Rick Rawes

Author. Storyteller. Mildly confused.

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  • Sitting By the Campfire: A January Update

    Highlights Introduction So the new year is upon us (or currently scrambling back to the safety of the side of the road in our rearview mirror) and here we are with an opportunity for a brand new start. This time of year is also the perfect time for reflection, as the quieter winter months allow…

  • A Quick Update

    I know, I know, I disappeared for a little while. I’m sorry to say that the end of 2025 has been a rough one. I don’t like to discuss my personal life, so all I will say is that a break was needed for private reasons, and I’m sorry to those looking forward to updates…

  • Unseasonably Seasonable: November Update

    At a Glance The Longer Version… Here we are! The last every-other-month update of 2025. What a year it’s been! Not one but two new novels, a website launched and paperbacks flooding the online market world like minion teddies at a kid’s birthday party. Then all the other stuff like life, family, friends, ups, downs,…

  • Bastet – New Release

    The Blurby Bit 3000 BCE, Ancient Egypt. The age of Titans is ending. Bastet, one of the last pure-bloods, walks a realm slipping from divine hands into human rule — a world of betrayal, exile, and shifting sands. 1923, Cairo. Linda Loache, forging her place in a man’s world scarred by war, stumbles upon a discovery in…

  • Sequel for the Sake of Sequel: A Halloween Special, Part 2

    Sequels are hard, right? I mean, I’ve managed one so far (Avalon: Faerie Tales) and a trilogy (Hope & Fury, Fire & Water) – so I guess I’ve made it work. But it wasn’t easy. How do you do the same thing, while making its own distinct entity. Sometimes, I think it’s down to whether…

  • Horror(ible) Inspirations: A Halloween Special, Part 1

    Where are the monsters? It’s Halloween soon, are they already skulking around the graveyards? Or are they much, much closer to home? So, I’m not a critic. I mean, sure, I can be critical of something as much as the next guy, but at the end of the day it’s a personal opinion. It gets…

  • Insomniac Reveal!

    What happens when sleep becomes a luxury – and reality starts to unravel? So, it’s been a while since we’ve done one of these. Almost since…well, summer. Now, before you get too excited it’s not a brand-new book (that’s still well on track for February 16th, 2026 – Bastet if you please). Instead, since my…

  • If Music Be the Sound of Stuff…Rock On

    Music has always been a big part of my life. Big shock – and so unusual, right? Okay, so I say some obvious stuff sometimes. This time I want to take a bit of time to chat about how music has shaped the words that come onto the page. How it moves me, evokes emotions…

  • Cooler Nights, Darkly Dreaming: September Update

    So, this is my first author update. Seems weird to be saying that, because I suppose every other post is a lil’ update and insight into the wacky world of progress. Progress that occasionally appears like interval training for the masochistic author, but progress nonetheless. However, this formalises and crystalises it for anyone who happens…

  • What Would King Arthur Do? A ‘British’ Musing

    * all opinions and research are my own. I may be wrong. I frequently am. No hate, just peace & love. King Arthur. The name alone is the stuff of fairy tales – and I think it’s safe to say one which no longer solely exists in British childhoods. It evokes, for me, a kind…