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	Tunnel Vision	by Barnaby Wilde Feb. 05, 2012	Free!	10518 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Barnaby Wilde is the pen name of Tim Fisher. Tim was born in 1947 in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, but grew up and was educated in the West Country. He graduated with a Physics degree in 1969 and worked in manufacturing and quality control for a multinational photographic company for 30 years before taking an early retirement to pursue other interests. He has two grown up children and currently lives happily in Devon.
	The Breathless Pause	by Moyra Caldecott Feb. 03, 2012	$5.99	9450 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Moyra Caldecott was born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1927, and moved to London in 1951. She has degrees in English and Philosophy and an M.A. in English Literature, and has written more than 20 books. She has earned a reputation as a novelist who writes as vividly about the adventures and experiences to be encountered in the inner realms of the human consciousness as she does about those in the outer physical world. To Moyra, reality is multidimensional.
	Norfolk In Verse	by Caroline Doyle Jan. 30, 2012	$1.99	1546 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: I am 49 years old and live in Merseyside, England. I am a new writer. What I write comes from a lifetimes experience. I write fiction as well as non fiction.
	Noir	by dimitrios cofinas Jan. 29, 2012	$2.99	5343 words	Sample 20%
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	A Little Bit Elephant	by Barnaby Wilde Jan. 23, 2012	Free!	7378 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Barnaby Wilde is the pen name of Tim Fisher. Tim was born in 1947 in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, but grew up and was educated in the West Country. He graduated with a Physics degree in 1969 and worked in manufacturing and quality control for a multinational photographic company for 30 years before taking an early retirement to pursue other interests. He has two grown up children and currently lives happily in Devon.
	The Perennial Poetry (2011)	by Andrew Staniland Jan. 16, 2012	$2.99	9664 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Andrew Staniland has dedicated his life to the art of writing poetry in the Romantic tradition of English poetry. He is a contemporary Romantic poet, whose poems are classical in style and whose source of inspiration is contemporary spiritual practice. Andrew was born in Sheffield in 1959. He studied Politics at the University of Durham. Since graduating in 1980, he has worked part time, devoting most of his time to writing, to his imagination, to meditation and inner exploration. He matured as a poet in his mid-forties, writing two collections, two story poems and two prose- poem novels, as well as editing three books of the best of his work from the previous twenty years. He has since completed a new collection, "The Perennial Poetry (2011)". Andrew has self-published a number of books, in commercial and private editions. His poems have been published in various magazines and anthologies. He has had a play performed on the London Fringe. And he has written and directed a short film which was screened at various festivals. Andrew lives in London.
	Gasoline Souls	by Ian Phillips Jan. 15, 2012	Free!	2636 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: I write poems and short stories - I have also just started on that formidable journey of creating a novel. It is going to be a painful process as I dig up many characters that I had placed within very deep graves a long time ago. I live in France, I am a father, a husband, a musician and a footballer. I play guitar and I write music - well, I've written two songs and just like Kylie, I just can't get them outta my head. My new novel will be completed in a matter of years and I will be blogging about it here - http://franceismerde.blogspot.com/
	How to Fake an Eye Smile, and other poems	by Shane Dallesandro Jan. 10, 2012	$1.59	3633 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Shane is studying for his A-levels and lives in London. University is in his sights. As well as being an apprentice of letters he plays youth football grows his own and has a dictionary of ‘Shane-speak’
	The Blind Philosopher and the God of Small Things	by Barnaby Wilde Jan. 05, 2012	Free!	7436 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Barnaby Wilde is the pen name of Tim Fisher. Tim was born in 1947 in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, but grew up and was educated in the West Country. He graduated with a Physics degree in 1969 and worked in manufacturing and quality control for a multinational photographic company for 30 years before taking an early retirement to pursue other interests. He has two grown up children and currently lives happily in Devon.
	Not at all Rhinocerus	by Barnaby Wilde Jan. 05, 2012	Free!	6939 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Barnaby Wilde is the pen name of Tim Fisher. Tim was born in 1947 in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, but grew up and was educated in the West Country. He graduated with a Physics degree in 1969 and worked in manufacturing and quality control for a multinational photographic company for 30 years before taking an early retirement to pursue other interests. He has two grown up children and currently lives happily in Devon.
	Resident Evil	by Moses Samandar Jan. 04, 2012	$0.99	1887 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Hello everyone, Mohammad Nashir is a student, interpreter, translator, Information Communications Technology specialist and teacher, author, publisher and poet, foreign language poet, President and Founder of the University of Sheffield Afghanistan Society. Mohammad has claim to be able to read 13 languages. Competently speak 5 and speak little of 2 more. He specializes in Literacy, Logic, Computers and Education (generally), Linguistics, Mathematics. He likes to be called Mohammad or Mo. His e-mail is windowshell@live.co.uk
	The Invisible Knight Collection	by Ray Daley Jan. 01, 2012	Free!	4476 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Ray Daley was born in Coventry & still lives there. He served 6 yrs in the RAF as a clerk & spent most of his time in a Hobbit hole in High Wycombe. He is a published poet & has been writing stories since he was 10. His current dream is to eventually finish the Hitch Hikers fanfic novel he's been writing since 1986.
	Collected Poems 2011	by Richard Cheesman Dec. 30, 2011	Free!	1398 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Richard Cheesman is a web developer by day, writer by night. 36 years old, married with a wonderful wife, a dog, a cat and a hamster that likes to think it's Steve McQueen (it keeps escaping), Richard likes to settle in front of the laptop and write. Having had good responses to his free shorts, Richard is working on a sequel to Wanderer, along with two novella/novels, one featuring sci-fi corporate espionage and the other a grand space opera of failed colonisation. Visit my website at www.blabr.co.uk for the latest information.
	Christmas Narrative	by Christian Zajdek Dec. 29, 2011	Free!	545 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Learning to weave words whilst researching the bizarre, then putting what I can to paper.
	Fifty ' Odd ' Poems	by Neil Davies Dec. 26, 2011	$5.99	8015 words	Sample 25%
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	Titanic	by James Fitzpatrick Dec. 24, 2011	$2.95	6875 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: James Fitzpatrick is an Irish writer and documentarian who writes using ‘Triplicism’. He has been writing for many years mainly working in Film Production, Sport and Teaching. From study and learning from historical writers, he created two new formats ‘Triplicism’ being one. In this you take a central character, from which you storyboard an incident or life. You use an invented or historical event, before infusing an undertone or emotion. Each poem should have three layers i.e. Modernism V Conceptualism, Poverty V Wealth, Moral Corruption V Natural Aggression and the storyline is nearly always accompanied by notes
	The Many Colours of Ink	by Máire Morrissey-Cummins Dec. 22, 2011	$5.00	7588 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: I am Irish but have lived abroad for many years. I am a member of the Irish Haiku Society and Haiku Ireland and have had numerous haiku published online and in Presence magazine, Shamrock Magazine and other e-zines. I also write standard poetry. I am new to writing after years in the Financial world. I have found something very special in poetry. Check out my blog for standard poems. Thanks for reading my work. Máire
	A Rainy Evening	by Terry Trainor Dec. 19, 2011	$9.99	28905 words	Sample 5%
	Author bio: Hi. My name is Terry Trainor and I write poems. Many many years ago the news ripped through the London Workhouses, Through all Bethnel-green, Spitalfields and through the Minories, Along Tower-hill and up to Shoreditch and Clerkenwell, To the very purlieus of the Seven Dials, and across the water in Southwark, Important news spread from ear to ear, overheard in chop houses, and cabs, Blackberries are ripe, and there are mushrooms in the forest turf. Like an electric thrill, it has darted far and wide, high and low, In the great workshops, whether sweating over a hot iron, or folding, Steaming dye-houses and hatteries or darting the shuttle amongst silken threads, The bread moulders, or makers of coffins for the dead, or their nails, To the farmers, the boys that roam the streets, and the hags in alleys, Everywhere there is just one thought, the blackberries are ripe.
	Life ...	by Barnaby Wilde Dec. 19, 2011	$0.99	7147 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Barnaby Wilde is the pen name of Tim Fisher. Tim was born in 1947 in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, but grew up and was educated in the West Country. He graduated with a Physics degree in 1969 and worked in manufacturing and quality control for a multinational photographic company for 30 years before taking an early retirement to pursue other interests. He has two grown up children and currently lives happily in Devon.
	Noontide of the Year's Day	by Terry Trainor Dec. 14, 2011	$9.99	28964 words	Sample 5%
	Author bio: Hi. My name is Terry Trainor and I write poems. Many many years ago the news ripped through the London Workhouses, Through all Bethnel-green, Spitalfields and through the Minories, Along Tower-hill and up to Shoreditch and Clerkenwell, To the very purlieus of the Seven Dials, and across the water in Southwark, Important news spread from ear to ear, overheard in chop houses, and cabs, Blackberries are ripe, and there are mushrooms in the forest turf. Like an electric thrill, it has darted far and wide, high and low, In the great workshops, whether sweating over a hot iron, or folding, Steaming dye-houses and hatteries or darting the shuttle amongst silken threads, The bread moulders, or makers of coffins for the dead, or their nails, To the farmers, the boys that roam the streets, and the hags in alleys, Everywhere there is just one thought, the blackberries are ripe.
	Poetry Collection	by Kirstyanne Ross Dec. 14, 2011	$1.00	4480 words	Sample 5%
	Author bio: Hi all, I hope you have enjoyed reading Old Magick. As you can see, I like the vampire genre, but it doesn't stop there. I love to read, some of my favourite authors include Terry Pratchett, Iain M Banks, Margaret Atwood, Robert Jordan and Anne Rice. There is quite a wide range of different styles of book and novella on my kindle at the moment and I am currently reading The Wheel of Time Series again, after finishing it (up to date anyway) and recently reading Snuff. I have more hobbies than reading and writing though, I also cross stitch and design patterns I am currently stitching some pieces that are a part of a magazine commission for the coming New Year. I normally spend some time stitching and take a break by writing. I am currently writing the sequel to Old Magick, set back in the 1400's it follows the same family. I am also storyboarding for the third and final in the series. I hope you like them and stay with me until the end. Happy reading Kirstyanne Ross x
	A Book of Christmas Poems	by Kirstyanne Ross Dec. 14, 2011	Free!	2713 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Hi all, I hope you have enjoyed reading Old Magick. As you can see, I like the vampire genre, but it doesn't stop there. I love to read, some of my favourite authors include Terry Pratchett, Iain M Banks, Margaret Atwood, Robert Jordan and Anne Rice. There is quite a wide range of different styles of book and novella on my kindle at the moment and I am currently reading The Wheel of Time Series again, after finishing it (up to date anyway) and recently reading Snuff. I have more hobbies than reading and writing though, I also cross stitch and design patterns I am currently stitching some pieces that are a part of a magazine commission for the coming New Year. I normally spend some time stitching and take a break by writing. I am currently writing the sequel to Old Magick, set back in the 1400's it follows the same family. I am also storyboarding for the third and final in the series. I hope you like them and stay with me until the end. Happy reading Kirstyanne Ross x
	Animalia	by Barnaby Wilde Dec. 13, 2011	Free!	5207 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Barnaby Wilde is the pen name of Tim Fisher. Tim was born in 1947 in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, but grew up and was educated in the West Country. He graduated with a Physics degree in 1969 and worked in manufacturing and quality control for a multinational photographic company for 30 years before taking an early retirement to pursue other interests. He has two grown up children and currently lives happily in Devon.
	The Nonsensical Ramblings of a Beard	by Ashley Paddon Dec. 05, 2011	$1.49	1773 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Born in the summer of '71, and resident in the same Northeast corner of Hamphire, England for all my life. I have for many years been writing short nonsense poetry - as yet unpublished - and have now taken my first steps to serious writing. Outside of literary abandon, I juggle, and play various musical instruments, mainly ukulele. I also enjoy photography and creating digital art.
	Lauren Black Perfume	by Russell Gulliver Nov. 30, 2011	Free!	4506 words	Read a sample
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	Ice Melts	by Phyllis Anderson Nov. 27, 2011	$1.99	4381 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Born in 1969 and raised in Ayrshire, Scotland, nature has played a key role in Phyllis Anderson’s development as a poet and writer. As a child, she’d spend days that stretched beyond time, exploring the woodland surrounding her home. Whether climbing trees, picking primroses which clustered in copses, or meandering amongst blue bells, growing up was truly a sensory and wondrous experience. Now, forty two years old Phyllis’ life has turned full circle and she currently lives on a ten thousand acre country estate, where cows graze on pastoral landscape, an environment which fuels the poetic imagination. This first volume of poetry is the culmination of observations made by Phyllis Anderson throughout her life. Its title is taken from “Haiku for Mountaineers” which alludes to the hardships suffered by climbers to reach the oft elusive summit. Wise climbers realise that it is the mountain that conquers the heart of the climber.
	Quaker Holmes and Other Poems	by Pete Owen Williams Nov. 23, 2011	$1.99	10388 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Pete trained as an actor in The Northern School of Music and Drama, Manchester in the 60s. He put his acting career on hold whilst he taught Drama in a Secondary School with the intention of leaving after four years and re-activating the acting. After a career lasting forty-three years in which he lectured in Higher and Further Education, designing and developing drama courses, Pete retired in 2008. Throughout his life he has written fiction, drama and poetry. Many of his works were Theatre-In-Education projects for organisations like the Police, Alcohol Concern, and Road Safety organisations. In addition to writing, Pete is a performance poet, writing and performing his work in South Wales and the South West. He is also a photographer, presenter and web designer for Lens Flair Wales. (http://www.lfwales.co.uk)
	Tracks of Life	by Christopher John Scott Nov. 11, 2011	Free!	1176 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: I live in a small town in the North East of England. I generally write what ever comes into my head and sounds good to me. I hope that others find it intresting and enjoyable to read.
	A Poem for Me	by Jude Wharton Nov. 03, 2011	$1.50	6810 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: My name is Jude and I’m a Mum, wife and director of a very small digital design company that my husband and I run together called 2nd Floor (www.weare2ndfloor.com) I love writing. I find it a great way to get my thoughts out, which is how my poetry started and more recently I have started my blog.
	The Personal Touch	by Joe Solomon Nov. 02, 2011	Free!	7034 words	Read a sample
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	Collywobblers	by Mary Cook Oct. 30, 2011	$2.99	3628 words	Sample 20%
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	From The Mind Of Madness	by Chris Barber Oct. 30, 2011	$2.00	9593 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: most of my poetry is based very loosely on my life.
	Ghosts across our landscape - Haunting Tales & Living Verse of Ulaid	by Colin T. Mercer Oct. 28, 2011	$2.99	20405 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Colin T. Mercer is an Irish poet and writer who has also recently published 'For Irish Eyes – poetic experiences from Ireland'.
	Reflections	by William Andrews Oct. 28, 2011	$1.50	1471 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: i am just an old man trying to find my way home im the one with no tshirt
	C.Sense	by William Andrews Oct. 28, 2011	$1.50	1342 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: i am just an old man trying to find my way home im the one with no tshirt
	When Hope Can Kill & the Midnight Sun Poems	by John Hughes Oct. 12, 2011	$3.00	11912 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: John Hughes was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, Great Britain in 1970. He has worked as a milkman, landscape gardener, newspaper photographer, occasional proof reader and a fish terminal goods inspector. He currently lives in Oslo, Norway. His other works are listed as follows: POETRY Aphelion (1992),Recuillément (1993)Black Tin Deed Box (1996)Preston Zeitgeist (1994) Money & Make-Believe (1994)Room Twelve (1995) The Fiend that He Became (1995) Poetry from Beyond the Dashboard (1996) Touché (1997) The Night is Young (1997) 58th Parallel (1998) The Plant Collector (1998) O Livro das Letras Casa (1999) Replica (1999) Passports for the Journey to the Mad Dam (2000) Flowering Off the Chrome (2000) Rolling Over the Bones & the Running Through Poems (2002) When Hope Can Kill & the Midnight Sun Poems (2005) Orpheus’ Loot (2007) FICTION Aphrodisiacs’ Spaghetti (2001) The Wondrous Adventures of Dip & Dab (2002) Deeper Tangled Grass (2005)The Bloody Shoots Burst Out of Us with Love & Bullets at their Roots (2010)
	Flowering Off the Chrome	by John Hughes Oct. 10, 2011	$3.44	6065 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: John Hughes was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, Great Britain in 1970. He has worked as a milkman, landscape gardener, newspaper photographer, occasional proof reader and a fish terminal goods inspector. He currently lives in Oslo, Norway. His other works are listed as follows: POETRY Aphelion (1992),Recuillément (1993)Black Tin Deed Box (1996)Preston Zeitgeist (1994) Money & Make-Believe (1994)Room Twelve (1995) The Fiend that He Became (1995) Poetry from Beyond the Dashboard (1996) Touché (1997) The Night is Young (1997) 58th Parallel (1998) The Plant Collector (1998) O Livro das Letras Casa (1999) Replica (1999) Passports for the Journey to the Mad Dam (2000) Flowering Off the Chrome (2000) Rolling Over the Bones & the Running Through Poems (2002) When Hope Can Kill & the Midnight Sun Poems (2005) Orpheus’ Loot (2007) FICTION Aphrodisiacs’ Spaghetti (2001) The Wondrous Adventures of Dip & Dab (2002) Deeper Tangled Grass (2005)The Bloody Shoots Burst Out of Us with Love & Bullets at their Roots (2010)
	Alone Among Many	by Spargo Postle Oct. 09, 2011	$7.99	4933 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Spargo Postle has roamed and meandered his way through life watching and listening to the nations of people that exist around him. Thoughts & Emotion was the first set of poems to be published and was created as Spargo realised that we all have similar Thoughts and Emotion whilst we encounter a myriad of experiences. Why Don't You See Me is drawn from the loneliness witnessed in the people Spargo sees all around his world. Being lonely, or simply withdrawn, seems to be considered as an unseen virus that few people dare to speak out about else they become infected. Spargo Postle feels that poetry is no more than capturing a string of thoughts onto paper, so feel free to leave your thoughts in a review. But then if you would rather just read his work and browse on by, so be it.
	Twelve Poems Then Bedtime	by Richard Parr Oct. 05, 2011	Free!	2115 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Born in England in 1986. Author, guest blogger, reviewer, promoter. Student of Creative Writing in London. Lives all over the place. I got into a taxi outside the station and said, 'Elizabeth Drive, please.' The driver turned around and said, 'My name's Dave.'
	Anonymous Lines	by David Francis Barker Oct. 04, 2011	$2.99	6515 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: David Francis Barker is a Lincolnshire born artist and poet. Not the most prolific of writers, he has had poems published by Forward Press, Poetry 24 and Shot Glass Journal, among others. This collection reflects his life to date, never forgetting his roots in the rural landscape of eastern England and his continual frustrations with living in the modern technological age.
	Poems of Life	by Christopher John Scott Sep. 27, 2011	Free!	1423 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: I live in a small town in the North East of England. I generally write what ever comes into my head and sounds good to me. I hope that others find it intresting and enjoyable to read.
	Sayings	by William Andrews Sep. 23, 2011	$1.00	1110 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: i am just an old man trying to find my way home im the one with no tshirt
	If	by William Andrews Sep. 23, 2011	$1.50	1284 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: i am just an old man trying to find my way home im the one with no tshirt
	Reasons	by William Andrews Sep. 23, 2011	$1.50	1511 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: i am just an old man trying to find my way home im the one with no tshirt
	Sense	by William Andrews Sep. 23, 2011	$1.50	1516 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: i am just an old man trying to find my way home im the one with no tshirt
	A Haven of Shades	by Helen Young Sep. 22, 2011	$2.29	1165 words
	Author bio: Geek, published poet, occasional freelance writer/blogger.
	The Heart and The Hand	by Dean Harkness Sep. 21, 2011	$0.99	1477 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Book Cover Designer, artist, illustrator. I use many traditional methods and media from sculpture to paint as well as photography and computer graphics.
	Death Rattle	by John Hughes Sep. 21, 2011	$1.57	20277 words	Sample 16%
	Author bio: John Hughes was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, Great Britain in 1970. He has worked as a milkman, landscape gardener, newspaper photographer, occasional proof reader and a fish terminal goods inspector. He currently lives in Oslo, Norway. His other works are listed as follows: POETRY Aphelion (1992),Recuillément (1993)Black Tin Deed Box (1996)Preston Zeitgeist (1994) Money & Make-Believe (1994)Room Twelve (1995) The Fiend that He Became (1995) Poetry from Beyond the Dashboard (1996) Touché (1997) The Night is Young (1997) 58th Parallel (1998) The Plant Collector (1998) O Livro das Letras Casa (1999) Replica (1999) Passports for the Journey to the Mad Dam (2000) Flowering Off the Chrome (2000) Rolling Over the Bones & the Running Through Poems (2002) When Hope Can Kill & the Midnight Sun Poems (2005) Orpheus’ Loot (2007) FICTION Aphrodisiacs’ Spaghetti (2001) The Wondrous Adventures of Dip & Dab (2002) Deeper Tangled Grass (2005)The Bloody Shoots Burst Out of Us with Love & Bullets at their Roots (2010)
	The Magic Undercrackers	by Lee McGibbon Sep. 20, 2011	$0.99	5185 words	Sample 20%
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	The Urban Time Bomb	by D'Persona Sep. 13, 2011	$3.99	13659 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Hi, I am Donna Parkinson AKA D'Persona...a 43 year old self confessed accidental poet and the owner of Mad Jock Publishers. A family run self publishing business. I am here to share some of the poetry that I originally took up when my best friend Angela Edgar "inspired" me to write after her 1st book launch. Since taking up this writing lark in February 2008 I have written in excess of 1000 poems and have self published 4 books of my own... I write mainly about gun and knife crime,peer pressure,social responsibility and gang affiliation in a style that todays youth can clearly understand and hopefully relate to. I write to make a difference to our streets and to effect change in our communities. I believe we need to re-educate this generation and save then from themselves as the social realities envolved in our collective failure to do so is way to ugly to comprehend for our childrens children. Eventually I want to set up some Poetry/Music workshops with disadvantaged children in my local area. Its been a mad 2 and a half years for me as I just kind of fell into poetry... in fact my friends call me the accidental poet!!! I never knew that I had the ability to write until Angee was interviewed at her book launch and asked what would make all the hard work she had put into her book worthwhile... and she said that if she inspired just one person to start writing as a result of reading her book it would have all been worth it.... I looked around the room and remember thinking.... "bloody hell I better write something cos I don't think any of this lot are gonna do it"...so I went home and wrote her a poem and sent ot to her the next day telling her that she had inspired me to write... She said that it was actually really good and asked me to do another... and then another and before I knew it I was 'writing to order. Colleagues were giving me titles at lunchtime and I was knocking them out pieces and before I knew it I had written loads of stuff and was actually enjoying it..... WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT EH? 6 months down the line I had enough material to self publish my first book..... and the rest as they say is history!! By day I work as a Field Services Director in a London based Market Research agency but as I said above I also own a small self publishing company called Mad Jock Publishers. They published my first 2 books and then the originator k, Rols Sperling found it increasingly difficult to secure the time needed to dedicate to the project along with juggling his fulltime work and family commitments. Mad Jock had historically helped budding authors ( like myself) by making it possible for them to have their works published in a book that they and their family could treasure for generations at a very affordable price, so when I heard the company would probably close I decided to buy it myself and try to keep the sentiment going.... For the very ambitious writer, getting a first foot on the ladder and being able to send an already published work to major publishers and or media wheeler dealers, is no different than an actor turning up to an audition or a model attending a professional photo shoot or an artist sending copies of their portfolio to a prospective employer, So Mad Jock Publishers is there to serve the authors of this world... So thats me... if you want to know anything else just ask xxx