Pascal's
writing journey started when his family migrated from France to Australia. He
was twelve at the time and he published a magazine for his family and friends
where he wrote about the adventures of living in a new country.
At
university, he wrote surreal comedy pieces for the student newspaper's
"Silly Page" and the Friends of Unnatural Llamas club's magazine
"The Amiable Quadruped".
He
went back to France, and while hiking in the French Alps he met his soul mate
Isabella, a gifted artist who works with a variety of media (paint, wool,
fabrics, beads, polymer clay and anything she can get her hands on). Their
creative journey took a new turn when they had their three children, and Pascal
focused on his other creative passion, photography.
Back
in Australia, Pascal and Isabella published a blog and a book, "A to Z
Guide to Happiness: A gift from dogs to their owners (and everyone else)
", with humorous photos of dogs to illustrate tips on happiness.
The
break from writing had been long, it was time to put pen to paper again (and
keyboard to screen). Pascal wrote and published a book in French and English
with Isabella on their beloved country, "Dear France, sweet country of my
childhood". Then he wrote a novel in French, "Un dernier roman pour
la route", and a number of articles in the online magazine My French Life.
The
turning point came when he decided to go back to his first love,
speculative fiction. He wrote two novels, "Web of Destinies", a
mystery about a doctor who inherits a mysterious typewriter that can change the
past, and "The Memory Snatcher", a mystery about a police inspector
and a quantum physicist who join forces to stop a memory thief from paralysing
the world.
Many
writers try their hand at short stories before writing a novel, but Pascal did
the opposite and only started writing short stories after he'd written three
novels. First he wrote and self-published three short stories on the digital
after-life in a collection entitled "Pushing up the digits."
Then
he decided to enlist the help of an editor, Edwina Harvey, to take his writing
to the next level—the best decision he made in his writing journey.
His
short stories have been published in different magazines and anthologies. The
full list is at http://pascalinard.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html
Some
of his favourite themes are the functioning of our memory, Australian
aboriginal beliefs, the noosphere and the alienation of being different.
When
Pascal is not writing, photographing or hiking, he manages IT projects for an
Australian bank.
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