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First of all, sorry for the new pic, but my wife hated the sensible one and this one includes my favourite bass.

Hi, I'm a 42 year old special needs teacher from Staffordshire. I'm a big fan of music (as long as it's not programmed in a computer) and have played in many groups from orchestras to concert bands, swing bands, show bands and heavy rock bands. I love hard rock but my tastes vary greatly and regulary enjoy a bit of Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald etc.

The book I have now written for children, called "Rudolf Goes Bananas" is around 15000 words and obviously has a Christmas theme. I'm going to have to change the name unfortunately (see bottom).
I'd love some feedback on it if anyone has read it - I've had some 5* reviews on Amazon so someone must like it. I'm new to this, don't know how to market the book, and know that the prime selling time for this book is up for a while!
Any advice would be appreciated.

For any agents or publishers that may want to contact me, my email address is: MikeThomas2525@gmail.com

I've just finished the first draft of another longer book I began writing .....years ago, though family life had put that one on hold for a while. I'm going to tidy it up before posting some on here to get views from more established, experienced writers.

Having contacted the people owning the rights to Rudolf being a reindeer, I'm afraid I will have to change the title of my book and one of its main characters. It shouldn't take much doing and it pains me to do it, but I'm a good boy I am - don't want to upset anyone. Already chosen my replacement reindeer.....
...I just need to know how to do the editing on here without losing comments and backing that the book has already received.

favourite books

Most books by Tom Sharpe
Hobbit / LOTR - Tolkien
Red Dwarf (all of them) - Grant Naylor
Some Terry Pratchet Disc World stuff
I used to read my dad's war books a lot - Alistair MacClean etc
Being a bloke, I tend to look at "How to..." books eg "Macbook for Dummies", and also stupid books like "Mock The Week"

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Rudolf Goes Bananas

Mike Thomas

Santa has gone high tech, Rudolf has gone strange, the other reindeer have left and things have gone wrong in a great new Christmas story.


It’s all change at Santa’s workshop in the North Pole. All the reindeer have left to do their own thing around the world. Only Rudolf remains to steer Santa’s new high tech sleigh – that’s when he’s not bungee jumping or doing any of the other extreme sports he now loves. Santa has been forced to upgrade his sleigh to keep up with all the extra Christmas presents he needs to deliver. It now has so many new gadgets he needs even more help from his clever elf friends. However, one year Rudolf returns from his holiday like a different reindeer. He now loves bananas and spends all his time eating them and acting strangely. This makes poor Mrs Claus very worried about Santa and the sleigh. Things quickly start to go wrong on Christmas Eve after the new sleigh takes-off, making all the elves at the North Pole even busier than usual. Little do they know this disaster was no accident, and everyone must help to save Christmas.

 

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rook wrote 4 days ago

Thanks Mike, will do same for you and Rudolf. Debbie

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I wrote 3 days ago

Hi Debbie, Not read it all yet, but what a great story! A great idea with possible environmental links? Your characters are all believable and instantly identifiable as a close knit family. I think for the target age, the chapters are just the right length to deliver in short bursts. Please don'... view book

I wrote 47 days ago

I just read the first few chapters and love some of the language you have used in your descriptions. "Autumn had cast it's spell....." was one of my favourite sentences. You have created a wonderful world in your writing full of adventure and imagination and this is the kind of story I like to read... view book

I wrote 47 days ago

This is fantastic and should be in print!!!! I wasn't sure how I'd like a historical, Russian tale, but you have created something wonderful. I keep having to tell myself it's fiction as you have made it all sound so real. Your writing flows with ease and you captured my attention so easily. Very... view book

I wrote 52 days ago

Just read the first four chapters and I think this is great. You have kept just enough suspense in what you haven't said rather than what you have described. I'm intrigued as to who Lacie is, who was the girl in the trees after the strange fire, what's wrong with his mother, why his father left, wh... view book

I wrote 56 days ago

First of all, I do like this genre of book. You have some very good ideas in this and you have filled your writing with lots of wonderful descriptions. I was worried initially from your long pitch - orcs, Riverdale (Rivendell?) It seemed a bit Tolkeinish in your names and I love Tolkein. In your p... view book

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