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Raconteur: Dreaming with words

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About Me

************************************************************ ********************************************************** Well, what to say eh? I lead two lives. The first is in the guise of a humdrum employee living the life of countless others in the quest to fulfill my true desire. What is that pray tell? To be a full time writer/novelist and to enlist you all on this fine adventure. Listed below you will find a couple of sites which contain some of my work and the work of many other fine scribes and poets. ************************************************************ **********************************************************My writing is an outlet of my imagination. Now, my imagination is a most strange place, often bizarre and sometimes dangerous and every now and then disturbingly extreme. The man behind the stories is quite different I assure you and a chap who is very easy to get along with once you know him!******************************************************** ************************************************************ **I've had some stories published but some may involve you parting with some of your hard earned, but no doubt after looking at a few tales from my own personal website that won't deter you :) I'm pretty critical of my earlier stuff and I'm always looking to set my standards ever higher. The work I produce now is far superior to my early days and when I have six months or so to spare I'll take a huge editing tool to some of that old early dross. It's been a most joyous journey and it's a great feeling when you see your work illuminating a book, magazine or a website but the time has come for me to seek a career in that regard. I believe in myself now and it'd be a far, far more rewarding career than enduring the drudgery of working for someone else and chasing profits. ************************************************************ ********************************************************** Right, I've waffled enough and if you have that creative urge to put words on screen then do copy and paste the links below as for some bizarre reason the links don't seem to come to life. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ********************************************************* [url]http://www.helenwhittaker.net/phpBB2/index.php[/url]htt p://z3.invisionfree.com/The_Grail/index.php?act=idxhttp://ww w.../ohtobeaddled/index.htm (me own site)BUY BOOK NOW : http://www.lulu.com/content/419294************************** ************************************************************ ************************************************************ *******************************Hey and don't forget to visit me blog where you'll witness some work in progress and I don't bite really. I'm one of the nice guys out there, honest, I am!

My Interests

Writing, mucking around on pc's, reading in the futile hope of expanding my knowledge. My styles of writing range from sci-fi, paranormal, fantasy, horror, real life (every now and then), never romance, flash fiction and even the occassional stab at a bit of verse. Currently half way through writing a book (which this lazy git should get on with)based on the paranormal but also with a heavy reflection of real life.

I'd like to meet:

On my brief journey from Earth into Myperspace I've been blessed by communicating with some wonderful people who are talented in their own way. From the visual arts to poetry to music and those who dare to follow me in the impossible arcane craft of prose :) Then of course there are those who are just nice people and it's wonderful to have you aboard and I have a special soft spot for those who endure my daily blog! For all those who have agreed to add yourselves to my friends list allow me to doff my hat (if I had one) and give you all a virtual bow, tis an honour. No doubt it'd be nice to meet some people in the flesh one day although some might flee at such a scary prospect!!! It'd be great if Miss right (well, one can but hope lol) is out there as well but I'm happy enough just to make some great friends and potential buyers of my book. I'm also keen to perhaps meet fellow writers from the local vicinity where it'd be great to have a few meet ups and exchange our ideas. Warning though, my stories do tend to be rather outlandish! ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************ *****************************************************

Music:

Queen, Guns N Roses, System Of A Down, Radiohead, Queens of the Stone Age, Muse, U2, Frank Sidebottom (Sorry Pete), Lily Allen, Kaiser Chiefs, Mika, loads of different stuff but prefer it nice and loud.

Movies:

Lord Of The Rings, Matrix (not the latter two though), Bourne Identity, Bourne Supermacy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Shawshank Redemption, Usual Suspects, The Krays, Chronicles of Riddick and good old fashioned sci-fi/fantasy...oops forgot Sword of Xanten, well worth a watch. Oh, and don't forget Laurel and Hardy

Television:

The Office, Deal Or No Deal, Planet Earth, Torchwood (jury is out on this), X-files when it first came out, Most Haunted (Real or bogus, who cares, great entertainmet), Alan Partidge original series, Life On Mars, Minder, Fools and Horses, Quantum Leap

Books:

Rather than put the titles down here's a few author's whose work I've enjoyed : Orwell,Burgess, Bulgakov (Bonkers, brilliant and inspirational),Tolkein, Penman, Herbert, King, Barking Barker, Masterton, Hewitt (well, I've got to try :) )

Heroes:

Those who are not afraid to paint their dreams, be it by pictures or words.

My Blog

Something lewd...or is it?

Forgive me, I was bored :D   Innocent Flavour   Oh, how, you can't resist, Stop now, you must desist. For you want me inside your lips betray, Your fingers engulf me, here I come, wahey (Bar...
Posted by Raconteur: Dreaming with words on Sat, 10 May 2008 07:23:00 PST

Meddlesome medley

I've no idea what to write but seeing as it's been a while best I come up with something.  Life continues to meander along on it's own peculiar path but the upshot is the age of 40 hastens toward...
Posted by Raconteur: Dreaming with words on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:33:00 PST

Emergency!

Hmm, I’ve just seen a dear reader of mine feeling melancholy.  Her name is Lolly and she’s been a reader of my blog for some considerable time now so please, send loads of good vibes ...
Posted by Raconteur: Dreaming with words on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:43:00 PST

The power within

Hmm, where to start?  I’ve been doing the wonder of karate for about 12 weeks now and my Sensei reckons I’m not too far off of my first grading.  Well, technically it isn’t...
Posted by Raconteur: Dreaming with words on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:30:00 PST

Emo Poem?

Hmm, I’m bored.  I thought I’d try a bit of a moody poem for a change :D  Don’t worry I’m quite happy as it happens but many a time I’ve felt like the ode below...
Posted by Raconteur: Dreaming with words on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:17:00 PST

Wandering into me imagination

Phew, here’s a little look at what we do on TWI at times.  I’ve literally just knocked this up in an hour.  Enjoy or hit the X button, the choice is yours :D  The story star...
Posted by Raconteur: Dreaming with words on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:05:00 PST

Into the fade

Hmm, I haven’t a clue what to write today.  Nevertheless, when the dreaded lack of words syndrome strikes it is time to take command and write even if the words I spout are the purest form ...
Posted by Raconteur: Dreaming with words on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:53:00 PST

Addicted

I never thought I’d get addicted to sites like these.  What I hear you ask.  Well, the following for a start. www.zfreebies.co.uk (which I believe I already mentioned) but this is the ...
Posted by Raconteur: Dreaming with words on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:15:00 PST

All this free stuff!

Welcome all and sundry.  In this particular lull of inactivity at present I have tried to use my time a bit more constructively and use this web of ours to my advantage. I stumbled on a site call...
Posted by Raconteur: Dreaming with words on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:09:00 PST

The return of Shrek and another good score

I sit here in front of the screen with a severe malady of the upper legs.  Hmm, it may have piqued your interest but this sore affliction was caused by another tough old session in the dojo. ...
Posted by Raconteur: Dreaming with words on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:24:00 PST