Will Martin
Will Martin
Will Martinis a New Zealand-born classical crossover singer...
antique bit dusty involved places quite shops
My father loved antique shops and shows, and quite a bit of my childhood involved outings to dim, dusty places packed with cast-off treasures.
antique folly novel shop trifles urban
The 370-year-old antique shop Trifles and Folly is the heart of 'Deadly Curiosities,' my new urban fantasy novel from Solaris Books.
characters cool people share stories
Getting to share the stories in my head with other people and have them enjoy those stories, and having them come to see my characters as real. That's so cool.
daughter kings clever
The gods made the earth for all men t' share. Only when the kings come with their crowns and steel swords, they claimed it was all theirs. "My trees," they said, "you can't eat them apples. My stream, you can't fish here. My wood, you're not t' hunt. My earth, my water, my castle, my daughter, keep your hands away or I'll chop 'em off, but maybe if you kneel t' me I'll let you have a sniff." You call us thieves, but at least a thief has t' be brave and clever and quick. A kneeler only has t' kneel.
kings names islands
Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is STARK.
leadership kings men
Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.
old-friends stories used
Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.
flavor sauce fool
Sorcery is the sauce fools spoon over failure to hide the flavor of their own incompetence.
flames shadow casts
The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow.
graves clash-of-kings
He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.
shoes trying nails
There’s part of me that loves words. But sometimes it feels like you’re trying to drive nails with your shoe.
happy-endings distrust conventional
I have an instinctual distrust of conventional happy endings.
winter cold cool-weather
Nothing burns like the cold.
book sleep healing
Sleep is good, he said, And books are better.