Mi libra es espanol?
I haven't written in a while. Been busy working, playing guitar badly and I did start work on translating Under the Black Sand into my native Icelandic language. A couple of days ago, a (presumably lovely) lady from Argentina offered to translate the Sand into Spanish. I read the contract…
Barcelona Terror Attack
I wasn't going to say anything about this because it should be obvious what I think. People that kill for their race or religion are misguided, stupid and morally bankrupt. If there is a reason for this life that we live, it has to be to treat each other well…
Design Decisions
Here it is. A new site design. It's Wordpress and I have no idea how to use Wordpress. I write novels and shoot photos. I even play with airplanes during my working hours. I don't design websites, but here it is. The reason this site exists is to help the…
The Loss of Democracy
I have used this blog almost exclusively for talking about literature and my novels. That's what this site is for. But I have to share this with you because some things must never be silenced. I put the text below in a comment somewhere, but I don't want to lose it in…
Reviews and indy authors
As mentioned in a previous post, my novels are self-published. This means I have no means of displaying posters in city centres or underground stations, they won't be lying face up in bookstores and there won't be any morning television appearances where I explain where the spark came from and…
Blood and Rain – novel published
For immediate release. Blood and Rain, Villi Asgeirsson's second novel, is published on 3 March 2017. It is a historic novel, taking place in civil war Spain in 1937. The novel follows a young Icelander, Gunnar Ólafsson, as he tries to realise his dream of becoming a world famous journalist.…
Becoming an Author
An overnight success is years in the making. I'm not saying I'm a successful author. Not in the commercial sense. I may have sold a few hundred copies of Under the Black Sand, but that is not commercial success. Blood and Rain is coming in just under two weeks and…
Every Writer has a Voice
I was at work last night when a colleague asked if I already had the paperback of the new novel. It won't come out for another two weeks, but I have my first print run. She took it, and after complimenting the cover design and format of the book, opened it…
Are Internet users thieves?
Back in 2007, I released my short film Black Sand onto the world. I used it as an experiment to see if Internet users really were the thieving scum some claim them to be. It's been ten years and I can't remember the details of how it all went. After…
Blood and Rain is (almost) here
It's taken a while. It always takes a while. Writing a novel is an exercise in carefully selecting the right words. 50-100.000 of them. I could probably do it faster if I didn't have a family and a job, but no matter. This is a milestone. It is a huge…
