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David Welsh

David Welsh

About

Having picked up the Hobbit at the age of seven, I was hooked on fantasy novels and vowed to write my own. Ok, so it only took 30 years but I finally did it!

My background is in Virtual Reality and I spent a good deal of time working in this field when i’d decided it was time to move on and fell into video game development.

As for my writing? It’s one of those things I find relaxing and stressful, often at the exact same time! I sometimes feel my brain is being torn in two. I’m sure whoever reads this can easily relate to the feeling too.

When I write, I love writing about the ‘underdogs’, where the heroes are real but seriously flawed. This gives an excellent opportunity to throw in some humor too, because while its great to create a fantasy world, I always want to give the reader an opportunity to smile and laugh once in a while too.

When i’m not writing, you can usually find me wandering around looking aimlessly with a camera here in Santa Monica. Or, if you’re a scuba diver, make sure to wave when you see me under the waves. And finally, if you happen to be in the hills after dark and see some guy squinting through his telescope, please don’t be afraid. Instead, please offer me a cup of tea because my hands are usually freezing!

Santa's Birthday Gift

Santa's Birthday Gift

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<p><span style="color:#000000;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">Santa’s Birthday Gift was written in response to a grandchild’s question, after reading the story of the Nativity.<span>  </span>She asked, “But where’s Santa?”<span>  </span>This story tells the story of the Nativity and then goes on to tell the story about how when Jesus is born, Santa sees the star at the North Pole and travels to see the baby.  Since he is a toymaker, he brings his bag of toys - and offers them to the Christ Child, and then to all the people of the town.  His birthday gift to Jesus is a promise to bring gifts to all good boys and girls each year on the Christ Child's birthday</span></p>

Story Behind The Book

This book is based on the underdog. I've always loved reading about people and animals which make it through some scary situation. This always resonated with me, so I decided to incorporate this into the book. The heroes in Legend Unborn are courageous but flawed and this gave me the opportunity to inject some humor into the novel. The other aspect I wanted to focus on was the 'fantasy'. When I used to read fantasy novels as a child (and even now), I was always somewhat disappointed because whenever a wizard would cast a spell, they would be weakened or when they did cast it, the effect was somewhat 'limited'. So I wanted to create a world where the battles were extravagant and spells would really knock your socks off!

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&quot;The one thing I can say about this book is that it's fun! It has a good plot, nice pace and some really great action pieces. But it's also a fantasy novel with &quot;balls&quot;, shall we say. When these characters battle, they go all out.&quot;<br />J.Edwards (Amazon.com)<br /><br />&quot;From the start we are introduced to the characters in such a light-hearted, upbeat way that it's impossible not to want to know how their lives develop along the way. And the author has created a fantastic world to place them all in, as well as capture our imaginations. &quot;<br /><br />Carl (Amazon.co.uk)<br /><br />&quot;This book is a must!Think of it as Robert Graves and a light touch of Terry Pratchett; BUT make NO mistake, this is a fresh new talent - if this is Mr Welsh's first attempt, then this guy is one to watch. Bravo sir! &quot;<br /><br />Euron (Amazon.co.uk)