Author: R B Watkinson

For those vaguely interested in the writer behind the words: I was born in The Netherlands, raised mostly in England, and now live in Cornwall. I've lived in Africa and the Middle East – where my eldest of three was born. I've visited the Far East, much of Europe, and Scandinavia. I've worked in Paris and Copenhagen, both of which were a blast. I was raised on mythologies, legends, and tales from all over the world as my professor father was a collector of ancestral tales, fairy stories, and creation myths. How could I not love fantasy as much as I do? I also love science fiction, horror, historical fiction, mysteries, thrillers, crime, and so very much more. It is all grist to the mill of creation, is it not? In the past, I've worked as an editorial secretary, in special educational needs teaching, and in publishing. I act, narrate, sing folk music with a local group, and work on the occasional film as an extra, walk the beautiful countryside of in this corner of England. With the children grown, writing, narrating audiobooks, and voice-over work are now my main occupations, and what great occupations they are - such fun. I've written (and illustrated) a children's book, a play, screenplays, numerous poems, and short stories. The eight audiobooks I narrated are available on Audible, under Rosa B. Watkinson, and I've many more in the pipeline. After completing the Diploma in Creative Writing at Oxford University in 2011, I signed a three book deal for the Wefan Weaves Trilogy. Book one, The Cracked Amulet, was published in January 2016, and was listed for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award. A New York publisher, Essential Audio, released the audio version in February 2017. Book two, The Fractured Portal, was published in June 2019. I write in the comfort of my own home – or any café with good coffee, preferably within a book shop. Even though I sometimes write into the small, quiet hours of the night, or am driven from bed before the sun rises by my drill sergeant muse, to create with words the worlds I’ve dreamed of is intoxicating. I imagine the same can be said of any writer. Narrating is exciting too. All those books I get to read, all those voices I get to create, all those performances I get to make. All I can say is that fifteen years of treading the boards as an actor was fairly good grounding for the narrating of audiobooks.
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Review – Heavy Lies the Crown by Ben Galley

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(The Scalussen Chronicles Book II) Ah, well, here I am again with my words. I am sorry for leaving you lovely readers hanging for months on end with not a single word. I must admit that a great deal has happened to me during this long quiet time and I have found reading let alone …

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Review – The Forever King by Ben Galley

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Review – The Forever King by Ben Galley (The Scalussen Chronicles Book 1) I know, I know, I’ve not lifted my head over the parapet for a while and my blog has been left untouched for far too long gathering drifts of dust and enough cobwebs to spin a ladder to the moon. Hold on …

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Narration and Review of The Shard by Ted Cross

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Here's the Story: So I’ve just finished narrating this enormous high epic fantasy called The Shard by Ted Cross. A book I chose to narrate because I loved it. And what a book it is; so many characters with so many different accents, so many adventures with all the highs and lows of real life. …

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Narrating and Review: Smoke and Stone (City of Sacrifice Book 1) by Michael R. Fletcher

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It is Boxing Day yet here I am writing a blog for you, my lovely readers, am I a hero? Or just rather sad. A short review and my narration of Michael R Fletcher's latest book: Smoke and Stone First for the blurb: After a cataclysmic war of the gods, the last of humanity huddles …

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Wefan Weaves Trilogy has Fabulous New Covers

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Are these new covers for my Wefan Weaves Trilogy not things of beauty? The wonderful designer/artist, Petya Tzankova created them, and I am in awe of her talent. They capture the essence of the three books perfectly. Petya has also designed the interior layout. Because of her excellence, the map now covers two pages. You …

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City of Kings by Rob J Hayes – Narrating an Audiobook

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City of Kings was one mighty book to narrate: so many characters, so many accents, so much emotion and action. It inspired me, it exhausted me. Here's the blurb: War makes monsters and corpses of us all. For generations the blooded have ruled the Wilds, cultivating a lawless frontier and bleeding the good folk dry. …

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