David Farrell's Blog, page 4
June 18, 2022
Meet The Author - Kingsley Publishers
𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹 is the Author of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘯, a historical fiction novel that will tug at your heartstrings and settle in your soul.
David started writing as a preteen at boarding school whilst sat in the prep room in the mid-1970s. After high school he joined the Leo’s (the junior version of the Lions club charity), where he launched a community newspaper using a manual typewriter and a roneo machine.
For the next 28 years he prioritised raising his 6 children and developed a career to pay the bills. His passion and thirst for writing never ceased, so in 2008 he authored a short story series in weekly magazines in South Africa. In 2015, he became a columnist for 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝑨𝑼𝑺 / 𝑵𝒁 until 2019.
That wasn’t enough. He wanted to write a novel, so in 2020, he enlisted in an Advanced Applied Writing Diploma in Creative Writing where the idea for his first novel came to life.
Besides writing novels worthy of awards, He runs the 𝙚𝙮𝙚.𝙩𝙤.𝙞 an empowering autistics group on LinkedIn with over 20 000 members and the Autistic Alliance NZ page on Facebook.
On New Year’s day 2022, he opened an email from 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, accepting his manuscript. His dream, The Chameleon, was born.
Now represented by Kingsley Publishers, he is a member of the New Zealand Society of Authors and the Historical Novel Society, with his novel being released on the 24 June 2022.
This is just the beginning, the best is yet to come!
David started writing as a preteen at boarding school whilst sat in the prep room in the mid-1970s. After high school he joined the Leo’s (the junior version of the Lions club charity), where he launched a community newspaper using a manual typewriter and a roneo machine.
For the next 28 years he prioritised raising his 6 children and developed a career to pay the bills. His passion and thirst for writing never ceased, so in 2008 he authored a short story series in weekly magazines in South Africa. In 2015, he became a columnist for 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝑨𝑼𝑺 / 𝑵𝒁 until 2019.
That wasn’t enough. He wanted to write a novel, so in 2020, he enlisted in an Advanced Applied Writing Diploma in Creative Writing where the idea for his first novel came to life.
Besides writing novels worthy of awards, He runs the 𝙚𝙮𝙚.𝙩𝙤.𝙞 an empowering autistics group on LinkedIn with over 20 000 members and the Autistic Alliance NZ page on Facebook.
On New Year’s day 2022, he opened an email from 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, accepting his manuscript. His dream, The Chameleon, was born.
Now represented by Kingsley Publishers, he is a member of the New Zealand Society of Authors and the Historical Novel Society, with his novel being released on the 24 June 2022.
This is just the beginning, the best is yet to come!
June 13, 2022
The Chameleon Launch 24 June
𝘼 𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮. 𝙊𝙛 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙙, 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙢, 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠, 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣
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𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙮, 𝙞𝙛 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨, 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮
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𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙮, 𝙞𝙛 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨, 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮
June 10, 2022
The Chameleon came home today
Your first celestial orbit nears its end
I pray the passage is joyous
Each dawn I follow the moon to bid you farewell
The winter fog thickens whilst my heart weakens
Ignore an old man’s tears from below
Heed not his selfish despair
He cannot grasp your leaving
The pain too great
His love so deep
Fly high, my Buddy
I pray the passage is joyous
Each dawn I follow the moon to bid you farewell
The winter fog thickens whilst my heart weakens
Ignore an old man’s tears from below
Heed not his selfish despair
He cannot grasp your leaving
The pain too great
His love so deep
Fly high, my Buddy
May 30, 2022
Rorke Wilde
I face what I have backed away from for most of my life, for which I make no excuse. It is my mission to climb off the fence and stop placating those who think they know who I am or how I should behave.” - Rorke Wilde, The Chameleon.
