David L. Atkinson

David L. Atkinson’s Followers (33)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Sara Burr
490 books | 3,861 friends

Rai
Rai
1,526 books | 2,209 friends

Peter B...
16 books | 1,829 friends

Melanie
4,682 books | 943 friends

Karen S...
399 books | 1,221 friends

Brian L...
40 books | 4,247 friends

Melanie...
743 books | 1,521 friends

Belinda...
121 books | 572 friends

More friends…

David L. Atkinson

Goodreads Author


Born
in Sunderland, The United Kingdom
Website

Twitter

Genre

Member Since
November 2011

URL


Born in Sunderland many years ago I went to college in Bradford and trained to be a teacher, a profession I followed for 34 years. Then I worked in a bank for 6 years before retiring completely. I remained in Yorkshire and that is where I write. I have always had the ambition to write and eventually began in 2009 and have completed six novels since then and I'm working on a seventh. I blog daily on http://david-latkinson.blogspot.com and there are short stories, poetry and recipes as well as commentary on the writing process. ...more

To ask David L. Atkinson questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

David L. Atkinson I question the existence of block as it is the opposite of the drive that makes you want to write in the first place. If you are trying to chase a boo…moreI question the existence of block as it is the opposite of the drive that makes you want to write in the first place. If you are trying to chase a book deal and are writing under duress then I can understand why authors get stuck, but then they are not writing for themselves but at the whims of external bodies. If you are writing for art's sake then there should be little problem becoming stuck.
If you do become stuck then just ask yourself what your central character would do in similar situations.(less)
David L. Atkinson It's like eating an elephant you can only do it one mouthful at a time. The first step in writing is the first word, then sentence, then paragraph and…moreIt's like eating an elephant you can only do it one mouthful at a time. The first step in writing is the first word, then sentence, then paragraph and finally page. One word of warning don't be tempted to review what you write too early. Write three chapters then if you must check the first chapter. The reason I warn against re-writing too early is that you can put yourself moving forwards.(less)
Average rating: 4.83 · 24 ratings · 9 reviews · 14 distinct works
The 51st State (Patrick Ste...

4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
I Have To Get It Right (Pat...

4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
A Changed Reality (The Stee...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Musings of a Confused Mind

4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Biter Bit (Patrick Stee...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Cessation

4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Inceptus

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Words from the Raindrops

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Grace and Favour

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Flight into Secrecy: What h...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by David L. Atkinson…

Tuesday Food Blog - Sort of cottage pie

A phrase that came from an elderly relative who lived through the second World War - 'make do and mend'. Put simply everything had more than one use. 

Sort of cottage pie
Ingredients
For the toppingPotatoes, boiled and mashed1 dstsp English mustard1 tbsp milk1 oz butter
For the pie
400g beef mincel small tin garden peas1 small tin baked beans1 onion, chopped1 tsp garlic salt1 tbsp orega Read more of this blog post »
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on March 05, 2018 10:21
I Have To Get It Right The 51st State The Biter Bit A Changed Reality Inceptus Castled Earth Plc
(9 books)
by
4.88 avg rating — 17 ratings

David’s Recent Updates

“I’ve been fighting to be who I am all my life. What’s the point of being who I am, if I can’t have the person who was worth all the fighting for?”
Stephanie Lennox, I Don't Remember You

Skadi Winter
“Everything we do and think has consequences and everything is connected by this web and has a meaning. When we touch the web on one side of the world, it ripples through it to the other - and so on.”
Skadi Winter, Hexe

81261 BOOMER LIT: Novels, Short Fiction, Memoirs and More — 680 members — last activity Nov 18, 2025 10:16AM
Boomer Lit, boomer novels, short stories, memoirs and more are here: a new genre. Let's talk about it! When boomers reached their teens in the 1960s ...more
162331 The Ghost of My Father - Fatherless Day Community Forums — 20 members — last activity Jun 10, 2015 03:22PM
Home for the Fatherless Day community and discussion group for reading bestselling author Berkun's memoir, The Ghost of My Father. Come take a look ...more
Comments (showing 1-1)    post a comment »
dateDown arrow    newest »

Douglas Wickard Thanks for your friendship on Goodreads, David.
Douglas


back to top