I love to write anything from stories and poems to songs, music, nonsense verse, and weird passages of creative writing.
A lot of my stuff is not on Elfwood yet, as I have a habit of either not completing it, or picking it to pieces when it is.
My inspiration comes from whatever is around me; history, music and real people/happenings mostly.
Writers who inspire me are Tolkien, Fiest, Eddings, Poe, Gav Thorpe, Dan Abnett, William King, Jack Yeovil (Kim Newman), Lewis Carroll, and others.
At present, my only ambition is to have a short story published in the anthology
'Inferno!'. If that happens I will start writing more seriously, perhaps writing a novel or an anthology.
In my spare time my main hobby is fencing, which I have been doing for about eight years. I love music of any kind, but my real love is for Iron Maiden, whom I have seen several times in concert ( \m/ ). I can play the keyboard and the bass guitar, like to sing, and mess about with panpipes for fun.
**UPDATE MAY 2004** I've added a few poems, but no stories yet, for some reason (?). I'm not focusing on them enough. Anyway, I'm quite pleased with what I've got done. Some of the poems aren't serious, but were fun to wite. Perhaps I'll get my first short story done soon.
WARNING I can't stand silly comments. By all means, comment on my work; criticize it if you want to, but DON'T write stuff like
'Wheeeeeeeeee COOOOOL', or
'ChEK oWt mY ArT Site!', or start a message board with your mates in my comments (grr). If you do, I'll delete your comments. So there :)
Guestbook for Dark
| Date | Name | Comment | | | 2 Aug 2003 | Rabekah | Loading...Hello, hopefully you remember me  well I haven't given you a chance to forget me yet!I'm SO proud of you,I've always believed in your writing and enjoyed the many pieces you've sent me.Guess it's time for me to share Love to you, from all that's me x x x x Happy writing,trust in God,trust in yourself. Benjamin 'Dark' Martlew replies: "Aww, thank you! *does "first comment dance" with you* *hug* Dark xx " | |
| 29 Sep 2003 | Darian 'Emberice' Lewis | Loading...Ello neighbor.  Thought it was time I finally got around to coming over, hehe. Very original poetry you have here, I like it. I'd love to have your comments on my stuff - comments are happy things. Ehehehe...don't mind me. Benjamin 'Dark' Martlew replies: "Hello Thank's for your comments. I'll pop over next door some time soon. Comments = coolnes ^_^. Thanks again." | |
| 12 Aug 2004 | Becky | Loading...Hello, i think i've seen your work before. It's so nice to read. Thanks. | |
| 30 May 2007 | Christy Miller | Loading...Just leaving a note for all the Elfwood Writers!
The Keys to becoming a successful author! Take care of them. - you must always remember this when you are writing. Sight, sound, taste, smell and feeling! They are simple, but many times, if you miss one of these, the book or story just isn’t what it could be! Don’t be afraid to describe in depth of what you see. Your readers don’t know your world. If you want to show them exactly what you are creating, you need to be specific! | |
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