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Richard Vobes

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My name is Richard Vobes and I have enjoyed writing for most of my life. I love dreaming up stories and peppering them with interesting and believable characters. Until recently, most of my writing has been plays and television scripts, but I also used to work as an entertainer, lying on a bed of nails, eating fire and walking on broken glass. I have performed all over Britain, balancing on stilts, performing mime and robotics as well as other circus skills and crazy stunts. One of the things I amazed my audience with was juggling five balls and at the same time balancing on a giant walking globe!

In the mid 1990s, I wrote and starred in a ITV children’s television programme called Snug and Cozi; the adventures of two of the most crazy space ...more

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Average rating: 4.25 · 12 ratings · 4 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Legends of Kids TV by Garry Vaux, Rick Jones (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Bernard Cribbins (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Splidge the Cragflinger: The Royal Tournament 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost Detective (Simon Pickle Mysteries Book 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Splidge the Cragflinger: The Purple Death liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Splidge the Cragflinger - The Purple Death 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Is it me, or are there lots of people who want to help me sell my newly published book? Ever since I published my children's adventure story, Splidge the Cragflinger, I have become very popular. I wish I could report that it was coming from children aged 9-12 and their parents, all eager to buy my book, but sadly I cannot. I have found myself the target of the self-publishing service industry.

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