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Author Page: Richard Denning

Richard Denning

I was born in Ilkeston in Derbyshire and live in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands. I work as a General Practitioner with a North Birmingham practice. I am 43 and married with two children. A keen player of board games and other games I am one of the directors of UK Games Expo (the UK's largest hobby games convention).

What inspired you to write?

To have fun creating stories of the type I enjoy reading.

What genre do you write in?

I am a Young adult sci-fi, historical fiction and historical fantasy writer.

What books have you written?

Tomorrow's Guardian
Yesterday's Treasures
The Amber Treasure
The Last Seal

Tomorrows GuardianYesterdays TreasuresThe AMber TreasureThe Last SealChild of Loki

What is the address of your official web site?

www.richarddenning.co.uk

Who are your favourite authors?

Tolkien, Terry Pratcett, Bernard  Cornwell

What are your top five writing and/or publishing tips for budding authors?

  1. Read lots - you can only start to get a feel for plots and stories by reading
  2. Research your area well - it really shows if a writer KNOWS their subject
  3. Get an editor - everyone needs one
  4. Just writing a book is the easy part compared to marketing. You need to develop a strategy for marketing your book
  5. Get on line on Twitter and Facebook and make contacts with other authors. You can learn a lot from them.

Any final words of wisdom?

My books are about adventures in some of the dramatic moments in history - often linchpins around which a lot of the world we know today hung. I have fun visiting those moments and I hope you want to come along for the ride.