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About Me

Hi, My name is Perseus Middleman. I'm a 17-year-old trainee wizard, or at least I was until I was expelled from "The Order of the Open-Hand". My whole world collapsed around me, but not for long as it turns out that I was the subject of a long-forgotten prophecy. An ancient tale of a lost city of gold.
OK, I'm actually a fictional character, albeit the lead, in "Perseus Middleman: Thaumaturgic Adventurer" by P.Stuart Elliot - available from Authorhouse publishing
Thaumaturgic means "performer of miracles" or magician or wizard which are both a lot easier to spell. But those college professors love using those long words.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

...the guy that's chronicled my adventure. When he's not making stories up, he's travelling the country meeting celebrities.
That's him with Chris Barrie (Rimmer from Red Dwarf). What a poser...

... and here he is with Toyah Wilcox...

Perseus Middleman: Synopsis

Thaumaturge (noun - rare), a performer of miracles; magician, thaumaturgic (adj)
Adventurer (noun), a person who seeks adventure, esp. one who seeks success or money through daring exploits.
Everyone knows the legend of Auricopolis, City of Gold. The story of how a lone sailor, Jeremiah Kroll, discovered the fabled island and was given an amulet by its inhabitants to help him find his way should he ever wish to return there. However, what is not commonly known is the fact that buried amongst ancient texts is a prophecy pertaining to a young wizard, who one day will also make the same discovery.
Unfortunately for those who like prophecies to work out neat and tidy, the young wizard-to-be gets expelled from one of the worldâ€™s top magical schools for a crime he did in fact, unknowingly commit, thus destroying any thoughts he had about plying his trade in the mystical arts. Nevertheless for Perseus Middleman, the Thaumaturgic Adventurer-to-be, this is the very event that speeds him on a date to his destiny with the exotic princess of the island. But before he gets the girl, he's going to have to figure out the disturbing nightmares in which he pushes her over the edge of a very high palace wall, and he'll find that a lot easier than the perilous journey to Auricopolis.
It is a journey that he won't make alone. On the way he'll befriend Grinto, a market-wrecking 6â€™11" grey-skinned behemoth for whom the sign "Wet Paint" has a completely different meaning, and together, all they'll have to do is locate a crewed ship, find the amulet and sail to the lost city.
With a young cabin boy to help them and the sometimes unwelcome assistance of Mr. Feathers, the world's most evolved and sarcastic parrot, they will succeed on their quest. But they'll have to overcome treacherous caverns, giant squids, an experimental diving suit, unconventional lavatory arrangements, a snake God, an angry fiance, a jealous cousin and a quite horrific piece of medieval machinery. And that's not forgetting about the tribe of nearly naked warrior women and the forces of greed and evil that have engineered this whole escapade.

My Blog

On part 4 0f 18....

Goodbye to May....So what's happened since my last post....Well, the latest series of Lost and 24 have finished and I must say I really enjoyed them. I've seen Star Trek, Wolverine and Angels and Demo...
Posted by on Sun, 31 May 2009 15:32:00 GMT

First Red Line Edit Finished...

Yeah - a milestone. Put the last red ink scribble on chapter 18 today! Now all I have to do is start the first rewrite using my red pen notes. What took me months to get through half of the book, only...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:21:00 GMT

Happy Birthday to me!!!

It March and it's my birthday. Had the day off work - thank the lord for flexitime and I just wanted to make a comment on some of the gifts i received. No, I'm not going to gloat about the new Lamborg...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:38:00 GMT

Nearly missed February

I don't blog nearly as much as I should these days - probably because I don't have enough interesting things to fill up a weekly blog. Here goes anyway...1. X-ray next week - hopefully showing that my...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:34:00 GMT

First blog of 2009

Welcome to 2009 everybody!My collarbone is still broken and still uncomfortable. I'm still off work although I'm aiming to try and get back later on in the weekBut what have I done with my 'free' time...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:24:00 GMT

Bugger!!!!!

Hey people, I'm typing this with one hand. Just when I'm about to have some time off work and start knuckling down to the edit process, my bicycle hit some ice and my shoulder hit the road. Cue one br...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:08:00 GMT

Another month has flown by....

.....with sod all happening I wrapped up the first draft of Afterlife over a month ago and I haven't done a thing with it. Why is that? Salsa has taken over my life. The 10-week course that I'm teac...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:13:00 GMT

Done and dusted....

Well not dusted as such, but the first draft of "Afterlife" is in the can. Not actually in a can; it's on a memory stick (and backed up) but finished none the less. I've left it for a couple of days, ...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:47:00 GMT

2000+

Hi All, I appears that the hit count for my profile has broken through the 2000 views barrier. Well WIP is inching its way to a finale; the case has been resolved and all I have to do is add the sting...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:30:00 GMT

Another string to my bow

Despite being a world famous author (in my own household), I draw cartoon strips. One of these epic productions, "Brick Buckingham: Space Commander" has been kicking around for some time in the doldru...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:15:00 GMT