Inspiration and Writer’s Block

Where do you find inspiration to write? That’s the question I get asked often when I tell people that I’m a writer. Not that I go around telling everyone I meet that I am a writer, of course. Well, not everyone I meet, at least. It varies from writer to writer. Some are inspired by […]

The Dvargar of Amundborg

The Dvargar of Amundborg is like an appendix to The Changeling King. It follows the story of Lord Gillieron and Lady Merenwen, as they journey into dvargar land to the mountain fortress Amundborg (featured on the cover art). It was originally one of the story arcs from The Changeling King but was cut due to […]

What Drives Writers?

Why do writers write? The following, I think, captures the main reasons: 1. artistic expression 2. for the sheer pleasure of it 3. to share stories with others (and wisdom) 4. to explore universal truths 5. for profit or for fame The latter reason, I think are considered by most as an additional benefit, with […]

Reflecting on The Changeling King

The Changeling King by Noor A. Jahangir My rating: 5 of 5 stars I wrote this book so maybe this isn’t the wisest thing to do. I mean, can an author give a balanced and objective review of their own work? There are times when you hate your work and at the same time, you […]

Writer’s Journeys

Farhana Shaikh of the Asian Writer interviewed me a couple of weeks ago and the transcript is now live on the Asian Writer website. In addition to this interview, Rod Seeder has featured my personal journey to publishing The Changeling King on his Virtual Books blog. At the time of writing this post, The Changeling […]

That Scary Book Cover

The original photograph is by Derek R Audette, a talented chap with a portfolio of freaky looking guys. The original black and white shot was so good that it only took me a couple of hours to adjust it on Paint.net, a free photo editing software available from filehippo.com. It’s not PhotoShop, but still manages […]

Publication!!!

Its happened! The Changeling King has been published through Smashwords and is now downloadable as an ebook in various formats. Don’t worry if you don’t have a smartphone or an ebook enabled device, you can read it on your computer. If you’ve got a Kindle, a Nook or an iPad, it will soon be coming […]

Seven Earths

Remember Seven Earths? eJournal of fantasy, sf and horror? Stop laughing. After issue 1 received good feedback, issue two experienced failure to launch. Why? The submissions were thin on the ground and the few we received weren’t good enough. We can’t just print everything. That defeats the point. So I sent the Brothers Anwar an […]

Marathon

No I’m not talking about the original UK version of the Snickers bar! I’m talking about a three movie stint I had at Reading Oracle’s VUE cinema. I watched Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Fast Five and Thor, over a day and a half. If X-Men First Class had come out a day […]

Review: Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven

The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan My rating: 4 of 5 stars The fifth book in the Wheel of Time series continues the story of Rand al’Thor, The Dragon Reborn and his childhood friend, Mat Cauthon. In the previous book Rand was named the One Who Comes with Dawn, the chief of chiefs by […]