About JE Payne
I am an ex-serving member of the Australian Army, and father to two young boys. I've always been an avid fantasy and sci fi reader, but began writing because of a hungover bet back in 2015, and discovered I had a passion for creating stories. I've written under a hootchie in the jungle on international activities, and aboard warships. In fact, many of the characters and places in my first novel, A Bastard's Birthright (available on amazon), were inspired by the people and experiences I've had whilst travelling with the Army! For a long while, A Bastard's Birthright was my primary focus, but to maintain my motivation during the rewrites and edits, based on feedback from beta readers and a professional manuscript assessment, I started an additional project as well. Starting in 2022, this in turn quickly morphed into a short story anthology series, Valor and Violence, which I have been uploading on the website Royal Road, to gauge audience buy in and gain feedback.
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I am an ex-serving member of the Australian Army, and father to two young boys. I've always been an avid fantasy and sci fi reader, but began writing because of a hungover bet back in 2015, and discovered I had a passion for creating stories. I've written under a hootchie in the jungle on international activities, and aboard warships. In fact, many of the characters and places in my first novel, A Bastard's Birthright (available on amazon),...