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A selection of Beta reader comments from our prerelease readers. "I am absolutely floored by the writing style. The author has a gift for anatomical metaphors that make the physical world feel incredibly alive, describing a London morning as an anaemic pallor or humanity being bound in walls of flesh. The recurring image of grief as black treacle slithering through gut is one of the most visceral descriptions of loss I’ve ever read. It’s dense, sophisticated and deeply atmos

Simon Collington For the record I, Simon Collington, meant no criticism of Thomas’s ability to write. I merely pointed out that after his extraordinary saga of the Morrigan Tetralogy , he consider changing direction because of his obvious talent. Certainly, he has an audience for his Dooven Books, but I also see an ability beyond his own genre. I recommended he try writing literature entirely because of his understanding of people, though Thomas tends to take offence very ea

Viscera A few years ago, after submitting the Morrigan Tetralogy  to my publisher, I planned to take a few years off to complete my PhD thesis. However, Simon pointed out that I tend to do my best work when working on concurrent projects, after all, I’d written the last two books of the tetralogy whilst doing my PhD. He suggested that I take a step back from working on obsessed, absurdist epica and try my hand at proper literature that focuses on real people and their relatio

User Guide for Novelos, the long-form novel writing software by Thomas Corfield

By Thomas Corfield, excert from his upcoming book,  Beyond Aesop: The New Fablists . ​ Right, let’s get one thing straight: I’m writing this out of a contractual obligation coming at me from two fronts: my publisher and my software developer. I had been writing the manuscript for my Aesop book alongside the development of Novelos, and my supposed friend, Simon, suggested I marry the two and have Novelos feature as part of the Aesop book; that is, include Novelos for readers w

If there was nothing new under the sun then there would only ever be the sun. ​ By Simon Collington, Panda Books Australia. ​ Thomas Corfield is a Australian author, renowned for his captivating series, The Velvet Paw of Asquith Novels  and The Wrong Books . The Velvet Paw of Asquith series is an amalgamation of adventure, mystery and humour, featuring anthropomorphic cat and dog characters who possess human-like qualities. The series has garnered a dedicated following and ac

Music for the Morigan Tetralogy I’ve spent the last few years living and breathing the world of the Morigan Tetralogy, the fourth, fifth,...

When you're not writing, how do you spend your time? I breathe quite a lot. Mind you, I do that when I'm writing as well. I've tried not...

In mid last year, the Thomas Corfield was ordered by a federal court order to 'cease and desist' writing his books because of concerns...

Traditional Folk Songs from the Velvet Paw of Asquith Novels As the penultimate Dooven adventure, the Morigan Tetralogy consists of four...

We recorded the narration of the entire tetralogy within four months, and in my naivety, I assumed we could finish the entire production...

Encouraged by his revolutionary advertising ideas, Thomas approached renowned filmmaker and advertising guru Harold P. Smitherington to...

The visual artistic style of Extractionism, founded by the notorious cat Oscar Teabag-Dooven, is new and brash, influencing the art world...

The design of book covers has been finalized with a selection of four different styles that I need to decide between. The overall design features a dark background with badges associated with each of the books. During the technical edits, it was suggested that because there are four books, they could be associated with each of the four elements: earth, fire, wind and water. This is particularly apt considering that the first book in the tetralogy has much to do with mountains

Ever since I began writing music to accompany the Dooven Books, there was always a certain aesthetic I was aiming for: a hint of...

For the past three years, any promotional material about the Morigan adventure has been referred to as a trilogy. Its final form,...

The way in which the tetralogy was written differed from the first three books by virtue of the time available to write them. For the...

Considering the final word count and the structure of the overall story arc, the trilogy has been restructured as a tetralogy. This means...

Jonathon Michael Crapper (aka MC Tasty) and Jefferson St. Jives (aka DJ Pooh) were the musicians behind the once-infamous pop group...

Dooven Muzak album cover I write The Velvet Paw of Asquith  novels, and in doing so, I’m introduced to a world. Part of experiencing that...