I’ve got a few ideas rattling around in my head fighting for dominance. Problem is, there’re still so many other tales I’m in the middle of telling. My sequel to Bright Future is very nearly at the end of its first draft and I’m gradually inching closer to the end of my long term (very long term) early teens novel ‘The Badger Helper Watcher: The Misadventures of Sam and Sally Book 1’ (just to give you an idea of how long I’ve been working on it, the main theme of the book is the perils of the internet and getting whatever you want when you want it. What I was worried about when I started writing it has already come to pass, so a bit of a retro rethink/rewrite will be in order). I suppose the key is to concentrate on one project at a time. One good thing I’ve started doing is typing straight away and cutting out the middle man of writing it all down with pen and paper first. Anyway, I’m nearly at the end of the first draft of ‘Richmond’s Roadshow Revelation’ which is the fifth book in my series of shortish stories based around a hospital radio DJ who is loosely based on yours truly. I’ll keep you posted.
First Drafts
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I write novels and short stories and draw and write cartoons. The main cartoon I'm working on at the moment is Still Life. It's about a man who sits at home on his sofa all day and yet bizarre things still happen to him. At the moment him and his sofa are stuck on a desert island. Check out Still Life Series Five: Beyond the Sofa on this site. My debut novel is out now. It's called 'A Fifth Visitor', and it's a very unofficial sequel to 'A Christmas Carol'. The story picks up five years after the events of Dickens' classic, and we see how Scrooge is getting on with his promise to always keep Christmas. A new spirit pays him a visit and convinces Scrooge that he's not doing enough to redeem himself, so they both travel to the future to save a young nurse called Grace, but there's something big that this new spirit is keeping to himself. I'm developing a website dedicated to my writing, so watch this space. One of my short stories is available on amazon kindle. If you want to check it out, it's called 'Richmond's Rarity'. It's about a late night hospital radio DJ. I've written it under my author name of John D Payne. View all posts by John Payne
JOHN D. PAYNE IS WRITING 