Colin R Parsons
ThunderPoint Publishing
The Man with the Black Shoebox and other Strange Stories, is my first YA book and will be published by ThunderPoint Publishing in 2020.
Shortlisted for the Cover Design Awards 2018
I am so pleased to announce that my book GHOSTED was shortlisted for the Cover Design Awards 2018. My son Ryan did the fantastic cover design.
Christmas is here...
The day we met Jasper Fforde - RBF2018
Grand Opening...
I had the honour of opening the 'Story Shed' at the Oasis Academy Warndon Worcester on Thursday July 5th 2018.
Merthyr Tydfil High School...
I don't only have fun running talks and workshops in primary schools. This is Pen-Y-Dre High School in Merthyr Tydfil for Year 7,8 & 9. Great feedback from pupils too.
Readers Comments:
Wizards' Kingdom... 'My dad is a writer, but I don't read his books. I read Wizards' Kingdom and couldn't stop reading it and I thought it was great. It has loads of adventure and loads of fighting and I thought it was brilliant!' Ryan Ellory, son of R J. Ellory (Author of 'A Quiet Belief in Angel's' and 'A Simple Act of Violence.' Published by Orion.)
I really had to think about this review before writing it. There is so much right with Crank Tech One but there is also a lot that is wrong. But overall my experience reading the book was positive. The best thing to say about Crank Tech Run is that it was a fun read. The book is quirky, the story a bit different, it had some fun twists to the story and overall I read it with a smile on my face. I’ve read a lot of “robot” stories and seen a number of “robot” movies and this story was fairly original and not a rehash of plots I had seen before.
However, the writing is very uneven. There are points where I was impressed with a well written section, and then cringing at the writing in another section. Many times the story progressed forward brilliantly – but at other points it relied on hokey contrivances. If the entire book were written up to the standards of its best segments, it would be a five star sci-fi classic. The poor parts had the effect of pulling me out of the story, which is never good.
I am going with four stars because the plot was original, and there were several shining moments in the book.L Sweet 4 stars October 12 2015
