Tag: life
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Proof Copies of My Upcoming Debut Novel Have Just Arrived – Scorched Earth: The Library of Power
Things are starting to get real for the upcoming release of my debut novel, Scorched Earth: The Library of Power, which I will be releasing later in the year. The two proof copies arrived on Sunday, and getting to hold them in my hand and look through them was an amazing feeling. Knowing that I…
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Just Got the Front Cover Image for My Upcoming Debut Novel – Scorched Earth: The Library of Power
Exciting times ahead. I just got the cover image for my upcoming debut novel, Scorched Earth: The Library of Power. I will be self publishing in the summer/fall, date to be confirmed, so watch this space! The novel has been a long time in the making. I have always dreamt of releasing a novel, and…
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How A Systematic Failure By The NHS And The Lockdown Closure Of The NHS Caused Me to Lose Complete Use of My Hands
In 2020, I had no use of my left hand and had only extremely limited use of my right hand. To cut a long story short on how this happened, in 2008, I suffered a partial tear in the scapholunate ligament of my right wrist.I was supposed to have a full repair job done on…
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The Story of My First Blog – Gray’s Investment Blog
Gray’s Investment Blog was my first foray into the world of professional writing. I set it up by chance in 2008 while studying a degree in finance and investment management at Northumbria University. I needed some inspiration to keep me researching the stock markets, and this became that inspiration. I would post all my research…
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Why I First Started Training in the Gym – and Why I Love Bodybuilding
I’m a big fan of bodybuilding, I suspect it was Arnold Schwarzenegger films that got me into it along with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Sylvester Stallone. Needless to say, I’m a big fan of 80s and 90s action films. But also I’m a big wrestling fan, and grew up watching Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve…
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I Had a Go at Being a TV and Film Extra - Here’s What It Was Like
Over the years, I have acted in a number of things, from short films to theatre productions, to music videos, to TV series and even to feature films. That sounds much better than it is. The short films were local amateur projects, some even of my own making; the theatre productions were local and small-scale; the…
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Stand Up – a Short Story by David Graham
An inspiring story of a middle-aged man who has lost the use of his hands, fighting to stand up.
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You Are Not Boring – a Poem by David Graham
This poem was inspired by an ex-girlfriend, who, whenever she didn’t get her way, would call me boring. To anybody else in such a situation, the exit door truly is the best route!
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Silence – a Poem by David Graham
This poem was inspired by my time at school being bullied, and how bullying forces you into silence. If anybody is going through such a situation, I’m with you on the best thing you can do is to break that silence and seek help, you deserve it!
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The Dictator – a Poem by David Graham
This poem was inspired by the rise in global dictatorship, and the increasing desire by many to enforce people into subjugation.