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David Andrew Wardle

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105 posts, April 2020 to August 2024.

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Blog29 May 2020
ONCE UPON A REVIEW
Hot on the heels of increased sales – yes, only 4 books but I am counting it – comes the first review for Once Upon A Week.
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Blog8 April 2020
My Writing Story
I was not aware of it at the time but I think the seed of wanting to write was sown whilst I was still at school. I was 14 or 15 when a writing competition was staged. We had an opening line of “It was midnight in the library and all was quiet and dark” or something like that,…
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David Andrew Wardle

Manchester-born, Surrey-based author of contemporary comedy thrillers and mysteries, and fairy tales for children.

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Home
The Library
My Blog
Writing Story
Contact Me

Books

The Puzzle
The Whole in One: Portfolio of Nobody
Pratt, Pratt, Wally & Pratt Investigate
T is For...
All books

Legal

Author sign-inWeb by TECSmith

Blog28 May 2020

You’re A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!

What a difference a celebrity endorsement would make. You would not believe the people I have contacted over the years. Not specifically for that purpose always but generally with creative ideas.

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Blog27 May 2020

DEJA REVIEW

Yikes! Sales are up! 4 paperback copies of Once Upon A Week in the past two days. Don’t know if these came through the website or not but let me tell you, this is like a stampede. Thank you to those who bit the bullet.

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Blog26 May 2020

I WRITE THEREFORE I AM … A WRITER?

Well, Goal 1 achieved and the 20,000 word barrier broken. Currently 21,131 so no great leap forward but something. This one seems slow going but I know that whilst it may seem hard to write a book, especially at the beginning when all you have is a blank page, it is a hundred…

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Blog25 May 2020

A MINI BLOG

Greetings followers. Yes, I still have some! And thank you for all the likes. Also, welcome to new people who have inadvertently stumbled across this site.

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Blog20 May 2020

THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY!

I found this little fellow right outside my door a couple of weeks ago. To say the least I was surprised because it is not what you expect to see in a block of flats in the UK. I named him immediately and I remember the very first thing I ever said to him.

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Blog14 May 2020

THE HANDWASHING SONG

So who would believe it! I have 41 followers. No book sales though. Still Fifty Shades was not erected in a day.

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Blog4 May 2020

BLOG OFF

Hello there! This is the first post on my newly created website. My last roll of the dice (do you like the blog logo?) in putting my writing out there, which for so long has been lost in the Amazon jungle.

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