Staring At The Sun

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Parts 5
Time 1h 11m

Reads 182
Votes 3
Parts 5
Time 1h 11m

Mature

My first attempt at a full story, almost of novel length. I've been working on it since 2008, and will be uploading on here each chapter as I work through them.

The synoposis (what would go on the back cover of the book):

'I am Paul Gogarty, and I am a boy attempting to be a man. I am a grumpy 'young person', born around thirty years after my due date, whom is slowly leaving his teen years behind. I am, as three wise men once said, a walking contradiction, and one who is sick of proof-reading other people's life stories whilst mine plods along with all the literary nous of a U-grade English essay. It's time for me to grab life by the scruff of the neck, slam it up against a brick wall, and demand that it start going somewhere and that I make something of it...and you never know, I might just find out what the big fuss is around this whole 'love' malarky...'(CC) Attrib. NonComm. ShareAlike

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