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Cariad

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THANKS to people who back me but don't allow messages on their profile. :)

I have been writing since I was a child, also illustrate and draw cartoons. I have had a couple of articles and poems published, but mostly enjoy writing longer fiction. I have written three books but never submitted any until this one. I love the sea and the mountains, but live in suburbia with my husband. Two daughters have finished Uni and moved on (almost).

If you back me/read me/comment, I will happily read/comment in return. I may put you on my watch list until I have time to look at your work properly, but I will read and respond.

'STONES' is Not all uploaded here, but is COMPLETE.

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A House for Mr. Biswas, A wizard of Earthsea, The Children of Green Knowe, Saville, The House of Dr. Dee, A Clergyman's Daughter, I capture the castle, Robin Hobb's 'Assassins' series, George R.R. Martin's 'Song of Ice and Fire' series, Running with Scissors....

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'STONES'

P. Johnson

Being threatened by a mad tramp seems just more bad luck to ‘Coo.’ Instead it leads to a meeting that will change her life forever.


Coo’s alcoholic brother Sam has died and her family is falling apart. Unable to speak of her own role in his death, or forgive her parents for failing to protect her, she is searching for a lifeline.

Truanting by the Brighton seafront, Coo believes it’s just another bad day, but then she meets three people: an aggressive tramp called Mad Alec; his mate ‘Banks’ and a boy named Joe.

Banks is not a regular tramp. He speaks of Wittgenstein, forgiveness and the power of stones, but at the same time there are reports of attacks in the area. Coo begins to suspect Mad Alec, but Banks seems determined not to listen.

Through a strange midnight feast, a near drowning and the unravelling of secrets, the girl and the tramp seek a chance of redemption, until they find that their feelings are dangerously astray.

Mad Alex finally confronts Coo and she learns that there are limits to forgiveness, and that some broken things can never be mended.

‘Stones’ is a story aimed at the teenage market but also appeals to adults. It is set in present day Brighton.

 

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Toe in the water wrote 17 hours ago

Hi Cariad Thank you SO much for your kind comments on Swimming Naked....

Smeg wrote 3 days ago

Cariad, Thanks for reading. Glad you were able to get through it. ....

Nathan O'Hagan wrote 5 days ago

You're welcome, sorry it's taken me so long.

Cecily Macintyre wrote 5 days ago

Oh whenever - I've got a long climb and I'll probably get bored of 'f....

Cecily Macintyre wrote 5 days ago

Hi C, great pitch - will definitely be over to have a read (I'd bette....

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I wrote 1 day ago

An unusual read for sure. I was attracted by the cover when I saw it on the shelf of someone who'd backed my book, then the pitch drew me in further. The idea of gender and identity is an interesting one, and I've read true accounts of women who lived as men in the navy of old, so this was also a ... view book

I wrote 2 days ago

I thought the beginning was very funny - the entries about being in outer space etc. Like the tone and the voice, and it's very readable. Made me smile and piqued my curiosity before the end of page one. :) Cariad. view book

I wrote 4 days ago

Thanks for the backing (you don't allow messages) Know what - I really like this. I wasn't sure what it was going to be like when I read the unusual pitch, but it's so readable, I really enjoyed the voice and whizzed through what you have. Is there more? It really made me want to carry on and I... view book

I wrote 9 days ago

Interesting read. Something very intriguing about it. I read to the end of the first chapter and it passed the test of 'do I want to turn over and read more?' I did. In turns mysterious, disturbing, graphic and menacing, I thought it had a great atmosphere where I wasn't sure what was going to h... view book

I wrote 9 days ago

Pitch caught my eye, and a good title, so came to have a read. Really like what I've read - charged through the first chapter with no trouble at all - and there is the secret. On the way, a couple of typos - 'Had she dared used his desk...' (had she dared to? use...) (had she dared use..?) '.... view book

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