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about me

I am a South African in Taiwan.
I write every day.
My dream? I am living it right now.

At present I'm completing an MFA in Creative Writing at the City University of Hong Kong.

***PLEASE NOTE***

I take things easy.
I don't read & comment here very much because I have my MFA work to do first.
I've become a dad again to a gorgeous little boy called Oliver, born on March 7th this year.

Chapter 1 is a SYNOPSIS of "Tales Tell Tales". You're welcome to skip it. Chapter 2 is the start of the book.

Enjoy reading!

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"Rambling Poets at Cafe Cyber"
7 Authonomy poets published global poetry in conversation.
www.amazon.com/Rambling-Poets-Café-Cyber-Conversations/dp/1456456202

"Poeticising Chat"
11 poets on Authonomy published more global poetry.
http://www.amazon.com/Poeticising-Chat-Rambling-Poets-Cyber/dp/1461131960

favourite books

I read a lot of different things. Recently finished "Letters to Sam" by Daniel Gottlieb. A great gift for grandparents!

Love the Artemis Fowl books and Darren Shan's work, not to mention Phillip Pullman's (His Dark Materials) and Diane Duane's Wizardry books (sad to hear she passed away recently).
I enjoy reading Asian writers like Banana Yoshimoto and Murakami. I really enjoyed Orhan Pamuk's "The Black Book" and Rohinton Mistry's "A Fine Balance." I'm quite fond of Terry Pratchett's wit and world. I also like Neil Gaiman.

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http://www.redroom.com/member/Quenntis     http://quenntis.wordpress.com/

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my books

Tales Tell Tales

Quenntis Ashby

A fantasy-horror-adventure about storytellers in danger because of the power of words, and Beast's insatiable hunger for more.


Eve is a new storyteller in need of rescue. She narrowly avoids being tortured and devoured by Mr. Wyn. But her best friend, Bethany, lies in a deadly coma because of her.

Eve’s Dear Diary forces her to pull words from the depths of her soul because it needs to devour her power and passion to open doorways for the evil Beast, its true master and creator.

Beast has already taken two important people through the Mirror Portals to Heaven; a Reader and a Writer, who are forced to read and write nonstop or face the unthinkable.

Who can stop the evil Beast and save Eve?

(Cover by Bradley Wind)

 

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kristylove wrote 80 days ago

Hello, my name is miss Kristy i saw your profile and have interest i....

lifebaby400 wrote 239 days ago

Hi, I am Vera! please how are you! hope you are fine and in perfect ....

J C Michael wrote 321 days ago

Hi Quenntis, Congratulations on becoming a dad, my little lad turn....

Philthy wrote 323 days ago

Hi Quenntis, A while back, you gave Deshay of the Woods a read and h....

Neville wrote 344 days ago

Hi there Quenntis, At times we need to wind down a little and re-ch....

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I wrote 350 days ago

I've read all your chapters. I like your descriptions very much as they put the reader physically into the story, and i think descriptions are very important here because you are trying to use setting as a character too. The woods. Your description of 2D, 3D and the way you compare them to explain t... view book

I wrote 373 days ago

I'm busy reading your work. Have gotten to Chapter 6 and will continue tomorrow. I'll comment more once I've read through everything you posted here. Thanks. Q view book

I wrote 478 days ago

I have just finished the first 3 stories, and find them quite suitable for the age group you mentioned. I can even imagine acting them out - as I do with most stories I share with my kindergarten kids. They love pretending to be animals that can talk. I think the stories I've read are quite adaptabl... view book

I wrote 512 days ago

Interesting premise. Dramatic tension from the start - a story about child abuse, and more. I'm already rooting for Daniel. I didn't have a problem with first person POV - although I really wanted to observe Daniel in action more before her collapse on stage. And perhaps a scene with the mom getting... view book

I wrote 512 days ago

Hi Dawn, I like the POV of the foal - it makes the writing more internal and quite lyrical at times. I've read the 4 chapers you've posted here and feel your prose is quite poetic. "never ending sea of living ground" is just 1 phrase that springs to mind (I might just use that in a poem... hehehe...... view book

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