I’ve just finished the first draft of ‘Good Neighbour’ Part Four. The story’s getting a bit more complicated than I first imagined it, but that can only be a good thing, I suppose. This is a way of challenging myself and improving my writing. I wanted to write something quickly and get it out there and not care about it too much, but it’s taken a bit longer than expected. This should be the first of many stories that I’ll publish exclusively on this site, but who knows? Maybe some of the characters that I come up with will find their way into my ebooks and paperbacks. I might do a sci-fi one next about a sort of lighthouse in space I’ve had slowly brewing in the back of my head for a while. I’ll get this one finished first, though. Just one more part to write…
Category: thriller
Good Neighbour Update
I wrote a good chunk of part 4 last night. The whole thing should be ready very soon. I’m going to work on a blurb as a bit of a teaser. I’m quite excited to be releasing some original work on this website. Hopefully, I’ll be able to make this a regular thing and get several stories up on here over the course of the year, bringing more attention to my printed works.
Thank you
It’s nice to see so many new people liking my posts. Thank you to you all. Over the next few weeks, I’m hoping to start publishing more short stories in episodic segments (a bit like Dickens used to do in ye olden times in the papers) and my much hyped story ‘Good Neighbour’ will be the first of these, exclusive to this site. Stay tuned.
A Quick Update
Just a quick update. ‘Richmond’s Roadshow Revelation’ is still free on kindle til Friday night, and I’m up to part 4 of ‘Good Neighbour’, which I will release one day at a time exclusively on this site over the course of five days, so keep an eye out for it.
Good Neighbour
I’ve nearly finished writing the third part of my 5 part story ‘Good Neighbour’. It’s a bit like the Hitchcock film ‘Rear Window’ except the main protagonist isn’t housebound. His obsession with the strange neighbours that never seem to go anywhere is just as unhealthy as Jimmy Stewart’s though, and will definitely lead him into trouble. I’ll be publishing it over the course of 5 days on this website, and this will be the only place you’ll see it. I’m planning on doing lots more 5 parters in the future, and I’m really looking forward to seeing how they’re received. It’s been good to get back into writing something new after editing and finalising the paperback of ‘The Pulse Hospital Radio Chronicles’ for what seems like an age.
JOHN D. PAYNE IS WRITING 