Fantasy Author and Book - The Time Traveller's Assistant by Ian O'Neill
A new paperback by Edlesborough fantasy writer Ian O'Neill looks set to be a success with the teenage readers. The Time Traveller's Assistant is Dunstable-born Ian's first written and published fantasy book and he will be signing books at the Leighton Buzzard Library at 10.30am on May 8. Ian, 55, of Wren Walk, said: "I've lostcount of the number of business meetings I've been in where I disappear into some fantasy world or work out a plot for a completely new story." So I thought it was about time I put some of these odd ideas into print.
I spent my youth in the 1960s and was brought up on Doctor Who and yes I did watch the Daleks frombehind the sofa. But it was must watch TV and it created a prolonged fascination with time travel. Ian started off writing for a spare time pursuit about five years ago. The sales person, who works for a Lincoln-based electronics firm, had always imagined seeing his labour in print and it was his better half Carole who eventually persuaded him to self publish his newest story. Ian said: "My wife read the fantasy book and said you have to get this published."
A little bit of cash, which was left to Ian after the passing of his Mother, funded the project. And he employed Authorhouse publishers in Milton Keynes to turn his dream into a reality. The Time Traveller's Assistant is aimed towards the 9-12 age groups and centres around the everyday life of Jimmy First, a 14-year-old kid, whohas cerebral palsy Daily life is pretty mean to Jimmy until he befriends Henry Crumble, the proprietor of a watch repair shop. After the meeting, Jimmy discovers that Henry has a secret and the search to learn what this is results in Jimmy going on the most amazing journey — one that takes him into the future towards an intriguing appointment with destiny.
Ian stated: "The paperback definitely has a feel good aspect to it. The upstart is that the key character Jimmy realises that his cerebral palsy is part of him, not all of him. "He finds this as his adventure takes him into the future which enables him to look back at his life."
As a result of his research into penning the paperback he met the supervisor of the cerebral palsy centre in Flitwick, Sally Aspinall. She was full of encouragement for Ian's work and said it was a wonderful book. The connection has now led to Ian promising to donate 50 per cent of the earnings of the sale of each paperback to the centre.
I spent my youth in the 1960s and was brought up on Doctor Who and yes I did watch the Daleks frombehind the sofa. But it was must watch TV and it created a prolonged fascination with time travel. Ian started off writing for a spare time pursuit about five years ago. The sales person, who works for a Lincoln-based electronics firm, had always imagined seeing his labour in print and it was his better half Carole who eventually persuaded him to self publish his newest story. Ian said: "My wife read the fantasy book and said you have to get this published."
A little bit of cash, which was left to Ian after the passing of his Mother, funded the project. And he employed Authorhouse publishers in Milton Keynes to turn his dream into a reality. The Time Traveller's Assistant is aimed towards the 9-12 age groups and centres around the everyday life of Jimmy First, a 14-year-old kid, whohas cerebral palsy Daily life is pretty mean to Jimmy until he befriends Henry Crumble, the proprietor of a watch repair shop. After the meeting, Jimmy discovers that Henry has a secret and the search to learn what this is results in Jimmy going on the most amazing journey — one that takes him into the future towards an intriguing appointment with destiny.
Ian stated: "The paperback definitely has a feel good aspect to it. The upstart is that the key character Jimmy realises that his cerebral palsy is part of him, not all of him. "He finds this as his adventure takes him into the future which enables him to look back at his life."
As a result of his research into penning the paperback he met the supervisor of the cerebral palsy centre in Flitwick, Sally Aspinall. She was full of encouragement for Ian's work and said it was a wonderful book. The connection has now led to Ian promising to donate 50 per cent of the earnings of the sale of each paperback to the centre.
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