Geoffrey Gudgion
Author
Saxon’s Bane
‘…a richly detailed and complex read that displays all the joys that wonderfully written prose can evoke. That this is a debut novel makes it all the more special and marks Geoffrey Gudgion as a very exciting writer to follow as his craft and storytelling…
DRACA
Jack’s a war hero, haunted by his past. Or is he just haunted? A superbly written, fast-paced, ‘crossover’ novel between literary fiction and subtle horror, with characterisation worthy of Susan Hill and seascapes of a modern Conrad.’ Literary agent Ian Drury, Sheil Land Associates…
The Writer’s Shack
The first question an author is asked is “what do you write?” I’d love to give a crisp, widely-understood answer, but life doesn’t fit into a genre box, so why should literature?
‘Literary Fantasy’ is a little used label, but more defining than ‘Fantasy Fiction’. I write about worlds the reader will recognise. There may be a hint of the supernatural; just a whiff of sulphur amongst the roses.
And where next? The past is a distant country… Perhaps I’ll add ‘historical fantasy’ to my collection of labels.
Thoughts and milestones on the rambling road to publication. Mainly of interest to fellow writers.
When worlds collide
As anyone who has read Saxon’s Bane knows, I like to write stories where worlds collide. Not, I hasten to add, in the astronomical sense; I don’t write Science Fiction, but I do like the past to echo in the present. Even better, to…
The original DRACA: a classic sailing boat
Draca, the eponymous boat at the heart of Geoffrey Gudgion’s novel of that name, was inspired by a real, classic sailing boat, a Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter. Here’s the research and the inspiration behind the story.
The Angel in the Marble
The idea for a book came in snippets; not chapters, not even whole sentences, but in a series of ‘what if’ questions. And it all started with an atmospheric sunset at anchor…