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OLLIE SANFORD

A would-be author and teacher of 12 years

As a primary school teacher, I have spent the last twelve years passing on knowledge (and the ability to be sarcastic on demand) to children aged seven to eleven.  I have always told them the same thing: when I grow up I want to be a writer.  Finally, I decided that it was about time I tried to actually head for that dream.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

My Story

Writing has been a passion of mine since I was just a child.  I actually remember writing my first proper (read as one not written as part of an English lesson at school) story when I was twelve when I was on holiday with my family.  By the time I was in my teens I was writing longer stories with multiple chapters and asking my secondary school teachers to critique my writing.

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It wasn't until I was about nineteen that I decided it was something I would like to spend the rest of my life doing.  I subsequently spent the next three years writing my first book of 368 pages only to decide that I wouldn't want it shared with the world.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it was some masterpiece: on the contrary.  It was too like the things I read for me to believe my first full length novel was original. 

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I'm always writing something and love the creative writing process.  Creating worlds and characters lets me escape.  It was only recently (about two years ago) that I began my second full length novel.  It currently sits at around 42 chapters and is nearing completion.  This is one I would like to share with others...

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Vincent van Gogh

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