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David Munday

David Munday

About

A 55 year old father of six. He is an amateur magician

and loves making people laugh with his magical antics.

David has always been interested in telling stories,

he finds it a relaxing way of expressing his vivid imagination and quirky sense of humour.

He started out just telling stories ad lib to entertain friends on long bus or car journeys.

Responding to requests to get these tails written down he started writing as a past time

but this soon became a quest to get them published as the stories just kept on coming.

Now thanks to youwriteon.com he has just published his first children's novel.


"The Secret Dummy Of Joshua Bean".

The book is published in paperback and is now available online from Amazon.co.uk,
Waterstones, Barnes & Noble and WH Smith.

A Dime Is a Sign: Poems of Love and Loss (Feelings Into Words)

A Dime Is a Sign: Poems of Love and Loss (Feelings Into Words)

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<p>A psychic medium once said that if you find a random dime, it is a sign that someone that you have loved and lost is thinking of you.</p><p><strong>A Dime is a Sign Through Time</strong></p><p><em>If you find a dime, </em></p><p><em>You will know that I'm</em></p><p><em>Sending thoughts of love</em></p><p><em>Through the veil of time.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Ten cents with a silver shine, </em></p><p><em>A sense sent you to help remind</em></p><p><em>That someone who left you behind</em></p><p><em>Is always living in your mind.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Sending love and vibes, </em></p><p><em>Felt as psychic sighs ...</em></p><p><em>The ones that you miss, </em></p><p><em>Send you a kiss ...</em></p><p> </p><p>Sherrill S. Cannon's second book of poetry contains messages written through the years in poetic form that put feelings into words. As a teacher, many of her poems helped counsel troubled teens and friends.</p><p>There are three sections in the book: Heads, Spinning, and Tails ... (Love &amp; Loss: Coin Toss?). The variety of lyrical poetry forms include free verse, blank verse, haiku, and sonnets, while some are just playing with words!</p><p>Hopefully, this is also a book of healing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sherrill S. Cannon, a former teacher and grandmother of ten, is the author of nine acclaimed rhymed children's books, plus a recent award-winning book of poetry <em>(A Penny for Your Thoughts), </em>which together have received 63 national and international book awards since 2011. She also wrote seven published plays for elementary school children that have been performed in over 25 countries. Most of her children's books emphasize consideration for others. Married for 58 years, she and her spouse are now retired, live in Pennsylvania, and travel in their RV from coast to coast, spending time with their children and grandchildren, and sharing her books along the way!</p><p> </p>

Story Behind The Book

David has always been interested in telling stories, finding it a relaxing way of expressing his vivid imagination and quirkysense of humour. He started out just telling stories 'ad lib' to entertain friends on long bus and car journeys. Responding to requests to get his stories written down he started writing as a past time and found it soon became a quest to get them published as the stories just kept on coming. Now thanks to YouWriteOn.com he has published his first children's novel 'The Secret Dummy Of Joshua Bean'.

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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="0" align="right" valign="top">  <br />  </td> <td width="100%" align="left" valign="top"> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;">Reviews Found on Amazon.co.uk<br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <span style="margin-left:-5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-4-0._V45457020_.gif" alt="4.0 out of 5 stars" width="64" border="0" height="12" /></span> <strong>An exciting book</strong>, 16 May 2009</div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">By </td><td><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/pdp/profile/A3AXZQTZPQ4DAY/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mr. Brian M. Cornford <span style="white-space:nowrap;">&quot;brain&quot;<img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/common/carrot._V29439968_.gif" class="custPopRight" style="border:medium none;" alt="" /></span></span></a> (uk) - <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3AXZQTZPQ4DAY/ref=cm_cr_pr_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&amp;sort_by=MostRecentReview">See all my reviews</a><br /><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/reputation/c7y_badge_rn_1._V45457015_.gif" alt="(REAL NAME)" width="58" border="0" height="15" />    </td></tr></tbody></table></div> This little novel re-ignited in me a passion to read fiction that had been dormant for many years. Once I had started reading, I HAD to see what happened next. I found it impossible to put the book down- it is a real page turner! <br />My wife enjoyed it too, and so did three young people aged between 10 and 16...the real litmus test! Two of these are quite reluctant readers but after they started reading, they couldn't put the book down,finding it as much fun as I did. <br />I can recommend it highly to anyone who can read independently, including adults- I'm over 50. More inexperienced children would enjoy having it read to them. <br /><div style="padding-top:10px;clear:both;width:100%;"> <table style="width:3px;height:21px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"> <div style="padding-right:15px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:5px;"> <strong class="tiny" style="color:#666666;white-space:nowrap;"></strong>  </div> </div> </td> <td width="1" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <br /></td> <td align="left" valign="top"><br /></td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <br /></td> </tr></tbody></table><a></a><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="0" align="right" valign="top">   </td> <td width="100%" align="left" valign="top"> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <span style="margin-left:-5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-5-0._V45450368_.gif" alt="5.0 out of 5 stars" width="64" border="0" height="12" /></span> <strong>VERY GOOD READ</strong>, 9 Jan 2010</div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">By </td><td><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/pdp/profile/A1A03GXKSUOBW2/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Ann Cooper &quot;&quot;book burned <span style="white-space:nowrap;">alive&quot;<img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/common/carrot._V29439968_.gif" class="custPopRight" style="border:medium none;" alt="" /></span></span></a> (Liverpool England) - <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1A03GXKSUOBW2/ref=cm_cr_pr_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&amp;sort_by=MostRecentReview">See all my reviews</a><br /><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/reputation/c7y_badge_rn_1._V45457015_.gif" alt="(REAL NAME)" width="58" border="0" height="15" />    </td></tr></tbody></table></div> Brilliant read would recommend for children and adults alike the ending was in my opinion left open so we might just see another book, Joshua could very well star in a series of adventures. <div style="padding-top:10px;clear:both;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"> <div style="padding-right:15px;"> <div> <strong class="tiny" style="color:#666666;white-space:nowrap;"></strong><span style="margin-left:-3px;"></span><span style="margin-left:-3px;"></span><span style="margin-left:-3px;">  <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/vote/ref=cm_cr_pr_voteyn?ie=UTF8&amp;2115%7CR2HOKVKS76HAAN.contentAssoc.2=1&amp;huri=%2Fgp%2Fcustomer-reviews%2F1849230293&amp;halg=1&amp;type=pipeline&amp;2115%7CR2HOKVKS76HAAN.contentAssoc.1.id=A1A03GXKSUOBW2&amp;2115%7CR2HOKVKS76HAAN.contentAssoc.2.id=1849230293&amp;uid=2115R2HOKVKS76HAANHelpfulReviews2&amp;2115%7CR2HOKVKS76HAAN.contentAssoc.1=1&amp;qv=1%7Cdp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt&amp;contentId=2115%7CR2HOKVKS76HAAN&amp;label=Helpful&amp;2115%7CR2HOKVKS76HAAN.contentAssoc.2.type=ProductSet&amp;hmac=1A5619B20E36435DF40ADB48611752E11A4668BD&amp;qk=showViewpoints%7Cref_&amp;ifRes=showYesNoResponse&amp;context=Reviews&amp;2115%7CR2HOKVKS76HAAN.contentAssoc.1.type=AmazonCustomer&amp;needsSignIn=1&amp;voteValue=1"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/reviews/btn-yes-sec-md._V254992063_.gif" alt="Yes" width="35" border="0" height="18" /></a> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/vote/ref=cm_cr_pr_voteyn?ie=UTF8&amp;2115%7CR2HOKVKS76HAAN.contentAssoc.2=1&amp;huri=%2Fgp%2Fcustomer-reviews%2F1849230293&amp;halg=1&amp;type=pipeline&amp;2115%7CR2HOKVKS76HAAN.contentAssoc.1.id=A1A03GXKSUOBW2&amp;2115%7CR2HOKVKS76HAAN.contentAssoc.2.id=1849230293&amp;uid=2115R2HOKVKS76HAANHelpfulReviews2&amp;2115%7CR2HOKVKS76HAAN.contentAssoc.1=1&amp;qv=1%7Cdp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt&amp;contentId=2115%7CR2HOKVKS76HAAN&amp;label=Helpful&amp;2115%7CR2HOKVKS76HAAN.contentAssoc.2.type=ProductSet&amp;hmac=1A5619B20E36435DF40ADB48611752E11A4668BD&amp;qk=showViewpoints%7Cref_&amp;ifRes=showYesNoResponse&amp;context=Reviews&amp;2115%7CR2HOKVKS76HAAN.contentAssoc.1.type=AmazonCustomer&amp;needsSignIn=1&amp;voteValue=-1"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/reviews/btn-no-sec-md._V254992060_.gif" alt="No" width="35" border="0" height="18" /></a> </span> </div> </div> </td> <td width="1" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <br /></td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div style="padding-left:15px;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;padding-top:5px;"><span class="tiny"></span></div> </div> <br /></td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <br /></td> </tr></tbody></table><a></a><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="0" align="right" valign="top">   </td> <td width="100%" align="left" valign="top"> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <span style="margin-left:-5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-5-0._V45450368_.gif" alt="5.0 out of 5 stars" width="64" border="0" height="12" /></span> <strong>Hillarious and Gripping tale.</strong>, 3 Jan 2009</div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">By </td><td><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/pdp/profile/A28GPV8Z8JX7Z8/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">SJ<img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/common/carrot._V29439968_.gif" class="custPopRight" style="border:medium none;" alt="" /></span></span></a> - <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A28GPV8Z8JX7Z8/ref=cm_cr_pr_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&amp;sort_by=MostRecentReview">See all my reviews</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <table border="0"><tbody><tr><td><br /></td> <td><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div> Did not know what to expect from this unknown writer, however the story told in so few pages had me excited and I'm no child! <br /><br />Each chapter ends with a cliffhanger and makes you want to read more! This is good old fashioned story telling as it should be. <br /><br />The story is both fast paced and original and will leave you wanting to read more. Although it is aimed at children you will find yourself hooked and wanting to read more, the perspective of a three year old puts a refreshing spin on the story as you get to see situations from a childs view. <br /><br />I would recommend this book to any parent/child and any adult who enjoys a funny and gripping read. <div style="padding-top:10px;clear:both;width:100%;"> <table style="width:4px;height:21px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"> <div style="padding-right:15px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:5px;"> <strong class="tiny" style="color:#666666;white-space:nowrap;">  </strong>  </div> </div> </td> <td width="1" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <br /></td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <br /></td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <br /></td> </tr></tbody></table><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="0" align="right" valign="top">   </td> <td width="100%" align="left" valign="top"> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <span style="margin-left:-5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-5-0._V45450368_.gif" alt="5.0 out of 5 stars" width="64" border="0" height="12" /></span> <strong>Genius</strong>, 17 Dec 2008</div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">By </td><td><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/pdp/profile/A1NCU7UBYHQAGD/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp"><span style="font-weight:bold;">piglet <span style="white-space:nowrap;">69<img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/common/carrot._V29439968_.gif" class="custPopRight" style="border:medium none;" alt="" /></span></span></a> - <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1NCU7UBYHQAGD/ref=cm_cr_pr_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&amp;sort_by=MostRecentReview">See all my reviews</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div> The tale of a three year old with a powerful secret. <br />The strange effect of the contamination of his dummy (pacifier) propels Joshua into an exciting roller coaster of an adventure. <br />This is a humorous and refreshing read for fun loving adults and kids. <br />Brilliant for those bedtime story moments. Be warned though you will still be reading this even after they've gone to sleep!! </td></tr></tbody></table>