’s my last Monday here in Mexico and after an enjoyable month in the sun I have to head back to cold rainy England. So I’ve decided to go a little post-apocalyptic for this week’s inspiration Monday   Anonymous Story Day 0:  An oppressive heat hung in…

Inspiration Mondays #3 – The E-dem-ra

Well for this week’s inspiration Monday  I thought I’d play a bit with idea of a how people forget that there a lots of highly skilled people out there who aren’t at the top of their field but nearly as good.   I also wanted to try out a bit of a sci-fi theme so I decided…

Inspiration Mondays #2 – Johnny Fell Down a Well

By Alexander Ballard Published April 15, 2013 For this week’s inspiration Monday I thought I try one of those writing exercises and challenges you see.  This one was to have the protagonist trapped underground and they have to get back to the surface.    I decided it would be fun take a whimsical and comical approach…