The World and Adventures of Master Detective Nicely Strongoak and Writer Terry Newman. The #1 USA Kindle Epic Fantasy ***** Bestseller "Detective Strongoak and the Case of the Dead Elf" now joined by his New Adventure: "The King of Elfland's Little Sister".
I had a mate in Cambridge; well he is actually still a mate – just not in Cambridge. He told me about some people who were putting on a live topical comedy show in small Cambridge venues. They needed some material, so to make a change from what I was doing (worrying and drinking mostly,) I wrote some sketches and they used them.
I was delighted – absolutely over the moon – well stoked!
Continue reading Climbing the Comedy Writing Ladder.
Well golly gosh, surely not more fun from Terry? Yes, a slightly different kind of comedy fantasy for your aural delight. Recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2014, it is the inimitable story of ‘Adam and Eve… and Eric‘.
Continue reading More Fun with Terry
Was the Goblin Grunt with the interesting taste in shoulder pads involved?
Nicely needs to know!
Go have a listen to the latest ‘Husband’s Half Hour’ (http://ow.ly/JFKXn) for wise words (ramblings) about dwarfs, fantasy, comedy and corkscrew sperm from Dr Tel. Plus great songs from Ronnie Golden and the inimitable and truly fabulous Su Husband too (not forgetting the fab Elastic Band.) A rather fun afternoon for all.
Detective fantasy or fantasy detective?
A chance to expand at some length about a fantasy writer’s delight in detective fiction and a detective writer’s joy of fantasy writing. Thank you Harper Voyager
A comedy detective fantasy; CSI in the land of Widergard, where fantasy has grown up a bit and Nicely Strongoak is just your average Master-detective-for-hire, if your detective happens to be a dwarf with a handy hand axe. In a city filled with drug-taking gnomes, goblins packing heat and a serious case of missing-persons, Strongoak might just be what’s needed, because this is one dwarf that is never going to leave a single cobblestone unturned.
E book UK and USA– Paperback UK and Paperback USA. Other formats available for other ereaders.
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