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My Fiction Writing |
Introduction Here are the five books I wrote after I retired from teaching in 1997. Family Values was written for adults, Wrights and Wrongs for teenagers, Billy's Bikers and Danny and Gaz for boys in the 8-13 age group, and Toni and Friends for younger children. I sent the manuscripts of Family Values and Wrights and Wrongs to a number of publishers. One or two made complimentary remarks about them, but none was interested in publishing them. If you'd like to read a book, click on its cover image to download the pdf file. There is no charge.
1999 : 152 pages : pdf file 1.1mb Carol Hill's idyllic life begins to crumble around her. The happy-clappy vicar at her local parish church leaves. Her husband's business goes to the wall. Karen, her daughter, gets mixed up in drugs. And as for her beloved son, Justin ... well, she can't bear to think about it. But her Christian faith will see her through life's difficulties. Won't it?
2000 : 106 pages : pdf file 741kb When his father buys a farm, Martin Ostler makes friends with Tim Wright, the younger son of the farmer next door, and discovers that Mr Wright is planning to grow a genetically modified crop - which would wreck his dad's plans to go organic. He soon realises that this isn't the only problem they face. As he tries to discover the truth behind a series of mysteries, Martin finds himself caught between his loyalty to his family and his friendship with Tim.
1999 : 99 pages : pdf file 496kb Billy Wallace wants the silver mountain bike he's seen in a shop window but his mum says she can't afford it. How will he get it? Will he find out what's going on at Deadman's Tower? And why has his friend Andy gone missing? The answers to these questions - and lots more - are to be found in the eight Billy's Bikers stories.
2001 : 53 pages : pdf file (442kb) Toni gets back from her summer holiday and wants something interesting to do. In this set of six short stories for 7-11 year olds - each based on a colour - we meet Bridgette (her new best friend), Gordon (who always seems to need cheering up), Emmie (who has her own house at the bottom of the garden), and Darren (whose only interest in life is finding someone to fight). Oh, and Brownie, the cow.
2001 : 61 pages : pdf file 496kb Like many of the kids at Cromwell Road School, Danny Wilson is fed up with Bruce Miller throwing his weight around. Most of the time, Danny can give as good as he gets, but when Bruce and his gang force him to break into a house, he's had enough. With the help of his older brother Gary, his best friend Kaz and Nelson the bulldog, he devises a plan to catch the Miller gang red-handed next time they go house-breaking.
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