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10-Jun-2008

Copyright: Michael Coatesworth

Last revised: June 08, 2008

Hello and Welcome to all my readers, I hope you enjoy your visit

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I hope that you have lots of good health and happiness in your life

June 2008 / July 2008 issue of Time for a cuppa!

I hope you enjoy it.

Mike Coatesworth

My novels

My new novel Peter and Sarah in the bookstores

"Peter and Sarah, A Single Rose"

ISBN of paperback book “Peter and Sarah” will be: 0-595-44196-3

ISBN of the eBook editions of “Peter and Sarah” is: 0-595-88527-6

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Another new novel in the bookstores

"Homespun Yorkshire Tales"

ISBN: 978-1-84753-337-1

"Time for a Cuppa!"

ISBN: 0-595-22495-4

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"One tear is not enough"

ISBN: 1-4137-1686-5

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Contributors on my website:

Mike Coatesworth, Norbert "Doc Gater" Smith

Sylvia Lukeman, Sheila Littleton.

Bette Compton, Anne Brett, Osama TaHa

Ursula T Gibson, Gemini Wings, George W Knox

Danny Riggs, Sandy Zentgraf, Bobby Woodall, Nick Hardy

Jacqueline Franco, Christy L Klahn, Alexandra Webb, Caroljean Giammetta

Mike Diaz, Skyblest, Patricia Fowler, Gayle Martin

Kerri Renée Jenkins, J.W.B. Laing, Ray Thomas, Jim MacConnell, Miriam Capps

William Layton Nelson, Jim Love

Miskitti, Carole Horton, Marc Lensly, Trevor Litchfield

Bob Williams, Bill Hawksford, Mollie Matthews, Fritz Ward Jnr

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An eventful month

Well the past month has certainly been eventful for me. First I was informed that my new modernised electric wheelchair will soon be delivered, which is not bad seeing as I’ve only been waiting six months for it. Next I was informed that I have to go into hospital again as soon as a bed becomes available, which I’ve recently been informed shouldn’t be too long now as I’m on top of the waiting list. Then finally after a lot of stress worrying, waiting, family arrivals, my wife Betty and me decided to go on holiday to Majorca, for a week’s relaxation, which we thoroughly enjoyed. We returned home a week later to find our house on fire! Fortunately the firemen did a great job and saved ninety per cent of my property.

Within four days, around twenty workmen from builders to carpenters and gas contractors visited my home and restored it to its former glory. Now one can hardly tell that there was a fire. Apparently, children had been playing with matches in a nearby den that they had built near my fence and the den caught fire, which in turn set fire to my three jumbo containers that exploded and sent flames soaring into the air onto my roof. At first, neighbours thought I was in the house asleep and they attempted to break in to save me, but my house is like fort knox (which I’m now not sure is a good thing) and no matter how they tried, they couldn’t get in. Fortunately the house was empty, and then a further explosion blew my windows out, so the neighbours were able to get in and confirm I was not at home.

The children were not caught, but the police had unproven suspicions. At least it was not deliberate and no one was hurt. The insurance company were very good and paid out the same day. If I had been in the house at the time, I think that the smoke would have got to me before the flames and I would not be writing this tale now.

The good side is that Betty enjoyed the time shopping and replacing some of the items that were lost as we now have more modern possessions.

Still, my kettle was okay, so I was able to have a much needed cuppa!

Mike Coatesworth

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Find a soft spot to land on review

I have had a profession review of my latest manuscript "Find a soft spot to land on" of which I was pleasantly surprised that it was received with such worth. I find the review fair and the reviewer came across as very knowledgeable in the aims that I was trying to achieve in getting my story across to the readers, you can read the review on my main webpage at http://www.btinternet.com/~mikeco158/mike.htm

Mike

Find a soft spot to land on

Michael Coatesworth

As a child I hated learning and spent most of my time playing truant from school. Being stabbed by my father for taking a slice of bread and locked in the coal cellar, suffering years of abuse, torture and hospitalised at the hands of my step-mother, I quickly learned to find a soft spot to land on.

We were five children being brought up by a deaf blind aunt, which led to jealousy and a physical assault on my aunt by my stepmother, and my aunt had to fight back ferociously to survive the onslaught. My birth mother deserted the family when I was two. I was thrown on to the streets by my father when I was 14-years-old because he wanted to live with his lady friend. Next to the youngest of five children, I missed being part of a family, and I lived rough on the streets, and I was on the verge of suicide. It was at the age of 17 that my older brother Alan managed to save me at the last minute and helped me to take stock of my life. He took care of me and encouraged me to join the army, and I took his advice.

Having my brother murdered by a burglar was a great shock to me. One thing that I had promised Alan was that if anything happened to him, I would continue with the search for our birth mother - who we had not seen or heard of since the day she left us in 1951.

One night in 1985, as I was working as a security guard, tragedy struck, and I was knocked down by a car and I suffered serious head injuries. The accident left me wheelchair bound and unable to tell a tin of beans from a tin of rice, so that I had to learn everything again. Day centres and carers were constantly trying to stimulate my brain in an attempt to make me learn how to live my life again. The funny thing was that I still retained my memories of my childhood and teenage years.

I attended a college for students with learning disabilities, and I was taught all about computers and how to design my own web page albeit simple. As my life improved and I learnt more about the wonders of technology, I began searching for my birth mother on the Internet, and finally found her.

While on holiday in Majorca, I met Lawrence, he told me that he would make me walk again.

Just as I was preparing myself for a possible enhancement in my lifestyle, I was diagnosed with a tumour on my spine, now I had another battle on my hands.

Here is my story

Mike Coatesworth

If you would like to read about my romance tragedy novel, “One tear is not enough,” an inspirational novel in the finest traditions, then all you have to do is click here. http://www.btinternet.com/~mikeco158/onetear1.htm

Set against a panoramic background from England to India and spanning eight decades, this epic family saga follows the courageous and spirited Celia, as she overcomes hardship and tragedy to truly define the human spirit. Against all odds, she survives the death of her beloved Bill Tucker, a savage mental institution. Blind and going deaf, she tries to overcome some very big obstacles to raise her brother's five children as her own.

I know that you will enjoy the book, and so far I’ve had some excellent reviews on it. As one newspaper stated, “One tear is not enough is like reading a Sunday night film.”

Or if you prefer short stories over a Cuppa, then my book “Time for a Cuppa!” which is a book of tales of childhood and growing up in Yorkshire (Herriot country) by a true Yorkshire-man

A novel of very interesting short stories from the beautiful countryside of the Yorkshire dales, easy reading with a Cuppa! You can buy a copy by clicking here. http://www.btinternet.com/~mikeco158/cuppa1.htm

Well I hope that you enjoy all the readings on this site.

Time for a Cuppa!

Mike Coatesworth

There is an excellent news and story website that I am writing articles for and it has a readership of over a million, and I can truly state that I am delighted to let you know that the site is well worth a visit.

It is at:

http://www.openwriting.com/

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If you would like to read more of my tales, then you can get my novels from your local library.

I wish to thank all the people who have written to me, and I always answer the letters as soon as possible.

Also I wish to thank all the people who take a few minutes from their busy schedules to sign my guest book

Time for a Cuppa!

Mike

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Copyright 2007 Michael Coatesworth and Original Authors All rights reserved. Note: No part of any material on this and other pages can be reproduced in any way without any of the author's written permission. All rights remain with the author.

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My Family in Memoriam

In Memory of my Aunt Chrissie

In Memory of my Sister, Jean

In Memory of my Dad

In Memory of my Brother Alan

In Memory of my Stepmother Lillian

In Memory of my Granddad (on my dad's side)

In Memory of my Grandmother (on my dad's side)