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Kiddywinkies Book. Yep, is there no end to this bastard's whatever. May 08 and I'm about to tout my kid's book, The Amazing Adventures of Scary Bones the Skeleton', around the publishers (help me find one and there'll be a tasty back-hander for you, remember Ron's no holding back deep pocket bastard when he's acknowledging his mates and slipping one in fer the ladies, no worries). Have a look in me pics to see the draft cover.

From now on my life appears to be a lot more boring than it actually was 'cos, apart from the regular drilling, I always had something going on alongside the so-called conventional mainstream, eg I built and cruised a narrow boat (a real good looking traditional bugger not a steel update on a plastic pig, probably still out there somewhere, it was called the Phoenix); renovated houses; wrote comedy, got some on the News Huddlines; wrote and promoted local stage shows; did a bit of painting; invented things including a game which was take up by a big company,and then dropped! and so on) Through part-time study I got the degrees of BA.,(God Bless the OU) M.Sc., and PhD.,(let's hear it for Aston!) became a Research and Chartered Psychologist, and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. This now meant that I could cure myself of insanity but it spoilt my enjoyment of the Theatre as I spent most of my time watching the audience. I was Principal Lecturer for post-graduate awards and Head of Special Needs and Habilitation Dept for nearly ten years in what is now the University of Winchester. I have too many academic and research based publications, many focused upon behavioural and emotional difficulties (what a surprise!) to count. My Teacher Information Pack (Tips), published by Macmillan Education, tackled the whole range of Special Educational Needs, and was described in a psychological Journal review as an ‘Opus Magnum’ (two words destined to become the name for a very popular ice cream). I was the originator, author and co-developer of the Baby Progress Guides, a pack of materials designed to help parents assess their baby’s development, still the best thing ever in this area and I need somebody to kick-start it again, so if you want to make a fortune, mail me). I had a regular column, The Dawson File, in Special Children magazine.

BUT NOW, with all that 'don't make a wave' stuff behind me, I've written my first novel......da da dee daaaaaaaa........The Last Viking.....(what a winner!)

AND..... a second... ‘I, Oedipus’,... is on the way. The story is told from the psychological perspective (ie inside the nutty bastard's head) of a serial rapist and killer who is obsessed by the Oedipus myth........... So, back to

THE LAST VIKING,.....Yeah Man, Rock on Tommy, Shit my pants, Lick my lolly, Rah, rah,rah....

This is the splurge on the back cover:

An exciting new novel by Ron Dawson At the cost of his own life, Ronnie Wheeler, the last surviving member of the Aston Villains, a Birmingham gangster mob, tells the inside story of the world’s greatest robbery. Telling of sea crossings in the dead of night in DUKW amphibious vehicles, the explosive, and often riotous, destruction of Guernsey’s links with the outside world, the savage capture of its police force, barbaric shootings, horrific torture and deaths, high stake gambles, treachery, revenge, inter-gang rivalries, the unremitting merciless powers of Her Majesty’s Secret Services, Nazi money laundering, impetuous and divisive sex, this is a fast moving story with unexpected twists and turns and a dramatic finalé. But why was news of this massive and violent raid murderously and mercilessly suppressed by the British establishment? Why did some of the gang walk free while others had to die? And just what was Ronnie Wheeler's final deal, and why did he also have to die?

‘An accurate and enjoyable insight into criminal behaviour and the world of crime…. Told in the authentic voice of an unrepentant criminal, this book tells it as it really is!’...... Mike Ford, Detective Sergeant (Retired), Crime Squad

A gripping blow by blow, behind the scenes, account of the heist of the century! The criminal mind at its best!......Dr Roger Merry, Psychologist.

‘An audacious robbery...An exciting adventure story...Refreshing realism...Consistently entertaining’..........Reviewer, Tindal Street Press.

NOW SEE FEEDBACK FROM SOME MYSPACERS ON THE VIKING SITE.

THE LAST VIKING (ISBN 141208683-3)

Available on line from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com, WHSmith.co.uk, Trafford.com/06-0439 and many more & good bookshops, eg. Bondsbooks. Harborne, Birmingham, On Guernsey, The Bookshop, St Sampsons, and The Press Bookshop, St Peter Port.

NB. The Last Viking contains STRONG LANGUAGE and scenes of VIOLENCE and is NOT recommended FOR GIRLIES, WETLEGS and VICARS.

Now to... Da da dee daaaaaa....... my next book (half done), a more poetic little comedy number I am calling

'I,OEDIPUS'.

This is the Pitch, verbatum, (or verbotan, depending on which side of the Rhine you are)that I am using to promote it (NB you may notice that the straight jacket is still there when you are trying to sell stuff to people who don't really want it)

In his novel ‘Red Dragon’ Thomas Harris first introduced the world to America’s Hannibal Lector. In his second novel, ‘I, OEDIPUS’ Ron L Dawson introduces Britain to its most sinister and psychotic serial killer, Joseph L Stepping. Joseph L Stepping is an only son and, unknown to him, a child of incest. He is emotionally and socially inadequate, a lonely young man living with his attractive mother. A failed rape attempt results in his first murder of a young girl and an awakening of sexual desires for his mother. He becomes aware of, and becomes obsessed by, the story of Oedipus. His ill-informed and distorted interpretation of the myth drives him to commit serial rape attempts which culminate in the murder of his victims. He also begins to kill those he perceives as his enemy and, on discovering that his own father is alive, he seeks him out and kills him too. His deluded prophesy, however, fails to materialise and so his sexual assaults and murders continue. Finally, a rape attempt which goes disastrously wrong results in his mother’s discovery of his crimes and his worship of Oedipus as his God. In a sad attempt to save her son from retribution, she becomes his final victim.

It is set in 1963 (a good year for music), and, like the Last Viking, features the garden city of Birmingham again although it could be easily modified to any major city. All possibilties for a West End musical version considered, provided that John Travolting does not play Stepping and Olivia Newton St John his mixed up mom.