Mandy Ward

Mandy Ward

About

Mandy thought she was a Teacher, until Life pointed out toher that she is actually a writer. As her Cats, Kids and Partner approved, shedecided to agree with Life.

Currently she is working on a five book  Sword & Sorcery Novella Series and a Children's Book series collaboration with an Illustrator  as a number of other projects. As If that weren’tenough, she spends a week or two a month putting together “Welcome toWherever”, along with trying to juggle Cats, Kids, Partner.

She does all this from a body in South Wales, UK. Where hermind is, she hasn’t yet worked out...

Elmo's Sojourn

Elmo's Sojourn

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Description

<p>Elmo, a retired scientist, enjoys tinkering in his basement. One day, he suddenly travels to a distant planet, and experiences a host of adventures.</p>

Story Behind The Book

The Tower and The Eye is a series of Novellas that came out of my love for RPG and Sword & Sorcery. I have many happy memories of spending Saturday and Sunday afternoons, rolling dice, acting out my character and generally being elvish. When I started writing seriously, it was natural that I used my experiences in RPG to aid my story development. So you’ll often find me rolling a 10 sided die to decide what happens to a character or where they are going. I also drew inspiration from a number of Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery based console games that I love to play and the Master of Pure Fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien himself. The Tower and The Eye tales began appearing after I had spent a while writing horror stories and I needed to get back to my fantasy work. My horror side does come through in the battles, but I enjoy the journeys that I make my characters take (whether the characters enjoy them is another thing!) and these stories are pure fantasy – Elves, Dwarves, Orc’s; Demons, sword fights and magic aplenty.

Reviews

<span style="color:#4e4e4e;font-family:'droid-serif-1', 'droid-serif-2', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;">“This is a fun read employing all the stereotypes we have come to know and love from Dungeons and Dragons and the sword and sorcery fantasy world. Axe-wielding dwarves, ethereal, pointy eared elves, a bumbling hero, a buxom barmaid and an evil lord bent on re-conquering the world. But it certainly isn’t all predictable. Some of the characters are a tad unexpected, like the talking jar who acts as the Evil Overlord’s aide de camp. Although the author says it isn’t a spoof, I suspect she’s telling at least a little bit of a porky. The Tower and the Eye? No reverberations from Mordor? I suspended judgement and went along for the ride and got a little bit more than I bargained for. Some of the outcomes I expected didn’t come to pass. Some parts are downright funny, like the skeletal hand that holds the hero’s torch while he tries to break down the dungeon door. Recommended as a piece of light entertainment.”</span><em style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#4e4e4e;font-family:'droid-serif-1', 'droid-serif-2', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;"> -  Ms. G. van der Rol, Amazon.com</em><div><em style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#4e4e4e;font-family:'droid-serif-1', 'droid-serif-2', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;"><br /></em></div><div><em style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#4e4e4e;font-family:'droid-serif-1', 'droid-serif-2', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;">* * *</em></div><div><em style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#4e4e4e;font-family:'droid-serif-1', 'droid-serif-2', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;"><span style="font-style:normal;">“Classic sword &amp; sorcery fantasy. This romps along through a fairly a traditional Dungeons &amp; Dragons scenario, for which the author makes no apologies, but what made this stand out for me was the dialogue. Some lovely one-liners remind me of early David Eddings and made me remember all the fantasy I lapped up in my student years. If you like Eddings wit and/or are a fan of D&amp;D and its spin-offs then you’ll enjoy this story.” </span><em style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">- Debbie, Amazon UK</em> <br /></em></div><div><em style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#4e4e4e;font-family:'droid-serif-1', 'droid-serif-2', serif;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;"><br /></em></div>