“To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.”
– William Blake –
Projects
Jack of All Trades
Take the role of lovable rogue in this space exploring game.
Cybernetic Punk - Graphic Novel
The case of the Broken Ballerina. A cyberpunk whodunnit.
Cybernetic Punk - Novelization
The novelization of the graphic novel of the same name.
Blog
There Are No Shortcuts
It’s human nature, when faced with something that requires a lot of work, to look for a shortcut, an easy in (or out, depending how you look at it) The fact that there is an endless amount of videos on YouTube and books on Amazon about these “shortcuts” proves that people are constantly searching for […]
How to Outline Your Novel
I used to just sit down and write. I would have an idea and I would just start writing and make it up as I went along. And while that might take you somewhere, it’s not the best way to go about things. Improvisation has its place in writing, don’t get me wrong. Many of […]
Creating Characters
One of the most important aspects of a story is achieving characters that the reader cares about. Whether they are the protagonist or the antagonist, if the reader doesn’t care about them, they won’t bother to read your book. But creating intriguing characters is easier said than done. In my personal opinion, many novels, comics, […]
About
My name is Scott Austin and this is the page of all novels, graphic novels, short stories, cover art and everything else published by A Grain of Sand. But why the name A Grain of Sand? Why something so small and insignificant?
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand.” That quote from William Blake’s Auguries of Innocence, is only a glimpse of the vastness of the endless sands of the Sahara desert, the billions of sand granules that clog our toes when we walk on a beach, or the deadly sand granules of a sandstorm! They say there are more grains of sand than there are stars in the sky.
Suddenly that grain of sand became a little less insignificant and little more impressive, didn’t it? Sometimes the smallest things can cause the largest reactions…