I am the author of three novels. It is with a big smile on my face that I can report that A Cleansing of Souls and Tollesbury Time Forever have been very well received. Of course I am hoping the same reception awaits The Bird That Nobody Sees which was released in July 2012!
In this blog I post my thoughts on writing, reviews of books I have read, along with updates and information on my published works. Cheers for stopping by!
I was born in the Summer of 1969 in Dagenham, just on the border of East London.
School was largely unproductive but enjoyable, setting me up for something of a wayward but interesting life! On leaving school I had various jobs including putting up stalls at Romford Market, working in a record shop, putting up ceilings, gardening and road sweeping. After resigning from an insurance company to play in a band, I found myself unemployed for two years. Then finally I got back on my feet and I've been a psychiatric nurse since 1997. I wrote A Cleansing of Souls when I was 22 years old and followed it up with Tollesbury Time Forever almost twenty years later. I started writing The Bird That Nobody Sees in September 2011 and it was released in July 2012.
In terms of writing, my heroes are Jack Kerouac and John Steinbeck. I would also include Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan and Tom Waits as literary influences.
So that's me I guess - scruffy, happy and in love with literary fiction, music and life...
Dave, and anyone else who reads this- The first couple chapters are just setting the reader up. The story just keeps gaining momentum, all the way to the last word.
Stu- I have read some of the "advice" from forums various people gave you as you were writing / synopsizing it. Thank God, you didn't take all of it. There are some real A-holes out there, who make a hobby out of crushing people's spirit. I know this from my own experiences.
4 comments:
Sean's a great guy. From what I've read (first couple of chapters) he's spot on!!
Cheers David! He certainly is!
Keep reading mate - it gets weirder and better!!
Dave, and anyone else who reads this- The first couple chapters are just setting the reader up. The story just keeps gaining momentum, all the way to the last word.
Stu- I have read some of the "advice" from forums various people gave you as you were writing / synopsizing it. Thank God, you didn't take all of it. There are some real A-holes out there, who make a hobby out of crushing people's spirit. I know this from my own experiences.
Cheers Sean!
Yeah, there are plenty of people out there to be forgiven! It's a job for life mate once you take it on!
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