The Lost Man
At some point I had begun writing a book called 'The Lost Man'. I started with a name - Ted Dexter - not realising there was a famous cricketer of the same name, and then began creating an adventure for him.
Ted, I decided, was in the Royal Irish Fusiliers in 1940, serving in France just as the Dunkirk evacuation was about to get underway. Left behind with three other soldiers, Ted makes his way to the coast, eventually arriving on the beaches the day after the last British serviceman has been lifted off.
His daring escape brings him to the attention of Winston Churchill who chooses Ted to be his personal agent, with a brief to wreak havoc on the Germans.
Recently published by Hobart Books, this was the first in twelve (to date) adventures for Ted. In time I hope to publish these other books.
The Lost Man was apparently good enough to get me to the heats of a televised writing competition on the Alan Titchmarsh Show. I didn't win my heat but afterwards a top London literary agent expressed an interest in the story.
However after weeks of hope, it was decided that 'The Lost Man' wasn't good enough.
A decade would pass before my next brush with success.
Ted, I decided, was in the Royal Irish Fusiliers in 1940, serving in France just as the Dunkirk evacuation was about to get underway. Left behind with three other soldiers, Ted makes his way to the coast, eventually arriving on the beaches the day after the last British serviceman has been lifted off.
His daring escape brings him to the attention of Winston Churchill who chooses Ted to be his personal agent, with a brief to wreak havoc on the Germans.
Recently published by Hobart Books, this was the first in twelve (to date) adventures for Ted. In time I hope to publish these other books.
The Lost Man was apparently good enough to get me to the heats of a televised writing competition on the Alan Titchmarsh Show. I didn't win my heat but afterwards a top London literary agent expressed an interest in the story.
However after weeks of hope, it was decided that 'The Lost Man' wasn't good enough.
A decade would pass before my next brush with success.
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