Book Two of The Assistant's Plan follows the story of an entity called The Weeper Man as he becomes fascinated with our protagonist, a young girl by the name of Jade. Unlike the average person, Jade doesn't shy away from the eerie and uncanny appearance of The Weeper Man; in fact, she finds him as fascinating as he finds her, which becomes the groundwork for one of the most unlikely friendships. Inspiration The Weeper Man came about through a combination of events and ideas.

Writing is an interesting thing, it doesn't always start with the prose for me. A character might appear to me and the story shoots up around them, or sometimes, it might all start with a poem. For The Weeper Man, the character came first. For The Summoning, it was the game, but for The Assistant, it started with a poem. Curious as that is, I figured that seen as I am blogging my process, I should probably include the areas that make me a little less confident... especially a

Despite this page being dedicated to my journey as a writer, I find it increasingly difficult not to reflect on what got me to this point. After all, I was a reader long before I was a writer. Horror is one of those genres that I have always felt very comfortable in, whether that be the classic Gothic literature of my degree, the gritty urban horror of my twenties, or the soppy vampire horror of my teenage angst era (and I am talking Anne Rice here, not Twilight, I'm far too