David Weller Author Blogspot

Secret of Heathcote Manor (first 700 words) was the first submission to be reviewed...and WON!  I had posted the video here but it seems to have disappeared.  It can be viewed on my twitter page @DavidWeller06   My entry starts at the 10 minute and 30 second mark. Voting and final comments begin at the 1 hour, 12 minute and 35 second mark.

Following offers from indie publishers on both sides of the Atlantic (which I turned down) I was fortunate enough to receive another offer from Burning Willow Press.  Once I'd looked into them, and seen the excellent quality of the titles they had already published, I was more than happy to entrust my book baby into their capable hands. Sadly, Edd Sowder closed down his business a few months later and the world lost one of the best indie publishers on the planet. Still, if three publishers were prepared to invest their time and money into my work then I'm sure there will be others.

A NIGHT OUT IN WHITECHAPEL A Night Out In Whitechapel is a short story I published on Wattpad. It forms the first chapter of a much longer tale. The sun never set on the British Empire so they taught in every reputable public school throughout the lands coloured pink on the world map. Well, those plus a few inconsequential seats of learning where the more affluent plebs sent their offspring. But while many of Queen Victoria’s adoring subjects were basking in sunlight, the view outside Lady C’s window was far less inviting. The street outside, assuming it was still there, was hidden from her emerald green eyes by a thick blanket of smog. To say it was a pea souper would be somewhat of an understatement for when Mother Nature conjured up the recipe for this one she added several handfuls of potatoes, some turnips and topped the whole thing off with a sprig of parsley. It was, in fact, as dense as Lady C’s best friend Marjory Dimwitty. It had been a most tiresome day, the ...