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Miles Allen

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Born and resident in the UK, I live with my partner and two daugthers, to whom I am known as Essdy (or ESD – Evil Step Dad).

I have been an avid fan of heroic fantasy since my early twenties, my main influence settling on the works of the late David Gemmell.

My writing experience has been largely technical for a blue chip company, the call to fantasy novelist came out of the blue with a chance encounter with an online communal story that I contributed to.

It spawned something within me and I began a short story. It stopped 143,000 words later with The Walkers of Legend and a planned out six books series. Some professional independent reviewing and my rework over two years has brought this down to a snug 112k words now. Book two is underway.

I love writing, it suits my desire for a flexible lifestyle, and is an outlet for my active imagination and desire to create. I plan to fully retire as soon as possible and write full-time the remaining books in the Walkers of Legend Series for myself and all who may enjoy them.



favourite books

In no particular order...
The Belgariad series
The Waylander trilogy by David Gemmel
Area 57 by Matthew Riley

(more when they come to mind)

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The Walkers of Legend

Miles Allen

Book one in a powerful Lord-of-the-Rings style fantasy epic receiving wonderful public reviews.


Revamped May 2011 after a professional copy-edit review. Indie published in July 2011, the book sold to the usual friends and family, but now has a life of its own and made 50 sales in Sept alone by word of mouth and is starting to sell around the world to fantasy lovers, chic-litters and crime/thriller readers including 31 copies in the states to date. The two prominent comments being: "I couldn't put it down" and "When is book two out?" I'm overwhelmed by the response and I'm now arranging book signings, university talks, papers and local radio.

I'm also in the process of creating the second edition and writing book two. The whole adventure is great fun and worth the career change. And it all began with an upload to Authonomy.

It has a quiet start for reasons that become apparent soon into the book when people get hooked.

The Walkers of Legend launches into an epic action fantasy series that will begin to unravel a fearsome and deeply endangered world, and one that holds a staggering ten-thousand year-old secret.

It's available in paperback and digital download through the dedicated website:

http://www.thewalkersoflegend.co.uk/ordering.html

 

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A G Chaudhuri wrote 54 days ago

Dear Miles, Profound apologies for this unsolicited message. SHININ....

Scott Toney wrote 57 days ago

Miles, I noticed that you've supported a friend of mine's book, Ch....

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Dear Miles, December's here and I wondered if you might now find roo....

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Dear Miles Thank you so much for supporting Chasing Pharaohs. I am....

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I wrote 268 days ago

Grrr, I've being trying to remove the full stop all the way down the last page thinking it was a piece of fly-poo or something. But I won't let the sway my comments - much... You have clearly researched your subject considerably and it shows in the quality of the writing. I think this will sell w... view book

I wrote 268 days ago

In your pitch: Why would boats sink if they lost power? (maybe 'boats flounded onto rocks'). '...like I had dissapeared. Fallen into a black hole. Gone from the Earth.' - Just the first two needed. (And capitalise Earth as it's a name). ...mouthful of food. Or blood. Stay within her speaker'... view book

I wrote 269 days ago

A lovely world to be in Neville. I saw myself telling the kids this as they nod off (sadly they are too old for that now). I hope there's a little bit of trouble ahead that needs sorting out by Tommy to give the book some added spice. Lovely tale though and enjoyed the nostalgic ride. A pleasure ... view book

I wrote 270 days ago

Yes, yes, yes. Love this. The angels are very well portrayed and a good pull to me. I won't bore you with first draft comments: plenty of minor edits, punctuation, sentances that could be shortened da-de-da. Overall I think after an editor's eye and spit and polish, a publisher would go for this. ... view book

I wrote 270 days ago

Nice moody atmosphere, and the premice of the story is a good one. As a novelist you have a lot of work to do though. Get yourself a copy of Solutions for Writers by Sol Stein and read it from cover to cover. Also another on punctuating. Then rewrite your book. Currently, if you gave this book to a ... view book

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