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Website/Blog:

www.philipneale.blogspot.com

About Myself:

Accountant, 55, aspiring writer. Married 2 children, 2 cats (not married to the cats but they think they rule the roost). See gallery for more pictures - George was starting to demand appearance money so I relegated him to the background.......teach him to be sassy!

Ok, so we're pals again.........Hey George, see the nice reader? Kill !!!!!!

Started writing in July 2007 and found that I couldn't stop. Manuscripts now comprise 3 finished novels (60,000; 85,000; 65,000 words respectively) one in progress (currently 20,000), 2 compilations of short stories (total 100,000 words), and some messing around with poetry, although I must confess that it's not my favourite.

That started as limericks on birthday and anniversary cards and now I can't get off the hook.

If anyone knows of a cure............I may be interested (although not JUST yet).

First manuscript is now a finished and published novel "A Ticket to Tewkesbury" (see stories list for a preview and list of acknowledgements).

Stories

Published Short Stories

Date	Title	Category	Hits
Nov 18, 2008	Anniversary	Poetry	40
Nov 4, 2008	Wishful Thinking - The Final Chapter, Chapter 7	Horror	82
Nov 2, 2008	Wishful Thinking, Chapter 6	Horror	94
Nov 2, 2008	Wishful Thinking, Chapter 5	Horror	106
Oct 30, 2008	Wishful Thinking, Chapter 4	Horror	103
Oct 29, 2008	Wishful Thinking, Chapter 3	Horror	127
Oct 24, 2008	Wishful Thinking, Chapter 2	Horror	144
Oct 20, 2008	Ouch!	Humor	261
Oct 9, 2008	What Kind of Tool Am I?	Humor	209
Oct 2, 2008	Lasting Love	Miscellaneous Stories	183
Sep 29, 2008	Wishful Thinking, Chapter 1	Horror	457
Sep 26, 2008	Finders Keepers	Mystery	231
Sep 26, 2008	Two Little Dicky Birds	Mystery	283
Sep 24, 2008	Poppy Appeal	Humor	384
Sep 17, 2008	Funny You Should Say That	Humor	329
Sep 7, 2008	A Dish Served Cold	Mystery	625
Sep 5, 2008	Sparing the Rod	Non-Fiction	163
Sep 3, 2008	A Ticket to Tewkesbury	Miscellaneous Stories	640
Sep 2, 2008	Marks On the Wall	Mystery	294
Aug 31, 2008	Fight The Flab	Poetry	174

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Books

Title	Date
Full Marks	Nov 14, 2008

Comments

Title article: Clouds
Date: 2008-07-06 14:19:31

Engaging
I liked this. Will you be writing more? It could be a series, developing as the boy grows older and the threat become a reality instead of a figment of his imagination.

You'd then have something in the way of a saga, and who knows where that could end.

Good story (or start), and attention to detail in the text was excellent - reminded my of the Eiderdown Wars I used to fight using toy soldiers when I was a small boy (physically not mentally as now)

Phil

Title article: L.N.S.A Chapter 2
Date: 2008-07-06 11:39:27

LNSA
Good, fast-moving script (could be a TV drama), highly charged amd atmospheric plot.

The scene shifting kept the entire thing on an edge, and your use of clipped conversations over the phone had me going all the way to the bottom.

Like it.

Phil

Title article: Mirror, Mirror, Chapter 6
Date: 2008-07-06 11:18:58

The Final Installment.
Look, you're all going to have to be patient.

I've already been caught out by the new scale of charges, and one story cost me 5 credits rather than the 3 I was expecting...........that however was down to me missing the point about the same 24 hour period.

Yeah, yeah - tight git.....what on earth do you expect from an accountant? Generosity???

Not falling down that pit again..........the final chapter (7) will be posted sometime tomorrow to get around the problem.

Next up.........."Stick".......a murderous tale of revenge and some other stuff which I'm keeping to myswelf for the moment, so go and get knotted (just kidding).

Phil

Title article: Last Christmas
Date: 2008-07-06 05:06:15

What??????????????????
Ok dude, here's where it is.......

If 'old' means ancient, that I am most certainly not. At 55, and a mere youngster (the kids ay I'm as old a my shoe size and that is a 9)I reserve the right to put any old fiction down on paper.

I'm not a flag-waver, and have no alliegence to our overpaid and cossteted royal family (no capitals you'll notice).

I do take a lot of time and trouble, after the initial enthusiastic writing burst, to read, re-read, and edit the stuff I've done prior to publishing it here.

Guess away my friend, I could also my a homicidal axe murder with a penchant for fiction.............you'll never know.

Phil (or is it?????)

Title article: Deeper clue
Date: 2008-07-05 15:54:22

Me neither. Read it four times. Maybe it's the hour..........

Phil

Title article: UNREQUITTED: COLE'S 4TH MURDER
Date: 2008-07-05 15:52:14

Flash
Good piece of flash fiction, but I felt it could have led to more. Will it lead to more? It deserves to.

If that's what youy're looking for.........go for it.

Phil

Title article: Strength To Say Goodbye
Date: 2008-07-05 13:42:14

Strength
Having read all the above comments, and not being much of a poetry critic, all I can say is the words touched me. Anything else would be superfluous.

Phil

Title article: To Her Whom Cancer Took
Date: 2008-07-05 11:47:26

Crude
The last comment was totally unnecessary and outrageously vulgar and foul.

If you cannot make proper use of the English language, do not use it at all.

Go someplace else and peddle your childish behaviour. You do not belong on here with the grown-ups.

Phil

Title article: Killing Me Softly
Date: 2008-07-05 11:26:32

Killing Me..............................
Well. I just feel like singing, and I'll continue with MY version of the words if you don't mind (everyone's a music critic).

I used to be in the school choir, and they spent a fortune on the organ before thay found out that the awful noise was me.

You don't want me singing, you really don't - my voice will strip the varnish from a door at fifty paces.

The comments you are all making fill me up. Unfortunately it's not with beer, so that's the downside.........

Fill

Title article: Mirror, Mirror, Chapter 6
Date: 2008-07-05 11:21:23

Mirror
I thank you for your most kind comments, but all the grammatical mistakes do not get culled before publication (I'm a poor typist).

The endgame will be played out next week, and if I say so myself, it's an absolute doozey........I never saw it coming and I wrote it.

Phil

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11/02/2008 12:11:31	Re:Deletions?	Off-Topic	468
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10/29/2008 08:05:13	Re:Proclaim Your Royalty	Off-Topic	335564
10/29/2008 02:20:16	Re:There is a leg on my deck	Off-Topic	810
10/28/2008 07:43:02	Re:There is a leg on my deck	Off-Topic	810
10/21/2008 15:35:49	Re:I must perservere	Off-Topic	648
10/21/2008 08:38:22	Re:I must perservere	Off-Topic	648
10/20/2008 16:06:55	Re:Time	Off-Topic	598
10/19/2008 13:03:00	Re:Time	Off-Topic	598
10/16/2008 07:51:16	Re:quick questions you answer now!	Off-Topic	755

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Amie Kerlin (lemon)	Created On: 10/12/2008 14:53:04 Aparently I missed your birthday, so happy belated birthday. I just thought I would drop in and say hi since I hadn't talked to you in FOREVER. I have so much reading to catch up on. Feedback from Philip Neale (philneale1952): Hey Lemon, not gone "sour" on me then? Belated thanks Phil
amanda (ams)	Created On: 10/01/2008 11:34:29 happy birthday!!! Feedback from Philip Neale (philneale1952): Belated thanks Phil
Michelle Huff (allmine) Not sure.....	Created On: 10/01/2008 07:17:48 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! Feedback from Philip Neale (philneale1952): Golly, how did you know? It's really amazing that you knew..........so kind of you to remember an old man (!) Phil
Lisa (antheerr) England	Created On: 08/21/2008 12:07:32 I guess I'd better sign your guest book and say "Hi Dad". You know what I think about your writing - I like most of them (except for the one about the spiders you horrid man!), and the ones I don't are just not my cup of tea rather than there being anything wrong with them. I like the ones I already know best, like the wine one, or the ones about George and Poppy and co, but that's because I already know the stories, but enjoy the way you tell them. Anyway, keep going with it Dad - you need to start making some money though to pay for my lifestyle!!! Lisa
Max Booth III (Zombie Punk)	Created On: 08/08/2008 03:56:33 Wow. You been reading all my stories and now I feel bad I've haven't read many of yours. That gonna change, though. Just read your 'Layers of Innocence' and that was brilliant. You are truely a talented writer, my friend. I think I might start on your 'Stick' series next. Oh yeah, you can keep your cats. I'm allergic to them, they make me go blind. Keep well, Max Feedback from Philip Neale (philneale1952): That's great because George says his passport is out of date anyway. Phil
Christian Wright (The 13th) WICKLOW	Created On: 08/06/2008 14:41:53 so youre from Derbyshire.Lived in Utoxeter, thats not too far from you is it.Anyway write on. Feedback from Philip Neale (philneale1952): No, just up the road along the A50 - about half an hour. Phil
Nathan Weaver (onyxdragon) Missouri	Created On: 08/06/2008 07:59:46 I must say, I like Lulu as well. I haven't published on it, yet, though. I'm trying to finish writing and polishing a collection of short stories. I really like the way Lulu works. It's very nice. I'll have to go check your collection on Lulu out. Write on.
r.e.potter (r.e.potter) lost in my mind	Created On: 07/30/2008 05:50:21 Sit back and breath...popping stories out faster then the Spears sisters. I read fast, but not THAT fast. Feedback from Philip Neale (philneale1952): In take 'em while they're there........no fresh ideas for a day or so, but got a stock af three or four to keep me going. Phil
David Neve (Tarhead Mugwump) hill country, texas	Created On: 07/27/2008 13:29:36 i read the disaster recovery story, and typically, after reading a story i bolt over to the writer's profile before i comment. just in case it's a young'un - i don't want to tip any tea kettles... if i like the writer's style, i usually look to see if he/she has other stories - and i hope for one or two. jeez - you have many... now i have a ton of reading to do. write on! Feedback from Philip Neale (philneale1952): Errrrm..........there's fewer than there used to be. Deleted 21 and published them in a book on Lulu.com so you won't see them here any more. Had Potter grumbling at me for speed writing, but when the ideas are there, it's a shame to waste them. Thought one up last week just as I was dropping off to sleep, and for the life of me I can't remember what it was now. Must keep pen and pad by the bedside in future. Damocles was one like that, but this time it stuck until morning. Phil
Xena Elvoniche (Xena) yorshire bratts	Created On: 07/16/2008 12:19:08 sir fillip neale i christen thee... Feedback from Philip Neale (philneale1952): Muchos gracias mi amiga.