As it’s release day for The Horse Who Fell In Scorland, it seems only appropriate for me to return to my ‘Look At A Book’ posts for this new arrival! If you missed it last week, here’s the link to my post with the first chapter of the book, which you can read for free. You can also read the entire eBook for free on Smashwords or buy the paperback on Amazon.
Category Archives: Look At A Book
Look At A Book: Intricacies Inked In Ice
Just in time for the colder weather, we’re taking a closer look at my winter-inspired poetry collection today, Intricacies Inked In Ice! This collection is full of poetry inspired by the natural world in winter, with icy landscapes and chilly atmospheres.
Look At A Book: On Gentle Wings
This week, we’re taking a closer look at my bird-inspired poetry collection, On Gentle Wings. This lovely collection is divided into four parts – In The Home, In The Air, In The Heart and In The Absurd – and is quite firmly inspired by our feathered friends of the sky. It covers a wide range of avian themes, from birds being pets and friends to their family structures, real or imagined, in the wild, and even some more outlandish depictions of birds as well. I hope that you enjoy learning a little bit more about this poetry collection!
Look At A Book: Commute
Today it’s time to take a look at another one of my poetry collections, and it’s one of my favourites. I’ve done a lot of commuting and travelling around my local area on public transport, so I thought it was only right that I dedicated a book to it, and each poem in this collection is inspired by a specific route or service that I’ve personally used. Let’s get into the details with Commute!
Look At A Book: Obsession
This is an interesting one for me – Obsession is the only book I have published under ‘O.T. Leonard’, when I was still quite early into using Oskar as my name, and it’s one of my only romance/love-focused books. It’s also pretty dark, akin to Cicerone, and it’s a fantasy book, which I’ve got a couple of now. So, let’s take a closer look at Obsession today!
Look At A Book: Twisted Bloodlines
This week, I’m going to take some time to highlight my only vampire-related book (at the moment) and one of my first novels. The first draft was written, as with many of my books, during NaNoWriMo, and it’s one of my books that I’ve got a second edition planned for, so make sure to watch out for that in the future! This is another book which is print-exclusive for now, but when I release the second edition I’ll make sure to make a free eBook edition available as well. However, right now, let’s get into Twisted Bloodlines!
Look At A Book: Our Paused World
Welcome to my hundredth blog post! Today, we’re going to be taking an in-depth look at Our Paused World, my short but sweet lockdown-inspired poetry collection. Unlike most of my books, this one is only available as a print edition – but the copies are relatively cheap on Amazon if you’d like to give it a go.
Look At A Book: Cicerone
Since we’ve already looked at Lighter Fluid, it made sense to me to come to my second novella, quite a different one. This is my darkest fantasy work to date, in my opinion, and it’s got a completely opposite ‘structure’ to Lighter Fluid – instead of a lot of short scenes, this novella contains six longer chapters with an approximately similar wordcount, and it’s my only long-form work that is in second person, which is always interesting. But anyway, let’s get into looking closer at Cicerone!
Look At A Book: The Cats Collection
Okay so, technically, we’re cheating a little bit today. My last two ‘Look At A Book’ posts have both been, as the title suggests, about one book. However, with Cats Alone, Cats Wild and Cats Home, they kind of have to come as a trio. This is my first ever completed series as a trilogy and my only middle-grade focused books, and Cats Alone was the first book I ever wrote and published, so this series does mean a lot to me. If you’re as excited to take a closer look at The Cats Collection as I am, let’s get right into it!
Look At A Book: Everything Under The Rainbow
This week, I’m highlighting my most popular print book and third most popular ebook (behind Lighter Fluid, which I covered last week, and Cats Alone). This is probably the book that I’m most proud of out of all of my releases and the one that has had the most positive impact on my readers, that I know of (if you’ve read and enjoyed this book, feel free to let me know in a comment below!). It’s also my only short story collection as of right now, so that makes it even more special! Without any further ado, let’s take a closer look at Everything Under The Rainbow!
Oskar Leonard 