Bruce Harris Books
In writing terms, I am a late developer. Lucky enough to get early retirement in my mid-fifties, I decided that this was the time when I would have to put the proposition to the test; could I write stuff that people will be willing to publish, now I was able to concentrate on it without it needing to make me money?
Publishers look for some kind of publication record, and I reckoned to do that, I’d have to concentrate on short stories and poems, including entering the many short fiction and poetry competitions there were at the time (which there still are, but perhaps not as many as 2003).
Bit by bit, I made progress with magazines, both written and online, and started getting results in competitions – prizes, commendations, short listings etc. My first book, ‘First Flame’, published in 2013, contained 25 stories which had all won something in U.K. competitions.
Progress to novels came with the publication of Howell Grange in 2019. This site now carries details of all the books published so far, including novels, short story collections and poetry collections. I hope visitors to the site will find something of interest amongst them, but the only way to really know what a book is about is to get a copy and read it.
Some of my books have been dedicated to Huntington’s Disease charities. This pernicious and deadly disease took my partner from me in 2023. Recent developments suggest that HD may not be far from being finally beaten, but I will continue to donate my book earnings to those fighting it; too late for my partner now, but perhaps what we had to go through can be avoided for future generations.
