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John Booth

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When I joined Authonomy back at the dawn of time I had written a few novels, but didn't think they were ready for publication.

I learnt a lot about writing on the way to getting a gold star for Shaddowdon, but mainly I met people who thought my books should be out there. Eventually they persuaded me and now a lot of my books are out on Kindle.

Good is a relative term in writing. In two and a bit years I've sold 9000 ebooks and if you count free downloads that goes up to 24,000. Some people like my books enough to buy some more, and my best sellers have never been free.

You will see me on the forum from time to time as I like to stay in touch with my fellow writers.

If you want to know what kind of writers Authonomy turns out, buy one of my books and judge for yourselves.

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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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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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I wrote 483 days ago

Hi Tonia, There are no available spaces on my shelf right now, but when one comes up this will be on there. On a technical level 'two days and nights' seemed overkill in the prologue, use 'days' or 48 hours if the timing is important. You have already told us in the short pitch who they are (and... view book

I wrote 597 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 615 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

I wrote 637 days ago

Hi Barbara, This is great stuff once it get going. I loved the fencing scene and the interplay of the kids conversation. Took me back to my own childhood. You could improve the first few hundred words by getting rid of virtually all the speech tags. (he said, she said) They are all pretty obviou... view book

I wrote 642 days ago

Okay, You don't need my help and you don't need this site. You have all the skills you need already, Get an agent and go get published. Seriously, you don't need anybody's help on here. There are some places in the narrative I'd do if differently, but then maybe I'm the one that's wrong. ... view book

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