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I have just filled in the City of birth section with Raunds Northants which was where I was born. This is a monumental exaggeration. Raunds would struggle to qualify as a town. I always reckoned it was the last stop before the local bus service fell off the edge of the known universe, but it was a great place to grow up.
I first left Raunds to go to secondary school in Wellingborough, a ten mile journey which took about three quarters of an hour as the bus meandered around picking up children here and there.
One of the biggest influences on me after 'O' levels was music. This was the time of the Beatles and the Stones and every young lad wanted to be in a group and achieve fame and stardom. Having no ability to play anything more complicated
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Bryan Pentelow I haven't suffered writers block as such yet. I have been beset by indecision as to which way a storyline should go. When this has occurred I have ske…moreI haven't suffered writers block as such yet. I have been beset by indecision as to which way a storyline should go. When this has occurred I have sketched out the possible routes for thee story to see which one gives a more interesting route then follow that one. This can lead to having to go back through previous chapters to aline the back story with the new direction. I hate this as I am an impatient writer and am always in a hurry to keep the story moving but it is a necessary chore otherwise contradictions arise or a character is short of information or missing a skill set. As a last resort I write something entirely different and always try to have at least two projects running consecutively.(less)
Bryan Pentelow I am forced to split my allegiance between two, one from each of my current series, the Sprocket Sagas(Brassroyd) and Sea Change/Look to the Stars (Br…moreI am forced to split my allegiance between two, one from each of my current series, the Sprocket Sagas(Brassroyd) and Sea Change/Look to the Stars (Bryan Prentice).
Brassroyd has my inability to throw away anything which may be useful, and I have a garage full of things which will come in handy one day. He also has a love of Brass Band music and a delight in his 'grandchildren' who keep him busy and interested in their doings.
Brian Prentice, on the other hand, has my dissatisfaction with life and my lack of control over what is done in my name by those in power.
I wrote the first book to get down on paper many of the thoughts that had been cluttering up my brain for years and only realised how close he was to me when a new friend and reader said that having met me he could now tie down the character's voice. The books are not autobiographical but sometimes when working the second(WIP) I wish they were.(less)
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Christmas at Pudding Founders Lane

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Christmas at Pudding Founders Lane.

Brassroyd emerged from the door of the Furnace Raddlers Arms and pulled his flat cap more firmly down to his ears. A wicked wind was coming off the high fells and a group of red nosed children were chasing a sheet of newspaper which danced along the street. He turned towards the center of Batherby Bridge and set off at a brisk pace, the h Read more of this blog post »
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