The Brumby Creek Tales (e-pub edn.): Stories From the Annals of Brumby Creek
About this ebook
There are no heroes and no grand events; just every-day happenings that have a humorous and entertaining twist. The reader will identify with the characters. Some are likable. Some are forgettable, but forgivable. The psychoanalyst would agree that there is one of each kind of psyche. The historian would say they were typical country folk, but that just depends which one the reader feels closest to.
Enjoy!
About the author
John D'Mille was the teen-aged carpenter who fell through most things, ceilings, roof tiles and broken bricks, that allowed him something less than a fatal bump on the ground. It was not a good preparation for most careers but he does enjoy writing stories. John could never be accused of not trying new ways to go. The problem was that he was one of those kids who caught the polio that our loved and blameless troops carried back from places abroad at the end of the war. That disaster limited his choices, more than one would expect, but it also blunted his desire to serve in the military which would have meant Vietnam or on one of those training vessels that the Navy lost along the way.
Teaching was a rewarding choice whilst ever the physical demands allowed. Tutoring in law was a dream that almost came true. In the end there was a stack of credentials and a mountain of challenges that might never be fulfilled, except by writing stories.
John D'Mille's family have been supportive, tolerant and generous while this objective was fulfilled.
The characters in his tales are not real, but their little traits, some irritations and a lot of humour makes the story writers' characters a little bit real.
Two full novels is the plan for 2015 together with a dozen or more stories and other publications. There is a load of writing waiting for the publisher's enthusiasm. It will be an interesting year!