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John Booth

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I am a systems consultant who has always wanted to write novels but never got beyond page 3 with them.

Recently this changed and I have been writing continuously for the last couple of years. I hope that as I do this, my writing is getting better. Until I do get published, I will employ what I think of as the Eric Morcambe defence:

"They are all the right words... Just not necessarily in the right order."

Now that Shaddowdon has its gold star I will not be returning reads on it.

Harper Collins had the rewritten book for some time. I gave up and found another publisher.

I have written a sequel to the updated Shaddowdon, which was up here for a time,

My novel Wizards is now available to buy from Amazon

As are my Inspector Monde Ghost stories

And 'House of Silver Magic'

And 'The Spellbinder'

Buy one of my books and judge for yourselves

favourite books

So many writers:
Bob Heinlein, David Weber, Diana Wynne Jones, Garth Nix, Terry Pratchett, Clifford Simak, Peter Beagle, Joanne Rowling, Agatha Christie, PG Wodehouse, Janet Evanovich, etcetras

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my books

Shaddowdon

John Booth

Old secrets emerge and evil threatens from all quarters as a brother and sister use their magical powers to investigate the disappearance of their mother.


Sharing an ancient living mansion with ghostly servants ought to be cool and some of the time it is. Living up to your family's expectations isn't so easy if you happen to be a Shaddowdon and your younger sister is incredibly smart.

Set in an alternate England where magic and science have coexisted since records began, when Tim finally decides to talk to the pretty girl he sees down by the brook he sets in motion a chain of events that will change his life forever.

Tim's mother vanished mysteriously 11 years ago and he is going on a quest to find out why. Secrets, hidden for hundreds of years, are about to be revealed. Things everyone believes to be true are about to be turned on their head.

His search will bring him face to face with evil in human and ghostly form. It will lead to death and destruction as well as the righting of many wrongs.

 

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Jill Cake wrote 4 days ago

Hi John. You were voted by a fellow Authonomy member as a nice person....

JohnLucasHargis wrote 4 days ago

Thx John. With that advice confirmed, seems like I'm off to making....

Tod Schneider wrote 5 days ago

Thanks for taking the time to look at my plug John!

JohnLucasHargis wrote 5 days ago

A gold medalist! You made it to the ED? Jealous! lol I'm new at th....

Davidmauriceware wrote 7 days ago

I would like to personally invite you to come read my creation. If yo....

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I wrote 33 days ago

Hi Fran, this is not for me I'm afraid. But I came to look as I said I would. The first two chapters are all in 'tell' mode. She is telling us how she feels rather than showing us it. For example, a scene where she falls over and experiences someone coming to help would be much better than tellin... view book

I wrote 90 days ago

A brilliant children's book, well deserving of its gold star back in the days when gold stars were truly difficult to get. view book

I wrote 96 days ago

I like this a lot. I think the prologue needs a little modification here and there to increase the dramatic tension. But that's too complex for me to offer suggestions here. When my brain is working I could show you what I mean. Chapter 1 and 2 are excellent. In fact, I have this sudden desir... view book

I wrote 99 days ago

Lots of minor errors in the first few paragraphs that you'll see on first line edit. I didn't like the big chunk of exposition about the book after the first girl. If it was me I'd break that up a little. I read chapter one and enjoyed it. Lots of fun. Possibly, the peripheral characters (Virg... view book

I wrote 113 days ago

Good writing, but I hate chapter 1. I really don't like long sections of tell. There must be a better way to set the story up. The question I would ask is, if you removed chapter 1 and started at chapter 2 would the readers notice? view book

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