So today is World Book Day. As our daughter Hermione trundled off to nursery dressed as the Snow Queen (yes, in hindsight we should have gone for Hermione Granger as an outfit choice), I too found myself heading towards a school. When I was young, World Book Day was the day that I always went into junior school dressed as Charlie Bucket, from Roald Dahl's Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. I would have with me a bar of Galaxy, wrapped in a Wonka bar wrapper made for me by my

Don't be alarmed, don't panic. No need to adjust your screens or decide you need new glasses. I can reassure you that you are not seeing things. This is real, I have indeed written a new blog!! I say this, because those of you who actually read my blogs, will have noticed that I have not written one for almost a year. Caroline bless her, has been nagging me for some time to get back to it, but it just hasn't happened. The plan had been to be actively writing blogs, whilst sta

Wow, my first milestone! 100 books sold across the two formats! I'm blown away, never expected to achieve that, especially in about 5 weeks! Thanks to all those who now own a copy and have decided to join this journey with me, I hope you enjoy it! #paperback #ebook #thelostking #100copies #sales #sold #Arundel #achievement #excitingtimes #journey

It's funny, when I first started writing this book several years ago, I did so out of curiosity of if i could. I have always had an active imagination and had been doing other writing work for years, so this was kind of a personal test. Then as it progressed, it became an ambition. The chance to get something published, to have a piece of my work out there, it was an achievement I was excited about, one that I hoped I could accomplish. Then over the last few months my focus b

The big moment has arrived! The ebook went live on Tuesday 3rd October and the paperbacks arrived on Wednesday 4th October! It feels so amazing to finally be a published author!! Copies can be found at michaeljcuell.com or at Amazon.co.uk if you search my name under books! If you read it, please review it on Amazon or Goodreads! #thelostking #novel #book #author #newout #fantasy #epic #medieval #MichaelJonCuell #paperback #ebook #published #excitingtimes

As I sit here writing this it has been just a few hours since we got home from Wales where we have spent the last few days on holiday for my wife's birthday. Now here is some big news, last night whilst still on that holiday I completed the final chapter of my book and therefore finished writing my book! Granted there is still a lot to be done, starting with me proof reading it, but nevertheless it is written much to my own amazement! So given that historic piece of news,

So over the last few days this writing adventure of mine has taken a new turn. On New Years Eve after a long day of work I sat down with my laptop, still stuck on Chapter 20. My progress had been slow, a few years slow and I was stuck in a rut. While I had very much wanted to get the book complete and published, it had not been advancing how I had hoped. But as 2016 slipped away I told myself I needed to kick into gear. I needed to get things moving again and make my dre