I thought to myself as I sat by the old keill ruins near Spooyt Vane "If someone wrote a story about all the people who have walked down this path, it would be a grand tale."
So I did.
But even though I've sweated blood and sat up at nights extricating people from situations of fear, danger and sorrow and people have said, "Cor! That's a cracking read." (or words to that effect), no-one wants to publish it.
Various reasons have been given such as "Who wants to read about the Isle of Man?" and "Maybe if you switched the location to London...?" but I still think the story of the Isle of Man seen through the eyes of various characters throughout history is a worthy tale.
All the protagonists and antagonists are fictitious, only the real are real (if you see what I mean?)
Anyway, if anyone is interested I may publish the first part on this blog a chapter at a time. Worked for Dickens!
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