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Tim Roux

Tim Roux

About

I am a writer from Hull, in the North of England, living in Belgium.

I also help run a publishing company called Night Publishing (http://www.nightpublishing.com)  which is dedicated to the cause that "all good books should be published", via its Night Reading (http://nightreading.ning.com) community.

I have currently written 10 novels and one business book, and edited one collection of short stories:

1. Blood & Marriage
2. Little Fingers
3. Girl On a Bar Stool
4. Shade+Shadows
5. Fishing, for Christians
6. The Ghoul Who Once
7. The Dance of the Pheasodile
8. The Blue Food Revolution
9. (Just like) El Cid's Bloomers
10. Mission
11. Marketers from Mars (brand marketing book)
12. .... at last! (short stories, editor and contributor)

My most popular books are 'Girl On A Bar Stool', 'The Dance of the Pheasodile' and 'Missio'. 'The Blue Food Revolution' gets love / hate reactions.

Act of Redemption

Act of Redemption

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Description

The "Gastar" series is four novellas when completed.  The stories follow teen assassin Shevata as she travels through history of the city of Gastar to seek redemption for her past actions and to regain her soul. The first, "Act of Redemption" was published in 2009, the second, "Children of Discord" will be available in a few weeks. Recommended age is 13+ for intense battle scenes, not erotic, minimal profanity. ebooks and kindle versions available.

Story Behind The Book

There is no real story behind the book beyond a conversation with British singer-songwriter Joe Solo about the difficulty of writing about the First World War. This sparked one of the 'Magogia' stories here which satirises war by giving it an office worker ethos with shopping days and flexitime. The magical-realist stories grew from there. This is a book that some people absolutely love and others absolutely loathe. You will know which definitively after the first chapter. In its original paperback version it is literally 'revolutionary' - the 'his' stories read one way, the 'her' stories read the other, and you have to flip the book between the two, reading them in whatever order you like. Sadly this is not possible here.

Media Links

Puss Reboots teaser

🔗 http://www.pussreboots.pair.com/blog/2010/comments_02/teaser_tuesday_blue_food_revolution.html

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Reviews

<p style="margin:0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#003366;font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb">Comment from Bob Ellal, author of ‘By These Things Men Live’:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#003366;font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"> You have the rare ability to create realities that re at tangents to our own apparent reality. You do it effortlessly, yet with great precision. The parallel worlds you create are entirely believable and much more fun. I have to tell you, you have both great storytelling ability and a facility with English that I admire to the point of envy. Your imagination is a catalyst; I always think of new ideas to pursue while reading your works. It brings out the thief in me!<br /></span></p> <p><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#003366;font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"><strong>Comment from Sue Edwards, author of ‘A Boy Called George’:</strong></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#003366;font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"> Where on earth do you lot get your imagination? This is great. I was totally engrossed.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"></span></p>