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John

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About Me


Hi! Thanks for visiting my profile. Here’s a description of me and what you will find if you read my blogs.

My Blogs are now almost always stories I've written though you will find the odd poem hidden in them. Since January 2007 I have developed an urge to write novel length stories and these are usually young adult style fantasies.

I’ve been happily and faithfully married for nearly thirty years to my wonderful wife Rosie. (That’s getting pretty unusual these days!) We have two grown up children whom I admire, because growing up with me as a father must have been a bit difficult. lol At the age of ten I decided I wanted to be a poet. This was not something you told people about on a working class estate in Sheffield, England when I was a kid. Not if you wished to remain attached to your gonads anyway. I got where I wanted to and stopped writing for nearly 30 years. Now I write for fun in my spare time. I have been putting new stories and poems up on Myspace. They aren't in any way about me, but they often express my views, they are limited in scope only by imagination. They are fantasies. Nerina Pallot told me she starts songs from something she has experienced and then lets them fly where they will. Poems and stories are the same, they aren’t a true representation of real life but hopefully they let the imagination of the reader fly. I hope you look at the blogs and find something of value. Length of stories posted on my blog in 2007 exceeded 700,000 words in total!
How completely absurd is that? Easy by my friends Mooli. Buy their new Album Concubine NOW!!!!!
All friend requests will be accepted but I may not respond to emails.

My Interests

Life, the Universe, and Everything

I'd like to meet:

Every female singer/songwriter on the planet.
Provided they have been checked for weapons first, of course.Here is a map of Jalon where my stories about Jalia, Daniel and Gally Delbar are setMap of Delbon (In Draft)

My Blog

Spring 2008 (A happy little poem)

Spring 2008 Feelings will often spin on a sixpenceAnd I’ve found myself a pocket full of joyShe echoes sweet laughter frolicking in the meadowA fair beauteous blushing maiden standing coy Kisses...
Posted by John on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:07:00 PST

Odin and Pandora

Oops, this was supposed to be a nice poem Odin and Pandora She catches bright clear starlight in a simple jarHandle made from hand woven Hessian stringLaughing with delight she looks inside at what sh...
Posted by John on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:49:00 PST

Birthday Poem 2008

Birthday Poem 2008 Yes, I’m yet another year, fatter and older now, My old body just goes on creaking wearily byNothing much accomplished in this latest yearJust one day closer to the day that I...
Posted by John on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:28:00 PST

Buried Alive (Poem)

Here is a poem for my birthday, full of the joys of spring.  It reflects my nature these days, that having written it, I immediately thought, ’this would make a better short story’.&n...
Posted by John on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:28:00 PST

This Holy Place, This England (Poem)

This Holy Place, This England Meadows green where cows can grazeRape flowers yellow, pollen’s soft hazeButterflies hover, while dragon flies flitFrogspawn in pools, bright kingfishers sit No poi...
Posted by John on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:10:00 PST

Hi to the readers of this blog

Did you know that publishers and agents require a one page summary of any novel you send them that totally describes its contents?  This is much more difficult task for me than writing the story ...
Posted by John on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:26:00 PST

New Beginnings - Part 2 (Shaddowdon)

This is the last part of Shaddowdon.  Many Thank You's to all those of you who read all 87,000 words of it.  I believe this is my most saleable story to date, and I greatly enjoyed writing i...
Posted by John on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:22:00 PST

Endgame - Part 2 (Shaddowdon

Endgame - Part 2 (Shaddowdon) "He could be almost anywhere," Damon said with a sigh.  Oliver Langdon put his head in his hands.  The feeling of gloom coming off the adults and into the room ...
Posted by John on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:52:00 PST

Endgame - Part 1 (Shaddowdon)

Things are hotting up in Shaddowdon. Tim and Eloise have succesfully rescued their mother and her parents from the living death imposed on them.  The Bishop is capture and Dr Drowd is being contr...
Posted by John on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:15:00 PST

Revelations - Part 4 (Shaddowdon)

Revelations - Part 4 (Shaddowdon) "Perhaps someone could explain to me exactly what is going on?" Damon Langdon asked as he recognised the form of John Peters in bishop's robes tied and gagged on the ...
Posted by John on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:26:00 PST