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Lenny Banks

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Thanks for your patience, I've been unavailable the past couple of weeks - my computer crashed ! I've lost my reading list so if I owe you a read let me know, I will work back through the comments I've received. As I'm nearly at the Editors Desk, I'd appreciate any support / backing / rating / your continued support for the final push. Good Luck with your own books. :-)

Thanks So Much to Everyone to Date !

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Tide and Time: At The Rock
Uploaded May 12: (100) Sept 12: (25) Nov 12: (11) Feb 13!
Please help me to the top 5.


I have been overwhelmed by the constructive criticism, positive messages and support that I've received about my first book TAT. I posted it here to see what people thought, and have been gob-smacked. I've three others in the pipeline and I am loving writing (hating editing). If it can make a difference in other peoples lives, I hope it's soon.

Without prejudice I'll read and share my impression of ONE chapter of your book:
1) Books of People who Read, Back, Comment and Rate mine first.
2) Books of people I pick randomly.

No offence intended, hope none received. I also hope you can respectfully take the time to return the favor if I have given you my impression of yours.

Kind Regards and Best Wishes,
Lenny Banks
Tide and Time: At The Rock
Take Care: On The Rock

Thanks to Victoria Willows for my new book cover
I am interested in any feedback as I have tried out several ideas, this incorporates the concepts of 'Tide' and 'Time'.

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I loved Stig of the Dump, Roald Dahl, C S Lewis and A A Milne as a kid, Dracula and Portent as an adult. I like action and adventure but shamefully most of all I enjoy my Viz comics.

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Tide and Time: At The Rock

Lenny Banks

An uplifting glimpse into the world of personal development courses for challenging young people.
Ranked in April! Thank you all so much !


“Good morning everyone... thanks for coming here today.” Before him were twelve forsaken faces, each acknowledged his welcome in their different ways, Rich wondered how Juan and he had gathered such an unlikely group of people over the last couple of weeks. He glanced across at his helper and then at the students, wryly smiled at the challenge and said, “Let’s make some history.”

The true-to-life stories based on fact and fiction are both positive and negative, and as a reflection of true life, sadly not everyone completes the challenging six week course. The experiences can be enjoyed as small micro-adventures, or as a whole journey. Test readers have been astonished, angry, wept, and have laughed, I hope you can find something useful and share it.

A sort of 'docufiction', it doesn't fit genre of fact, fiction or instruction manual, hopefully you can appreciate its a piece of everything to different people, and enjoy it for your own reasons. There are many twists and surprises, so I haven't published every chapter, I want them to be a pleasant surprise for the final draft.

 

Take Care: On The Rock

Lenny Banks

Another uplifting glimpse into the world of Personal Development Programs. This time our misfit students learn about care.


A sequel to Tide and Time: At The Rock. It's based on real experiences, fiction and instruction manual influences. This adventure presses the students on this course, to face their personal challenges while they also have responsibilities for other people. You can read this story without seeing or knowing anything about the world of Rich, Mitch, poverty and despair detailed in the first book, but it might help to have already read it. Hopefully there's something for everyone, and I also hope people will increase their awareness of issues like disabilities and mental health through reading this book.
Happy Reading - I will revise this soon.

 

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Joy Eastman wrote 3 days ago

Hi Lenny As you know I have had my book, God’s Gracious Gift on the ....

Cheryl Henderson wrote 3 days ago

Hi Lenny Well done on your achievements. I've just uploaded my firs....

GK Stritch wrote 4 days ago

Dear Lenny, Congrats and enjoy! It was my pleasure to back you an....

MC Storm wrote 5 days ago

I understand about the genre, as mine doesn't fit in any category eit....

lindfirst wrote 11 days ago

Well Done Lenny, I have now seen the full version of this book an....

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I wrote 16 days ago

Hi Scott, I took a look at chapter 1, sorry it took so long to get back to you. First, this is a great pitch, you introduce threads of your story very well. On here the chapter is very long, I would suggest you break it down and upload it in smaller bites, this will help editing suggestions and ease... view book

I wrote 67 days ago

Hi Nathan, I took a look at chapter three, thanks for reviewing my book, and thanks for the reminder, sorry it's taken so long to get back. I found the pitch had a lot of long sentences that gave away a lot of the story, maybe you can shorten it to add a bit of mystery... '...and his adventurous que... view book

I wrote 69 days ago

Hi Tracy, I took a look at chapter 4, thanks for supporting my book. This is a well crafted story that is well written. I noted you suggested there are exciting characters in the pitch, its probably best to let readers make their own mind up about things like that. I love the use of unusual words yo... view book

I wrote 69 days ago

Hi Nigel, I took a look at chapter 3, thanks for supporting my book. The pitch is great, it really hooks the reader. I found the story to be very interesting, you have a great way of describing peoples mannerisms; they way they smoke, cross their legs, it has a real feeling to it. I noted you are us... view book

I wrote 73 days ago

Hi Julie, I took a look at chapter 3, congratulations on reaching the top 10. I found the scene was set very well, the estate resonated of the lifestyle and home of character from my book, so I tuned in very quickly. I noted you use single speech brackets, I made the same mistake and found it looked... view book

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