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Jim H

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After 30 years as a surveyor in local government I took an early retirement package in 1999 and soon after enrolled in a short creative writing course, which I enjoyed. However after the course finished I seemed to lose the incentive to write, not helped by the fact that from 2003 until late 2008 and again for about 9 months in 2009/10 I was back in full time employment. I signed up to Authonomy not long after it started up and, after some initial shyness, decided to start writing something. My efforts have been sporadic and my novel, if it ever gets to merit that description, is likely to be a long term project.

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Books I recall having enjoyed over the past half century include 'Treasure Island', novels by CS Forrester, John Wyndham, Ray Bradbury, Joanne Harris and Ian Rankin, 'Catch 22', Nigel Tranter's 'The Wallace', the Flashman stories, Bernard Cornwell's American Civil War novels, Antony Beevor's 'Stalingrad' and Mark Haddon's 'The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time', and lots more besides.

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Devil's Brew

J D Hamilton

After a mysterious encounter a lonely woman finds herself becoming a reluctant latter day Miss Marple, without giving up her day job.


This story is about Morag, a woman with limited social skills who is only able to communicate comfortably with her fellow Trekkies. This communication is generally electronic, but she is developing a real flesh-and-blood relationship of sorts with one Trekkie, Vijay, who just happens to live nearby. Vijay helps Morag when she is learning to drive, by letting her get in some practice on Sunday afternoons.

When Morag thinks she may have witnessed the aftermath of a murder, Vijay persuades her to report it to the police and she finds the experience both disappointing and puzzling. Despite her initial reluctance to get involved, she becomes increasingly both fascinated and scared by what appears to be a dangerous criminal conspiracy after she witnesses another event seemingly linked to the first. All this takes place while she struggles to cope with normal life, against a background of volatile relationships with work colleagues and family.

I'm making this story up as I go along and I'm keen to find out how it will end .

 

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Hullo there. I'm still a reader on Authonomy scouting for new authors....

JohnDoe wrote 252 days ago

Hi Jim, Just asking, as you may soon have some room on your shelf ....

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I wrote 540 days ago

Susie I've read your first chapter and found myself drawn in right at the start with your harrowing description of your own birth. You present your father as a truly appalling character, in complete contrast to your mother. As I read on though I did think there was maybe too much in the way o... view book

I wrote 559 days ago

Francesco So far I've read your Introduction and prologue and find myself getting drawn into this unusual mafia story. I particularly liked your first line 'I should have been English' and 'I was the one who was responsible' at the end of the Prologue. One thing that did grate a bit though was ... view book

I wrote 563 days ago

Nikki Having read Chapter 1 and a bit of Chapter 2, I can see that your reminiscences about your early life are quite well described. I also notice that you have picked up several favourable comments. However this is not really my sort of thing - I'd like more of a story. Jim H view book

I wrote 564 days ago

Fletcher I read the first and the tenth of your short stories but didn't find myself engaging with them. Maybe they're too deep for me. In the first one I found the dying character with his various obsessions quite irritating. Sorry to be so negative. Jim H view book

I wrote 568 days ago

Su I've read your first chapter and, although I thought the story was a bit slow to start, I found myself getting drawn into it when it moved on to the marital tensions, the mysterious Lamia and suggestions of vampires and/or werewolves. I didn't find the diary format offputting - it flows well ... view book

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