Featured Interview With Jason Beveridge
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Although I qualified as an environmental scientist, specialising in marine biology, range land ecology and freshwater limnology, fate took me into the world of business, working for major corporations.
My creative journey began while living in London, designing a fantasy board game titled the Middle Kingdom of Mu. In quiet moments, often travelling overseas, I had fun writing the lore and inventing the different realms. Why a board game? Back then, I thought digital games would deprive our two sons of social interaction and limit their development. How the world has since changed.
Being time-poor, I never thought about creative writing; let alone whether I had the aptitude. On holiday travelling to Bali, I discovered through my new Kindle emerging novelists writing great fantasy and sci-fi, and this encouraged me to have a crack.
So, after an extensive business career, I can explore my creative side and give chase to wondrous ideas and storytelling that I never knew existed in me. Yep, it’s a bit self-revealing but a lot of fun.
I now live in Sydney, Australia, helping business owners develop and grow their businesses (which I greatly enjoy), and with the rest of my time, I pursue the wondrous!
Let the fun continue!
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always been creative and come from a family of writers, artists, music lovers and marketers. My first books I read for pleasure were the early science fiction classics and believe me, in those days it labelled you a “nerd”. How things have changed.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
It’s hard to choose, but I’d say Phyllis Eisenstein, Frank Herbert (of course) and Arthur C Clarke. But, I’ve started having a deeper interest in esoteric and mystic non-fiction books and I’d recommend The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth as an example of what I’m reading now. Wait and see how it might influence my next book!
Tell us a little about your latest book?
I’m pretty excited about my latest book which is in final editing stage: Curse of the Severns: Book Five: Saga of the Six Realms.
Here’s a bird’s eye view:
“Desperate to discover the origins of the giant knight sky raiders, Mu suffers another loss when the fortress town of Lon Leeton falls. Now the invaders have a bridgehead in the Empire and threaten the realm of Verderan.
Returning from Krakenlore with two wings of War Dragon, Warlord Draghi prepares Mu’s defences.
In the outlands, the Druids and Elves rekindle an ancient fellowship to prepare for the gathering storm while the Essenee princes, Daarés and Henry, become deeper involved with their elven paramours. As a surprise gesture of goodwill, the Woodelven bequeath to humanity a cornucopia of mysterious One Forrest seedlings.
Can the dragon’s sudden reengagement with Mu after a three-hundred-year absence be trusted? And why are they wary of the Elves and Druids? Will the Moontar route out Cheadle Conti before she divulges House Malikea’s Moontar lineage? And what gifts will the seedlings bestow on humanity?
The plots deepen as more mysteries are uncovered in this fast-paced epic fantasy saga.
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