Do pastures greener exist for the color blind.....and how the hell would they know?
Ribban Bookmark is one of life`s failures. Born in Manchester, UK during the late 1950`s to Irish immigrants.
He realized early on in life that his ladder to success was missing most of its rungs.
A misfit with a heart of gold, if he only knew where God lived he would urinate in his letterbox...& most probably call back later to clean up the mess!
Then one day after 56 years of circling the literary worlds perimeter fence, like a dog looking for somewhere to relieve himself,
he stopped one night in August 2014.
"A Minger`s Tale-Beginnings" was the result of that nights urination.
This is his story, part one.
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A Note From the Author...
Writing a book had always been a dream I´d had since childhood, a dream that took almost sixty years to realize.
There were times during the book I believed I´d bitten off more than I could chew once the doubts began to set in.
Fortunatley I have always been a stubborn SOB. The first signs were evident during my birth, my mother would always I was stubborn even while she was in labour!
I´m often asked what genre A Minger`s Tale Beginnings is. Whether it be a memoir, biography, fiction or everything in between, and to be honest it is not a question I readily have a straight forward answer to. You see in my naivety at the time such mundane thoughts as these never entered my mind - I just wanted to write a book.
A book is what you want it to be, like the old horse to water addage.
A writer can drive readers towards his work but he can´t make them read it.
What I am trying to say is my book falls through the catagory net...it is neither one or the other.
I´m often asked what genre A Minger`s Tale Beginnings is. Whether it be a memoir, biography, fiction or everything in between, and to be honest it is not a question I readily have a straight forward answer to. You see in my naivety at the time such mundane thoughts as these never entered my mind - I just wanted to write a book.
A book is what you want it to be, like the old horse to water addage.
A writer can drive readers towards his work but he can´t make them read it.
What I am trying to say is my book falls through the catagory net...it is neither one or the other.
So ladies and gentleman may I present A Minger`s Tale-Beginnings, the worlds first Genre Bender Noir.
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It was a family tragedy in
2014 that marked my return to writing. ..the irony being my very first
self-published book was a comedy. Comedy is a tragic business and life is, as
they say strange.
Born and raised in the Northern city of Manchester, England, my background is working class and I tend to find humour in hardship and the way folk overcome the obstacles that life has thrown at them.
Upon leaving school at 16 I entered into a society rocked by poverty, unemployment, rising crime, and riots. Much of my inspiration when writing, is drawn from my own experiences during this period.
Born and raised in the Northern city of Manchester, England, my background is working class and I tend to find humour in hardship and the way folk overcome the obstacles that life has thrown at them.
Upon leaving school at 16 I entered into a society rocked by poverty, unemployment, rising crime, and riots. Much of my inspiration when writing, is drawn from my own experiences during this period.
I have penned a number of short stories and articles, some of which have been
published.
I never wanted to be a writer - my boyhood dream was to have been a Northern
Spiderman, but instead, my debut book disturbed cobwebs of another kind.
A Minger`s Tale - Beginnings despite its tragic birth is a humour filled
celebration of what man achieve in times of hardship, and so it feels fantastic
it has received the following among readers that it has.
A follow up to the first book is in the pipeline, which I hope it will be ready
for release later next year.
Website: http://www.rbnbookmark.com/
Very nice!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the post and reading.
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ReplyDeleteThank you Tammy so much for featuring my book on your blog.
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