About
Alan Cash is a literacy teacher, teaching English as a foreign language.
He traces his love of telling stories to his mother, who used to invent wondrous tales of Pink Chicken and The Marmalade Cat.
He has been writing ever since he could hold a pencil, and when he discovered science fiction there was no holding him.
He has been a member of the Birmingham SF and Fantasy Writer's Group since its inception over 27 years ago.
He has written loads of short stories, one of which was broadcast on the BBC.
He is now looking for a publisher for his latest novel "The Xandra Function", an SF techno-thriller, set in the world of computer gaming.
For further information just type in The Janus Effect Alan Cash into any search engine, which will take you to his website.
Not writing would be unthinkable!
My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book
Description
<p>Have you ever seen a "work of art" worth millions, which looks like something your child just brought home from school?</p><p>The dual perspective of "Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder" and just a little bit of "The Emperor's New Clothes" is evident in this clever artwork story of a child who paints a fingerpaint print in class and then loses it in the wind on the way home.</p><p>Illustrated from the point of view of a child, whose identity is left to the imagination of the reader since all of the illustrations are what the child sees, the fingerpaint print is interpreted by official "judges" as well as by bystanders. Should people be influenced by what others see, or use their own self-esteem to make their own judgments? This coloring book version allows children to illustrate their own version of the book, and even to create a "masterpiece" of their own!</p><p>This is the fourth rhyming children's coloring book by this award-winning author, whose other bestselling books include David's ADHD, My Little Angel, The Golden Rule, Mice & Spiders & Webs...Oh My!, Manner-Man, Gimme-Jimmy, The Magic Word, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys and Santa's Birthday Gift.</p><p><strong>About The Author:</strong> Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won over 100 awards for her previous rhyming books and coloring books, and is also the author of 7 published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. She has been called "a modern day Dr. Seuss." - GTMA Review</p>
Story Behind The Book
The background to "The Xandra Function" is the ever increasingly competitive computer games industry, and what may happen when a computer programme absorbs enough human input from the next generation of totally immersive game playing involving complete human brain and computer memory interface. What will happen then? Can a computer differerentiate between what is "real" and what it thinks is "real"?
Reviews
Fran McCallister is an intriguing creation- part geek, part female James Bond.The novel rattles along at an ever accelerating pace.<br />Recommended for anyone who enjoys intelligent imaginative thought provoking science fiction.<br />High level of suspense.<br />Less Sci-Fi- more a Romance
