Guest Post ~ Time Has Past, By Graeme Taylor

Available on Amazon UK and Amazon US

There have been many books written about Jack the Ripper, both fictional and ones based on fact. This book takes on the story with an unusual twist. It involves a man who stumbles onto a portal, a gateway to the past. How does he react to such a situation, and how involved will he let himself get? Would that involvement change history

and distort the timeline? 

My Writing, My Novel

I think, like a lot of people, I always thought that I would love to write a novel. It eventually happened, although I did wait until I was in my fifties to make it happen. I don't know where I got the idea from to write a Fictional Story based on Historic events, it just seemed to pop into my head. It took a little bit of research but that wasn't a problem as you might expect the World Wide Web is full of information about the Ripper. The story grew as I got more into the plot, I used to dictate the story in my head when driving or travelling on public transport.

The funniest thing was that I actually thought the ending two thirds into writing the novel and had the final chapter written early. I was always desperate to get to a PC and type in my commuting thoughts, it led to a lot of Proofreading and a great many punctuation errors, but I did not mind this one bit as long as I got my thoughts down on paper or in this case my PC Word Document.

I suppose the inspiration to write my novel came from the publication of my poetry book, after years of writing the odd poem here and there and losing some in the process, I decided to self-publish. It was a great feeling seeing my poetry book on the Amazon Website. The feeling grew when the novel appeared about 20 months later.

I cannot express enough my gratitude for all the help I have received in the publishing of my book from my publisher, from the very first consultation to the finished article the team have constantly kept me up to date on the progress and have been extremely helpful and quick to respond to my many questions with a very professional and friendly approach.  

Graeme Taylor

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About the Author

Graeme Taylor grew up in a working class family and went to the shipyards as a young 16 year old to serve his time as a Marine Fitter. After 15 years, including an apprenticeship, he moved into the shipbuilding offices and trained as a Planning Engineer. After three years doing this job he became a travelling Contractor, working in the UK, Europe and the Far East. I am currently still working as a Planning Engineer thirty three years later. He lives in Habrough, England with his wife and three daughters. Find out more at Graeme's website http://www.graytoon.co.uk/ and find him on Facebook and Twitter @graytoon1.