About Me

Hello! I’m Sam. Focusing on things I’m meant to be doing has never been one of my strong suits. When I was in school, I spent most of my time in class staring blankly at the wall or out the window, daydreaming. Actually, that was what I spent most of my time in general doing. Trying to get my brain to concentrate is like trying to cram an angry cat into a bath.

I’ve always created stories in my head to entertain myself, I guess. And also, admittedly, to distract myself and wallow in self-pity and catastrophize about worst-case scenarios. But I didn’t really do anything with these daydreams. They’d linger in my mind, then pass and fade, and I’d think of new ones. That was, until one day when I opened up Microsoft Word on a whim and started writing a story I thought of. It wasn’t very good. But I didn’t stop. I liked writing, and I was so bad at it that I didn’t realise how bad I was. I just kept doing it day after day, with no real idea where I was going, and several years and a Creative Writing degree later, I’m somewhat decent at my craft.

I’ve written heaps of stories now. Most of them suck. But because I’m so familiar with bad stories, I’m pretty confident that Ember of Adventure isn’t one of them! In fact, I think I’m actually kind of proud of it! I feel like I’ve achieved something! It’s very unsettling. Anyway, I hope you enjoy my books!