David     Ward

year in books

David Ward’s Followers (17)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Rebecca...
103 books | 3,405 friends

Freida ...
220 books | 4,901 friends

Chas
17,676 books | 495 friends

Lisa
163 books | 1,400 friends

Danny Mac
18 books | 4,972 friends

Caroline
2,294 books | 476 friends

Elle Ke...
0 books | 4,514 friends

Catherine
445 books | 512 friends

More friends…

David Ward

Goodreads Author


Member Since
January 2020


It looks like I've spent my life re-inventing myself. After too many years of office work in London local government I studied theology and became a parish priest in the Southampton area from 1983.
I then moved into health care chaplaincy in a busy south London acute hospital trust.
In between times, I've also sung semi-professionally in London and Spain, and have had short stories published in the UK and Spain.
Now I have two books published - "Ribbons" (2020) and "Finding Mercy" (2021).
And my interests? Reading, cricket, travel, interesting food, most music, and anything that might take my fancy.
I mostly read crime and thrillers, but I like autobiographies and history too.
...more

To ask David Ward questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

David Ward Thanks for your question Ross. Sorry for my delay answering, I'm just getting my next book out.
I write away, and do a first edit as I go. But I do sev…more
Thanks for your question Ross. Sorry for my delay answering, I'm just getting my next book out.
I write away, and do a first edit as I go. But I do several more when the book's completed. By the end, I guess I've been through eight times in total. But I try to edit in such a way that the energy of the original draft doesn't get lost along the way. I go for grammatical correctness, but not if it detracts from the passion I wanted the story to convey.
Does that help? Hope so.(less)
David Ward I think I'd just like to slip into any community that loves and accepts people for what they are. That's one reason I love Suzie Carr's books - I'd be…moreI think I'd just like to slip into any community that loves and accepts people for what they are. That's one reason I love Suzie Carr's books - I'd be happy living with any of her main characters.(less)
Average rating: 4.77 · 13 ratings · 7 reviews · 2 distinct works
Ribbons

4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Finding Mercy

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Even More News

Hi,

I love blogging here, but there's more.

Check out my "David Ward, Author" Facebook page. There I share news about my own books and short stories, come up with some quotes that relate to reading and writing, add in some book and author recommendations - anything in fact that just might be fun and relate to our love of reading.

"Friend" me there too. See you here and on Facebook too.

Best wishes,

Dav Read more of this blog post »
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on July 10, 2021 02:59
How the Dead Speak
Rate this book
Clear rating

 

David’s Recent Updates

David Ward is currently reading
How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid
Rate this book
Clear rating
David Ward rated a book it was amazing
Insidious Intent by Val McDermid
Rate this book
Clear rating
David Ward rated a book it was amazing
Cross and Burn by Val McDermid
Rate this book
Clear rating
David Ward rated a book it was amazing
The Retribution by Val McDermid
Rate this book
Clear rating
David Ward rated a book really liked it
First Among the Dead by J.D. Kirk
Rate this book
Clear rating
David Ward rated a book it was amazing
The Inner Experience by Thomas Merton
Rate this book
Clear rating
It has to be remembered that parts of this book was written at the latest in the 1960s and reflect that world.

However, the truths in it are eternal, even if the setting and some concerns are not.

Interestingly, Merton foresees the new monastic movemen
...more
David Ward is currently reading
The Retribution by Val McDermid
Rate this book
Clear rating
David Ward rated a book it was amazing
Fever Of The Bone by Val McDermid
Rate this book
Clear rating
David Ward rated a book it was amazing
The Road to Daybreak by Henri J.M. Nouwen
Rate this book
Clear rating
More of David's books…
Oscar Wilde
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
Oscar Wilde

Suzie Carr
“where there is love, there is life.”
Suzie Carr, The Pet Boutique

Helen Keller
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
Helen Keller

Julian of Norwich
“And in this he showed me a little thing, the quantity of a hazel nut, lying in the palm of my hand, as it seemed. And it was as round as any ball. I looked upon it with the eye of my understanding, and thought, ‘What may this be?’ And it was answered generally thus, ‘It is all that is made.’ I marveled how it might last, for I thought it might suddenly have fallen to nothing for littleness. And I was answered in my understanding: It lasts and ever shall, for God loves it. And so have all things their beginning by the love of God.

In this little thing I saw three properties. The first is that God made it. The second that God loves it. And the third, that God keeps it.”
Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love

Suzanne Collins
“Stupid people are dangerous.”
Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

No comments have been added yet.