Peter James Wood
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Peter James Wood

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Peter's writing results from a childhood fascination with the world of Tolkien and other fantasy adventure. As a somewhat introverted child and teen, drawing maps of invented worlds, playing immersive computer-games and Warhammer boardgames were keen interests, often to exclusion of all else; being in hindsight a sign of his neurodiverse nature. As an adult Peter has rekindled his childhood interest in the wild outdoors, being a lover of the natural world and bushcraft, his latest passion, the ethos of Ray Mears being a guiding force. Simply being in the wild Welsh woods while enjoying a crackling seasoned-oak fire, carving a spoon, fashioning a long bow, or chopping firewood, all accompanied by the sound of a nearby stream, is considered pure heaven. Further inspiration comes from various workshops, including crafting a bow and fashioning arrows in the surroundings of an ancient hillfort, casting a bronze axe in a prehistoric mine and forging a knife from scrap using an open-air hand-bellowed forge. Peter loves the modern trend of apocalyptic survival stories in books, games and film; however, he was always searching for novels which were more in-depth in terms of being part survival tale and almost a practical how-to guide, all this woven around a story of hope rather than what are often quite depressing situations. Such life affirming tales can be found in stories ranging from the classic ‘The Swiss Family Robinson’ to the ‘Clan of the Cave Bear’ series, to the ‘The Martian’ of more recent years. Peter's writing aims to pull out the exciting thread of surviving against-the-odds seen there and to expand on it, while weaving this into an interesting tale. The Steading is Peter's debut novel which is that first attempt.
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