I am a writer from the U.K. who spent ten years writing novels, radio sketches and comedy books under the name of David Hallamshire, in several styles, and for different age groups. After some initial success with four books published I thought I was on my way to great success. However, that didn't turn out to be the case, despite many near misses.
So after writing several millions words and receiving two hundred rejections in ten years I got a little despondent. Only natural really. You spend years learning the art of story telling, whilst living in poverty, only to see the likes of Naomi Campbell being given £80,000 to 'write' a book that she didn't even write herself. (And even now I have sleepless nights about the Joan Collins court case.)
And then I thought, "I've got all this work. Ten years work, and it's just sitting there doing nothing. And over the years people have even told me they like it! So I decided to put bits and pieces on a web site. The publishers I sent my work to over the years have, in more than one case, been on the verge of buying my books, but it all fell through at the last minute. Very annoying, but that's just the way it goes.
So, here are some bits, including selections from the infamous Yorkshire Bible Stories, which is not what you might think. Or maybe it is. Who knows.
If you've actually read my stuff before, then thank you. If you actually paid for it then even better.
Thank you to everyone in the past who sent me letters of encouragement, food parcels, saucy underwear, suicide notes etc. The copyright of the material on my web site is mine....Mine....It's mine! You hear me!.... If you want to use anything in a commercial sense then send me huge amounts of money. If you want to quote me in your blog or something just say it was by me and that's cool.
UPDATE:
I have recently been making my work available TO BUY! (Woopee!) in book form. You can buy my books at www.lulu.com/hallamshire
Thank you.