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The Boy Who Was Sent to the Back of the Class
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The Boy Who Was Sent to the Back of the Class

In a 1970s Birmingham comprehensive school, I was the kid who was sent to the back of the classroom to think about my bad spelling, shocking grammar, and lack of concentration. Nobody cared about the imagination inside my head. Fifty years later, that same boy became a bestselling author. This is my story of being different, finding my path and never giving up.

On Writing ‘n the Writers

Those who treat writing as a vehicle of visibility would be incapable of experiencing the joy of the journey.

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My maiden 'Novel' blues

What a poetic justice it was that the publishers’ apathy, for my literary foray into an uncharted fictional arena, pushed me into Roopa’s despondent shoes, leg for leg! So to say, to atone for myself, and to earn for her the empathy, at least, of a few discerning readers, I self-published it, in which some have found freshness

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O VALE DAS TREVAS

O VALE DAS TREVAS se trata de um livro espiritualista onde o autor é levado por sua Mentora espiritual numa viagem de estudo no submundo espiritual. Os temas p…

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The Boy Who Was Sent to the Back of the Class

In a 1970s Birmingham comprehensive school, I was the kid who was sent to the back of the classroom to think about my bad spelling, shocking grammar, and lack of concentration. Nobody cared about the imagination inside my head. Fifty years later, that same boy became a bestselling author. This is my story of being different, finding my path and never giving up.

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