Location: Australia
Member Since:
Jan. 29, 2019
Alan R Wilson
Biography
As an undergraduate in the 1970s I was a member of the Melbourne University Science Fiction Club, contributing to and editing the magazine, Yggdrasil, which was largely devoted to fiction. We also held writers workshops and since then I have continued to ‘scribble away’ at various things with the seed of the ‘Anita’ novels sprouting in the late 80s.
Personally, I found it impossible to write seriously while working full-time. (I have a Ph D in Physics and worked in research and have published numerous scientific articles). Always wanting to be a novelist, I took time off a few years ago to see if I had it in me to produce a novel. It worked for me and I retired properly and have dedicated myself to writing ever since.
Writing is great fun, I love it. Whenever asked I say it is ‘better than reading’ because I am continually surprised as the plot develops. I am definitely not an author who has a novel plotted out from start to finish. As Ray Bradbury said, ‘It would be boring if you knew where it was going’. Indeed, the main protagonist in ‘Anita’ suddenly appeared a third of the way into the novel.
There are 4 more books on the way in the Anita Histories and I am also dabbling in some contemporary novels too. Keep tuned, because the next 3 Anita novels may come out quite quickly.
Personally, I found it impossible to write seriously while working full-time. (I have a Ph D in Physics and worked in research and have published numerous scientific articles). Always wanting to be a novelist, I took time off a few years ago to see if I had it in me to produce a novel. It worked for me and I retired properly and have dedicated myself to writing ever since.
Writing is great fun, I love it. Whenever asked I say it is ‘better than reading’ because I am continually surprised as the plot develops. I am definitely not an author who has a novel plotted out from start to finish. As Ray Bradbury said, ‘It would be boring if you knew where it was going’. Indeed, the main protagonist in ‘Anita’ suddenly appeared a third of the way into the novel.
There are 4 more books on the way in the Anita Histories and I am also dabbling in some contemporary novels too. Keep tuned, because the next 3 Anita novels may come out quite quickly.
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Series
Anita Histories
by Alan R Wilson
'Anita', 'Betrayals', and 'Eagles', follows the life of Anita 1500 years after humankind nearly eliminated itself. Her nemesis is 'The Servants of the Bear', a religious cult which was instrumental in preserving humanity but has now falling into dogma. Some ancient technology is amazingly durable. While the Servants reject everything from the times of Chaos Anita and her companions offer a new way which does not condemn everything old as evil. This inevitably leads them into conflict with the Servants and their allies.
Anita
Betrayals
Eagles
Books
Awakening
by Alan R Wilson
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 214,340.
Language:
English.
Published: February 10, 2021.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Anita retires for a short time but there is a mistake. She ‘awakes’ to a wondrous time when the siege of Darham and the overthrow of the Servants of The Bear are ancient history. However, Biofree, the ancient war machine is stirring in response to the advances in technology she perceives as a threat and is further triggered by Anita’s re-emergence threatening the death of millions.
Eagles
by Alan R Wilson
Series: Anita Histories.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 224,710.
Language:
Australian English.
Published: February 5, 2020.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Anita raises Vanessa, the child she found after the fateful battle for Darham, and assumes the life of an herbalist. An old friend’s death and a person from the past starts a chain of events which uncover secrets and restore Anita’s hidden memories. She heads north to reaffirm old friends, Vanessa heads south where she shows her true character. They later join forces to confront their old nemesis.
Five Words
by Alan R Wilson
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 108,040.
Language:
English.
Published: February 5, 2020.
Categories:
Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Literature » Literary
Steven’s and Sarah’s story if ‘Steven’s short story in ‘Sarah’ was ‘The Day That Was’. A disapproving father attempts to separate them by sending her to Oxford. Steven follows but they run afoul of the man her father wants to ‘sweep her off her feet’. Still together 43 years later Sarah rattles the ‘establishment’. The reaction is to try to force her to resign but she takes the battle to them.
Betrayals
by Alan R Wilson
Series: Anita Histories.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 160,070.
Language:
English.
Published: November 11, 2019.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic, Fiction » Fantasy » General
Anita consolidates her claim on the Pality of Darham and continues to discover her abilities. The enmity of the Servants of The Bear increases and they make numerous attempts to thwart her. She is betrayed by one she suspects, one she does not but should and worst, by herself. The resulting conflict pushes Anita to an extreme she might never return from and awakens a power from a long lost age.
Sarah
by Alan R Wilson
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 116,730.
Language:
English.
Published: October 17, 2019.
Categories:
Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Literature » Literary
Sarah is a successful, top-level public servant married to Greg, a highly successful barrister and QC. To all appearances she has an idyllic life. Greg wants fresh challenges and blithely assumes Sarah will throw her support behind him. She refuses, old history surfaces and combined with the death of her dog and a chance encounter which stirs old emotions it all starts to unravel.
Anita
by Alan R Wilson
Series: Anita Histories.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 207,200.
Language:
Australian English.
Published: August 7, 2019.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic
Anita lives in a time of sword and bow 1500 years after humanity nearly died. She exchanges her solitary life for one among other people to discover she and her horse are unique, but acquires some powerful enemies in the process. She must discover her own potential and with a group of animal and human friends elude the Servants of the Bear and their followers and fight for her true position.