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John W Townsend
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Life offers so many influences, even the bad experiences become the backdrop to what falls into the filing cabinate of your brain. It is those influences that have shaped my writing.
I grew up as a child where a lot of imagination was fed through radio, listening to BBC's output was fantastic, shows like 'Journey Into Space', 'The Goon Show' , it was all stimulating those brain cells.
My influences were perhaps from the less known writers, the script writers of those radio shows. But Nina Bawden did make me think more about writing, I love her characters and their mannerisims. Also Spike Milligan, now he gave me the liberty to not be told that this is the right way, but do it your way and learn to make it work, and if its funny, laugh.
Now all those factors are in the filing cabinate, and people pop out of my head that I have to say, 'Forgive me, do I know you?' The trouble is when I finish a writing, those characters do not go away, I feel guilty that I have not anything more to say about them..
Everyday there are characters knocking at the door of my thoughts
begin that I let them in.
Everyday I recall the names that became
the hero's the villans
on many a page.
So keep knocking
I am sure I'll let you in
just so long as I keep writing.
Birth Place: LOUGHBOROUGH, UK
Accomplishments: Seeing my first book in print, THEORYTHUM THE PEOPLE OF THE FIELD.
Becoming a runner up in a songwriting competition.
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Books
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 | MY NAME WAS JIACK by John W Townsend
This has been the longest running write I have ever had the pleasure of....
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 | Dribble by John W Townsend
Dribble is a West Highland Terrier, who finds himself living the high life on an English country estate, but Westies are westies and their mischievious ways leave a lot to be desired....
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 | Theorythum- Whirlpools and Waterfalls by John W Townsend
The second of the Theorythum books. The time distortions continue to cause strange events, none more so than a coach heading for London. It suddenly enters a heavy mist, then appears to have strayed off the road. Yet as the mist clears, there is no road, just a coach in wild open countryside?...
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 | BASRADAVA by John W Townsend
It is the year 1548, the place Wales. Dyffd Moulton flees his village in fear of his life, the King of England wants him dead. He heads to a remote place called Brenig and a lake called Llyn Brenig, it was a place a friend told him about, a mysterious place. It is there he meets the Basradavans, a race of people unlike any he has ever known....
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Short Stories
The Imbibed and Tired Public Speaker by John W Townsend
A rather unfit public speaker rises to his feet....
A THIMGAMYJIG by John W Townsend
What if it happend to you?...
The Pheonix Cinema by John W Townsend
Theres powerful memories in old cinemas, sometimes they rise from the ashes....
STAN by John W Townsend
This is a true story, just changed the name and the location....
ANCIENT RIGHTS by John W Townsend
A field and a strange tale...
BEYOND THE PLUGHOLE-- THAT NASTY MAN FROM THE DRAINCLEAN by John W Townsend
The Beyond the Plughole stoeries continue. Story no.11...
THOUGHTLESS WORDS, LEAVE OPEN DOORS by John W Townsend
Ever said something you regret?...
BEYOND THE PLUGHOLE - HERBAL BATH SALTS AND THE GREAT SNEEZING OUTBREAK. by John W Townsend
The continuing stories of the Plugolites Down the Plughole. No. 10...
HERE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LETTER! by John W Townsend
Imagine recieving a letter from the year 1919...
CARELESS CLARISSA by John W Townsend
Clarissa is a reporter, she has never been to an awards and is over excited at interviewing her dream Bob Fusz....
COSMIC MIRRORS by John W Townsend
Next time you look in your mirror---...
BEYOND THE PLUGHOLE - PLASTIC PIPES CAUSE BLISTERS by John W Townsend
The continuing tales of the Plugolites...
GREENS SUPERSTORE by John W Townsend
Next time you go shopping take a long look through the shop windows....
THE STAIRWELL TO----------- by John W Townsend
A stairwell that was installed in a block of apartments leading to the basement parking area was installed by a company that seems to not exist....
THERE'S A HOLE IN THE GROUND by John W Townsend
Jim Bolton was amazed when a hole started to appear in his backyard. It seemed deep as he could not hear anything when he threw something down, it did not hit any bottom. Then he became concerned when...
ALWAYS READ THE LABEL by John W Townsend
The excitement of recieving a parcel can overide the fact that is the parcel really for you....
BEYOND THE PLUGHOLE - THE BUBBLE FESTIVAL by John W Townsend
The continuing stories of the Plugolites. Number eight...
BEYOND THE PLUGHOLE---MY NAME IS by John W Townsend
The sevenrh of the Beyond the Plughole stories....
BEYOND THE PLUGHOLE---WHY DO HUMANS HAVE NAMES? by John W Townsend
Sixth in Beyond the Plughole stories...
BEYOND THE PLUGHOLE-- THE BOY WITH THE STRAW by John W Townsend
Fifth in the Beyond the Plughole stories...
BEYOND THE PLUGHOLE---THE DENTAL PRACTICE by John W Townsend
Fourth of the Beyond the Plughole stories. ...
BEYOND THE PLUGHOLE-- THE PLUMBER by John W Townsend
Third in the Beyond The Plughole stories....
BEYOND THE PLUGHOLE-STINKMANIA by John W Townsend
Second of Beyond the Plughole stories....
BEYOND THE PLUGHOLE by John W Townsend
When you flush away your bath water consider, Beyond the Plughole...
TALKING SHOP by John W Townsend
There's a way of understanding that exists in different avenues of work, its talking shop....
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Poetry
WRITERS CRAMP by John W Townsend
Honestly its not me....
FAITH THE SIZE OF-------- by John W Townsend
A very clever scripture, because it tackles our weakness...
THE COLLIERY BELL by John W Townsend
A fictional poem set around the hard days of the miner and his family....
SOMETHING AINT RIGHT by John W Townsend
Lost love always hurts, and the guy in this poem is the same....
The Wisest Fool by John W Townsend
A silly verse, I must be tired...
COIN IN THE TIN by John W Townsend
There is never a day when a charity is making me think, and its good. Yet every so often I read of some donations that ended up as arms, or ended up as wages for top people running the charity....
LIFE the MOVIE by John W Townsend
Life is like a movie, at least it could be....
THE KID IN ME by John W Townsend
We all had one but sometimes people leave theirs behind....
SMILE by John W Townsend
Smiles like yawns can be infecteous, but what causes them....
THE ME IN THE MIRROR by John W Townsend
Do you ever wish you could go back to when? with the knowledge you now have....
MACHO MAN RIDES THE ROAD by John W Townsend
I am sure you have all seen these characters, or was that me looking in a mirror, I hope not....
INBETWEEN THEN AND WHEN by John W Townsend
So much attention on the movie 2012,
yet Gods word tells of a much bigger day....
OUT OF THE MOTHS OF BABES by John W Townsend
Children can go places and ask questions that adults seem too polite to ask....
I AM I SAY by John W Townsend
A tongue in cheek poem about being n author...
CATS AND THE WIND by John W Townsend
Observations of my annoyed cat...
A Three Legged Dog by John W Townsend
Fictional poem of a dog I often see....
OPEN YOUR EYES by John W Townsend
Pain of heart loads down, heads hang down, often better to close your eyes than face the challenge...
LONG BEFORE by John W Townsend
Look at an old map and compare it with the place you now live....
A NUMERICAL SEA by John W Townsend
In this world the balance of all life and matter, indeed the very fabric of eternity seems to hinge on numbers, what would God do if he forgot the pin number for Earth...
TOP SECRET by John W Townsend
If something is top secret it exists, so if UFO documents are TOP SECRET what does that say, I am to stupid to work it out....
SEND THE BAILIFS IN by John W Townsend
Time for change...
DO NOT MOCK by John W Townsend
Complacency can be a sad lesson....
TEARS by John W Townsend
Letting go is not easy when the bond is very tight, tears sometimes help to put matters right....
To All Leaders by John W Townsend
I am tired of hate giving way to logic, and everything seems to hinge on dialogue....
THE WORKHOUSE by John W Townsend
I was in Birmingham UK a few years ago, and I stayed in a hotel that used to be a Victorian Workhouse. Of course it had a lot of history, but it also had a lot of hidden pain....
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Articles
WHEN A WRITERS MIND CREATES A REAL TIME ILLUSION by John W Townsend
A look at the creations of writers....
ARE WE ALL STUPID OR SOMETHING? by John W Townsend
I hate the way political games treat people as if we are stupid....
WHY DO I DOUBT? by John W Townsend
If you have doubts should you go ahead and push them aside?...
THE UK's NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM by John W Townsend
A view of the UK health system...
MAKE EM LAUGH by John W Townsend
So how do you?...
WHEN MISTAKES BECOME EXCUSES by John W Townsend
Dont let anyone put you down....
BELIEVE IT OR NOT IT IS TRUE. by John W Townsend
Your high in the Swiss Alps, the Sun is disappearing fast as it hides behind the hills, your looking for a sight to park your VW camper van for the night....
MEMORIES OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART by John W Townsend
Covent Garden London 1967...
WHERE THE WALL IS by John W Townsend
A fictional story of a village and its travel through time....
THE SHOP FRONT PRESERVATION SOCIETY by John W Townsend
All around us plastic has taken over, the arty farty old style shop fascades have gone, surrendered to the ugly....
THIS IS RADIO DID-DIDDY-DA-DOT, SHUT UP!!!!! by John W Townsend
Ever tuned into a find a radio station and got hooked on tuning?...
42 YEARS TOO LONG by John W Townsend
When you have lost touch with a friend, it used to be more difficult to find them, nowdays its like a pre-occupation of many to find them, using the internet....
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News
FACEBOOK by John W Townsend
I haxe a Facebook page you might enjoy...
Here is a Publisher that I Recommend by John W Townsend
I have used several self publish routes, all I have found is a very unreal world of half truth, if my submission was crap then tell me, advise me, do not take my money under some false impression th...
FATHER MILLIGAN of GOLDERS GREEN by John W Townsend
Just keeping you in touch with two other manuscripts ready for the year to come....
MR.RAZ EFIMME by John W Townsend
Here is the cover for my next release. MR.RAZ EFIMME...
MY NAME WAS JIACK by John W Townsend
The last ever revision to this book was to change to change the title IS has become WAS...
DRIBBLE - HOW IT CAME ABOUT by John W Townsend
If you know Westies need I say more?...
BASRADAVA - BACKGROUND by John W Townsend
Some thoughts about Basradava...
THEORYTHUM 1 & THEORYTHUM 2 - BACKGROUND by John W Townsend
Well a little bit did happen....
THE PHONE BOX by John W Townsend
The two on my stories...
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You will find all of my books as well as my music on my website.
All the music is mine I hope you enjoy looking it over. John
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BASRADAVA
It is the year 1548, Dyffd Moulton flees his Welsh village home in fear of his life. the boy king of Ebgland wants him dead. He travels to a remote place called Brenig and there he meets The Basradavans.
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MY FACEBOOK PAGE
Here you will find out more and maybe some friends.
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THEORYTHUM books 1 & 2
In the early 1960's, Britain and America tested atomic bombs on the edge of space, close to the Earth. Did those atomic tests distort time?
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Additional information
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| Currently writing about a fictional hapless Priest, a comical autobiography of his life.
My most recent books BASRADAVA and DRIBBLE are avaliable through Amazon etc.
If you have difficulty ordering Theorythum 1 & Theorythum 2 they are availiable through AMAZON.UK or as signed copies here. I have seen Theorythum 2 on sale for $171, please buy it here its the real price. |
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Papabears- Publishing
London
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