David Shepherd | April 7, 2012
Things have moved on apace with Sins of the Father, Book Three of Song of the Elves. I’ve now received back the final edit from Col, which I have to say is tremendous. I am delighted with the time he has put in to ironing out chinks in the narrative and bringing his critical eye to [...]
David Shepherd | March 21, 2012
Light nights, wind-battered daffodils, the tantalising aroma of warmer weather on the wind. Spring has sprung, and the writing bug is settling back into the Shepherd household. I’ve been doing a lot of scripting of SOTE Book 4, The Lost, The Lonely and the Damned, in my head, but first I will be finishing Wolves of Winter III. [...]
David Shepherd | March 7, 2012
Progress on the final edit of Sins of the Father continues apace. I am looking forward to bringing you the third installment in time for your summer reading. In the meantime, I’ve taken the first tentative steps with Wolves of Winter 3. Rulnik is leading an investigation into multiple attempts on the life of the [...]
David Shepherd | February 22, 2012
Sorry for the lengthy break in transmission. A combination of technical changes and a very busy day job have kept me from my updates. Rest assured, it will be business as usual from now on. What have I been doing over the last few weeks. Well, I’ve penned a few more scenes of Wolves of [...]
David Shepherd | January 19, 2012
After a very pleasurable break from writing, I’ve set to once more with work on the world of Rhoderica. I am having a break from the main narrative of Song of the Elves while my dear friend Col finishes the final edit of Sins of the Father. Rest assured, you won’t be short of action from Rhoderica [...]
David Shepherd | January 7, 2012
The wind certainly did blow wild, to paraphrase Julia Donaldson (having a three year old I now know the script of ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ line by line). The fallen tree in our back garden is testimony to the gusts and gales that buffeted Cheshire over the course of the last week. The wind of change [...]
David Shepherd | December 30, 2011
On behalf of everyone involved in Song of the Elves, I would like to thank you for your support throughout 2011. I hope that 2012 is happy and prosperous year for you all. Here at SOTE HQ we are gearing up for the release of Book 3 in the fantasy saga, Sins of the Father. If you [...]
David Shepherd | December 24, 2011
I had a wish for Christmas, that Sins of the Father, Book Three of the Song of the Elves saga, would be ready for a Yuletide release. Yet again I’ve dug myself in to a hole with promising something I cannot deliver (something similar happened with The King’s Blades). I’m going to move the relase of the [...]
David Shepherd | December 14, 2011
With bated breath I await the arrival of the first paperback version of Sins of the Father. After a final page by page check for errors, we will be pushing ahead with the publication of the third volume of Song of the Elves. At SOTE HQ we are still hopeful of a Christmas release – at [...]
David Shepherd | December 4, 2011
Imagine, a tumble-down castle, broken walls spilling from the rocky outcrop where it perches above the plains; beyond, a might mountain range broods, lit by the full moon; the vale in between is shrouded in mist. If you can picture this, you will be getting somewhere close to the majesty of the new cover for [...]
