Bio: Ben Starling is passionate about marine conservation and boxing, both central themes in his upcoming novel. He is Oxford’s only ever Quintuple Blue (varsity champion five years running), was Captain of the university boxing team, and coached and boxed competitively. Ben graduated from Oxford University with a Master of Arts and an M Phil. […]
Nerd News!!
Oh my god! Anime freaks! Gamers! You gotta see this! I was uploading my Dolor and Shadow book trailer on YouTube, when I saw this! First, if you are not an anime freak, I have to say this about this composition…This melody is played throughout Naruto at the most heart wrenching, “ball my eyes out” […]
Swann’s Song
Swann’s Song “Sing and skip o’er Faerie mounds, O’er the hill and through the dalr, Where sleep’s joy spins my dreams. There the moonlight finds its beam.” “Sing and skip o’er Faerie mounds, O’er the hill and through the dalr, Where the rolling brook doth play, O’er the hill and far away.” “Sing and […]
Internal Screams
“How are you doing?” Through my smile, I lied. “Fine,” I said. You smiled back and I watched you walk away. Fine. How that word ripped open my chest and I screamed inside. How am I doing? I’m living a lie dear love. Every moment of every day I think of you while pretending to […]
Hope
My favorite thing about being a writer are the millions of “books” my children have written for me. This was one my son wrote today called “Hope.” I turned the page and read in an Iron-Man-is-better-than-Batman voice: “Mom’s been gone for a long time,” my little sister Elizabeth said. “She sure has,” […]
Dolor and Shadow Update!
Now this…THIS is what I have been waiting for! I ordered the Proof of Dolor and Shadow! Expected arrival date is 17 June 2015! If it looks perfect I will be hitting “Approve Proof” on CreateSpace and within 24 hours, you can order the paperback! If there are changes…well…we’ll call those a set back. I’ll […]
My Music
Before I was a writer, I was a composer. This is me playing my compositions. I stopped playing seriously about ten years ago when the three hours of hard practice a day ruined my hands and now I have to choose, piano or writing. So this is me not pushing myself on the piano. […]
The Author presents…
I have two prized performances in my possession. Okay, I really only own one because the other is publicly accessible. What are they? Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff. That’s right, I have a recording of Sergei Rachmaninoff playing his own 3rd Piano Concerto (Rachmaninoff is the pianist). I adore this Concerto like no other (It’s why I […]
Let’s Talk Romance…
And the wave of groans bombards me. Stop right there. This isn’t what you think it is 🙂 Seven years ago, when I knew I wanted to be a writer, I didn’t know what genre I wanted to write. So I researched it. Nothing gave me more of an eye-opening perspective than Romance. Of all […]
Social Media News for 6 June 2015
Instagram has taken much of my attention lately. I’ve been uploading a lot of pictures as my gardens come into bloom. My Instagram account has really taken off as my cats and garden page. I love gardening, but let’s face it…most of you are here for the nerd/fantasy side of me and are not really […]